What Are the Beliefs and Misconceptions about Climate Change of Students Pursuing Careers in Civil and Construction Engineering
What Are the Beliefs and Misconceptions about Climate Change of Students Pursuing Careers in Civil and Construction Engineering
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土木与建筑工程专业学生对气候变化的看法和误解是什么
DOI：
10.1061/9780784481301.014
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发表时间：
2018
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通讯作者：
Allison Godwin
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作者：
E. Coleman;Tripp Shealy;Allison Godwin
科学界的压倒性共识是，人为气候变化将不可逆转地影响子孙后代。设计和建造建筑环境的工程专业人员可以通过实施减少气候变化排放的建筑战略来保护社会免受全球变暖的影响。很少有研究来评估那些打算从事建筑环境设计和建造的学生是否希望解决这些重要的环境和社会挑战。为了促进理解，开发并验证了一种调查工具，以衡量本科工程专业学生的气候变化素养，职业动机和机构，以解决气候变化在他们的职业生涯。初步结果比较工程专业的学生打算从事土木和建筑行业的职业生涯的工程专业的学生打算从事其他工程职业的反应。结果表明，土木和建筑工程专业的学生更有可能参加可持续发展课程，并在课堂上了解气候变化，但他们在气候科学知识方面并不比其他工程师出色。工程可持续性课程的教育差距必须缩小，以确保那些将设计和建造我们的建筑环境的人能够在他们渴望的可持续性相关职业中取得成功。
The overwhelming consensus in the scientific community is that anthropogenic climate change will irreversibly affect future generations. Engineering professionals who design and construct our built environment can protect society against the effects of global warming through implementation of building strategies that reduce climate changing emissions. There is little research to assess if students who intend to pursue careers in the design and construction of our built environment hope to address such important environmental and societal challenges. To advance understanding, a survey instrument was developed and validated to measure undergraduate engineering students’ climate change literacy, career motivations, and agency to address climate change in their career. Preliminary results compare responses of engineering students intending to pursue a career in civil and construction industries to those of engineering students intending to pursue other engineering careers. The results indicate that civil and construction engineering students are more likely to take sustainability courses and learn about climate change in the classroom, but they do not excel above other engineers in their knowledge of climate science. The educational gap in engineering sustainability courses must be closed to ensure those who will design and construct our built environment are properly equipped to succeed in the sustainability-related careers they desire.