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Table 6 Framing and understanding of climate change concepts
Find/Rimind someone
who…
Source
Notes on the discussion
1
Had engaged in some
community action related to
climate change?
Report of one interviewee,
not identified and described
by teacher D
– “Yes. Personally I haven’t
been engaged, but I
watched on TV a news
article about retirees
making PET bottle
brooms” (Teacher
description D)
Note: the other teachers (A,
B and C) did not respond to
this line
2
Are worried about what the
future might bring?
Report of one interviewee,
not identified and described
by teacher D
– “Yes. At a dinner with my
family we discussed the
importance of bees.
Currently, we don’t
notice their presence as if
they had disappeared.
Our concern is with the
future of ecosystems”
(Teacher description D)
Report of teachers A and B
– “Yes. If the population
doesn’t realize, the future
of the planet could be
devastating”
Note: teacher C did not
respond to this line
3
Ever heard that warmer
weather will bring new
diseases?
Report of teachers A and B
– “Yes”
In this item teachers A and
B emphasize that, they
believe that with the
warmer climate, besides
new diseases, the intensity
of these will be greater
Note: teachers C and D did
not respond to this line
4
Not sure about the
difference between climate
and weather?
Report of teachers A and B
“We’re safe. Weather is the
time right now (one day)
and the climate is formed
over a long period of time
(on average of 30 years)”
Note: teachers C and D did
not respond to this line
5
Feels that the normal pace
of the seasons is changing?
Report of teachers A and B
“Yes, it’s changing and
there are no more four
seasons with well-defined
characteristics”
(continued)
V. T. da Rocha et al.
Table 6 Framing and understanding of climate change concepts
Find/Rimind someone
who…
Source
Notes on the discussion
1
Had engaged in some
community action related to
climate change?
Report of one interviewee,
not identified and described
by teacher D
– “Yes. Personally I haven’t
been engaged, but I
watched on TV a news
article about retirees
making PET bottle
brooms” (Teacher
description D)
Note: the other teachers (A,
B and C) did not respond to
this line
2
Are worried about what the
future might bring?
Report of one interviewee,
not identified and described
by teacher D
– “Yes. At a dinner with my
family we discussed the
importance of bees.
Currently, we don’t
notice their presence as if
they had disappeared.
Our concern is with the
future of ecosystems”
(Teacher description D)
Report of teachers A and B
– “Yes. If the population
doesn’t realize, the future
of the planet could be
devastating”
Note: teacher C did not
respond to this line
3
Ever heard that warmer
weather will bring new
diseases?
Report of teachers A and B
– “Yes”
In this item teachers A and
B emphasize that, they
believe that with the
warmer climate, besides
new diseases, the intensity
of these will be greater
Note: teachers C and D did
not respond to this line
4
Not sure about the
difference between climate
and weather?
Report of teachers A and B
“We’re safe. Weather is the
time right now (one day)
and the climate is formed
over a long period of time
(on average of 30 years)”
Note: teachers C and D did
not respond to this line
5
Feels that the normal pace
of the seasons is changing?
Report of teachers A and B
“Yes, it’s changing and
there are no more four
seasons with well-defined
characteristics”
(continued)