Edward Boyes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6457574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Boyes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyes |
| SIGNATURE | BOYES E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8456-1208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Global warming
The aim of this study was to construct novel indices to indicate, in a quantitative manner, the relationship between students’ willingness to undertake specific pro-environmental actions and their belief in the usefulness of those particular actions in the context of global warming. A questionnaire was used to determine the views of 1444 Greek secondary school students. For some actions (for example, recycling and switching off un-used electrical…
Young people’s views about using nuclear power to reduce global warming
Combating global warming
The ideas of approximately 700 Chinese high school students (aged 11 to 16) from the city of Shanghai and Zhejiang Province have been investigated using a closed questionnaire to find out the extent to which they believed that various actions might help reduce global warming. The results show that students appear to have some understanding of the issue, with certain correct ideas increasing with age, and various incorrect ideas decreasing. Amongs…
Air quality
A closed‐form questionnaire was used to explore the ideas of school students about the composition of air, the causes and consequences of air pollution and the extent to which the students would accept various courses of action to reduce air pollution. Items for the questionnaire were derived from the results of interviews and an earlier open‐form questionnaire. More than 3000 students aged 11 to 17 years and from Australia, Hong Kong and the UK …
How Can We Best Reduce Global Warming? School Students' Ideas and Misconceptions
This questionnaire‐based study explored school students' ideas, both scientific and idiosyncratic, about the extent to which various actions might contribute towards reducing global warming. Many students appreciated that a decrease in industrial and vehicle emissions could play a major role in this reduction, and producing energy from renewable sources was another popular idea. Fewer students appreciated the role that actions by individuals, suc…
Genetically engineered foodstuffs
Genetically engineered foodstuffs are now becoming commercially available. A closed‐form questionnaire to explore how such foods might be received was completed by 416 school students in English National Curriculum Years 7 (age 11–12 years), 9 (age 13–14) and 11 (age 15–16). The most commonly perceived benefits of genetically engineered foodstuffs were improved productivity and extended storage; few students thought they would be cheaper, healthi…
Children's ideas about the environmental impact of cars
The ideas of children about the environmental impact of vehicle emissions have been explored using a precoded questionnaire. The children were from British National Curriculum Years 7 (age 11/12 years), 9 (age 13/14) and 11 (age 15/16). Even in the oldest group only about half of the children appreciated the advantages of smaller, well‐maintained cars; this could have practical implication if not corrected in the adult population. Children seemed…
The Environmental Impact of Cars
Children's ideas about how car exhaust emissions affect three global environmental problems have been studied using a graphic questionnaire in the form of flow charts. The majority of the children appreciated that cars exacerbate global warming and half of these could accept that carbon dioxide is responsible. However, almost as many thought that heat from exhausts causes the greenhouse effect. Half of the children realised that cars contribute t…
Trainee Primary Teachers’ Ideas about the Ozone Layer
The ideas of trainee primary teachers about the ozone layer have been examined. Students were well informed about the nature and location of the ozone layer and appreciated that it screens the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays, although some thought that it protects the Earth from acid rain. Most identified real causes of ozone layer depletion, but many thought that radioactivity and factory and vehicle emissions cause ozone layer degradation. Alm…
Children's views about marine pollution
Global environmental issues are of increasing significance, so education about such matters is increasingly important. Until recently, little formal information about children's preconceptions has been available, although our recent studies have revealed that children do harbour misconceptions about at least one environmental problem (global warming), due in part to a failure to distinguish between different environmental problems. Here we have u…
The ideas of secondary school children concerning ozone layer damage
Greek and English Secondary School Students’ Thoughts about Themselves and their Teachers in the Science Classroom
Students' perceptions of global warming
In view of the potential significance of global warming to society, education about this issue is important. However, little is known of the preconceptions and misconceptions of young adults in this area. In this study the ideas of a group of first year undergraduate students about the “Greenhouse Effect” have been studied by questionnaire. The results show that although some of the erroneous ideas detected in previous studies with secondary scho…
The evaluation of microcomputer systems in education
The ideas of secondary school children concerning ozone layer damage
The Environmental Impact of Cars
Children's ideas about how car exhaust emissions affect three global environmental problems have been studied using a graphic questionnaire in the form of flow charts. The majority of the children appreciated that cars exacerbate global warming and half of these could accept that carbon dioxide is responsible. However, almost as many thought that heat from exhausts causes the greenhouse effect. Half of the children realised that cars contribute t…
