2024 article

Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method

Gibson, L., Busch, K. C., Stevenson, K., Chesnut, L., Cutts, B., & Seekamp, E. (2024, August 26). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH.

By: L. Gibson n, K. Busch n, K. Stevenson n, L. Chesnut n, B. Cutts n & E. Seekamp n

author keywords: Community; collective; environmental literacy; learning; action
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 23, 2024

As environmental challenges increase in scope and scale, new conceptualizations for environmental literacy are needed. Specifically, notions of environmental literacy must move from those at the individual level to those at the group, or community, level. However, the concept of community level environmental literacy is underdeveloped. In this paper, we present the results of a Delphi method survey of experts, gathered to both conceptualize community level environmental literacy as well as address considerations for its measurement.