Associations between U.S. Social Studies Educational Standards and Public Opinion on Climate Change Education

Keywords: climate change, global warming, public opinion, social studies, state standards
Session Type: Virtual Guided Poster
Day: Saturday
Session Start / End Time: 4/10/2021 11:10 AM (Pacific Time (US & Canada)) - 4/10/2021 12:25 PM (Pacific Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 53

Abstract

This study proposes to examine the intersection of climate change education and public opinion in K-12 social studies standards across all 50 US states and the District of Colombia. A variety of climate keyword searches are utilized to examine state social studies standards for inclusion of climate change language and frequency of use. Public opinion data in relation to support for education on global warming is retrievable from the Yale institute on climate change. The resulting analysis of the two data sets will determine any statistically significant correlations that may be present between states that included climate change language standards in their social studies standards and public support for global warming education. Anticipated results are to see disparities of meaningful inclusion of climate standards between states of different governing ideologies, demographics, and costal states.