Air quality
A closed‐form questionnaire was used to explore the ideas of school students about the composition of air, the causes and consequences of air pollution and the extent to which the students would accept various courses of action to reduce air pollution. Items for the questionnaire were derived from the results of interviews and an earlier open‐form questionnaire. More than 3000 students aged 11 to 17 years and from Australia, Hong Kong and the UK …
The evaluation of microcomputer systems in education
Students' perceptions of global warming
In view of the potential significance of global warming to society, education about this issue is important. However, little is known of the preconceptions and misconceptions of young adults in this area. In this study the ideas of a group of first year undergraduate students about the “Greenhouse Effect” have been studied by questionnaire. The results show that although some of the erroneous ideas detected in previous studies with secondary scho…
Greek and English Secondary School Students’ Thoughts about Themselves and their Teachers in the Science Classroom
Children's views about marine pollution
Global environmental issues are of increasing significance, so education about such matters is increasingly important. Until recently, little formal information about children's preconceptions has been available, although our recent studies have revealed that children do harbour misconceptions about at least one environmental problem (global warming), due in part to a failure to distinguish between different environmental problems. Here we have u…
The ideas of secondary school children concerning ozone layer damage
Trainee Primary Teachers’ Ideas about the Ozone Layer
The ideas of trainee primary teachers about the ozone layer have been examined. Students were well informed about the nature and location of the ozone layer and appreciated that it screens the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays, although some thought that it protects the Earth from acid rain. Most identified real causes of ozone layer depletion, but many thought that radioactivity and factory and vehicle emissions cause ozone layer degradation. Alm…
Children's ideas about the environmental impact of cars
The ideas of children about the environmental impact of vehicle emissions have been explored using a precoded questionnaire. The children were from British National Curriculum Years 7 (age 11/12 years), 9 (age 13/14) and 11 (age 15/16). Even in the oldest group only about half of the children appreciated the advantages of smaller, well‐maintained cars; this could have practical implication if not corrected in the adult population. Children seemed…
The Environmental Impact of Cars
Children's ideas about how car exhaust emissions affect three global environmental problems have been studied using a graphic questionnaire in the form of flow charts. The majority of the children appreciated that cars exacerbate global warming and half of these could accept that carbon dioxide is responsible. However, almost as many thought that heat from exhausts causes the greenhouse effect. Half of the children realised that cars contribute t…
Genetically engineered foodstuffs
Genetically engineered foodstuffs are now becoming commercially available. A closed‐form questionnaire to explore how such foods might be received was completed by 416 school students in English National Curriculum Years 7 (age 11–12 years), 9 (age 13–14) and 11 (age 15–16). The most commonly perceived benefits of genetically engineered foodstuffs were improved productivity and extended storage; few students thought they would be cheaper, healthi…
How Can We Best Reduce Global Warming? School Students' Ideas and Misconceptions
This questionnaire‐based study explored school students' ideas, both scientific and idiosyncratic, about the extent to which various actions might contribute towards reducing global warming. Many students appreciated that a decrease in industrial and vehicle emissions could play a major role in this reduction, and producing energy from renewable sources was another popular idea. Fewer students appreciated the role that actions by individuals, suc…
Air quality
A closed‐form questionnaire was used to explore the ideas of school students about the composition of air, the causes and consequences of air pollution and the extent to which the students would accept various courses of action to reduce air pollution. Items for the questionnaire were derived from the results of interviews and an earlier open‐form questionnaire. More than 3000 students aged 11 to 17 years and from Australia, Hong Kong and the UK …
Combating global warming
The ideas of approximately 700 Chinese high school students (aged 11 to 16) from the city of Shanghai and Zhejiang Province have been investigated using a closed questionnaire to find out the extent to which they believed that various actions might help reduce global warming. The results show that students appear to have some understanding of the issue, with certain correct ideas increasing with age, and various incorrect ideas decreasing. Amongs…
Young people’s views about using nuclear power to reduce global warming
Global warming
The aim of this study was to construct novel indices to indicate, in a quantitative manner, the relationship between students’ willingness to undertake specific pro-environmental actions and their belief in the usefulness of those particular actions in the context of global warming. A questionnaire was used to determine the views of 1444 Greek secondary school students. For some actions (for example, recycling and switching off un-used electrical…
Psychology (13 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (9 works) · Climate change (8 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Global warming (8 works) · Meteorology (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Ecology (6 works)