Esther Paños
Biographic Data
| ID | 6674747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther Paños |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther |
| FAMILY NAME | Paños |
| SIGNATURE | PAÑOS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Castilla-La Mancha |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9219-855X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Unveiling awareness gaps
This study investigates the awareness of responsible consumption among pre-service teachers at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Using a validated scale, the research assessed economic, social, and environmental dimensions of responsible consumption among 210 final-year Primary Education students. Additional open-ended questions explored their habits and attitudes. Data, collected via an online questionnaire in December 2023, revealed that st…
Empowering communities
Could a school initiative modify pro-environmental behaviors in an entire village? For three years (2016-2018), the School Agenda 21 program was implemented in a rural primary school in Spain. The study evaluated participants’ perceptions (64 students, 48 parents, 11 teachers, and 22 town residents) through qualitative questionnaires after the experience, and quantitative data collected during and after it. We qualitatively explored four dimensio…
Change your wardrobe, change the world
Responsible consumers are made, not born
This article presents the assessment of two educational secondhand clothing markets developed at two high schools in Albacete. One of them involved money and the other was based on barter, and both included an awareness-raising phase to promote responsible consumption. Although all students were involved, only those who organized the experience were surveyed (N = 40, 21 females). Data were gathered after the experience, in student ́s regular clas…
Promoting questioning in early childhood science education
Early science learning and, specifically, the development of scientific process skills are essential for children to understand the natural world around them. Question asking is a valuable tool to help children get information to organise and make sense of their environment. This research aims to find out whether pre-elementary children employ categorical questions on an information-seeking task and at what age they do so. It also intends to exam…
Attitude toward informal science in the early years and development of Leisure Time in Science (LeTiS), a pictographic scale
Attitude toward science has been recognized as highly influential in students' engagement with science and future career choices. Science is important in our everyday lives as well, in a society demanding more scientific vocations and higher levels of scientific literacy. There is little research on how attitudes develop and evolve at early ages, which may be due to a lack of appropriate measurement tools. The objective of this study is to design…
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Attitude toward informal science in the early years and development of Leisure Time in Science (LeTiS), a pictographic scale
Attitude toward science has been recognized as highly influential in students' engagement with science and future career choices. Science is important in our everyday lives as well, in a society demanding more scientific vocations and higher levels of scientific literacy. There is little research on how attitudes develop and evolve at early ages, which may be due to a lack of appropriate measurement tools. The objective of this study is to design…
Promoting questioning in early childhood science education
Early science learning and, specifically, the development of scientific process skills are essential for children to understand the natural world around them. Question asking is a valuable tool to help children get information to organise and make sense of their environment. This research aims to find out whether pre-elementary children employ categorical questions on an information-seeking task and at what age they do so. It also intends to exam…
Responsible consumers are made, not born
This article presents the assessment of two educational secondhand clothing markets developed at two high schools in Albacete. One of them involved money and the other was based on barter, and both included an awareness-raising phase to promote responsible consumption. Although all students were involved, only those who organized the experience were surveyed (N = 40, 21 females). Data were gathered after the experience, in student ́s regular clas…
Unveiling awareness gaps
This study investigates the awareness of responsible consumption among pre-service teachers at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Using a validated scale, the research assessed economic, social, and environmental dimensions of responsible consumption among 210 final-year Primary Education students. Additional open-ended questions explored their habits and attitudes. Data, collected via an online questionnaire in December 2023, revealed that st…
Empowering communities
Could a school initiative modify pro-environmental behaviors in an entire village? For three years (2016-2018), the School Agenda 21 program was implemented in a rural primary school in Spain. The study evaluated participants’ perceptions (64 students, 48 parents, 11 teachers, and 22 town residents) through qualitative questionnaires after the experience, and quantitative data collected during and after it. We qualitatively explored four dimensio…
Change your wardrobe, change the world
Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Environmental education (3 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works)