Last week I returned from Europe where I attended the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) conference in Lyon, France. Needless to say the whole trip was great and the little bit of sightseeing we did was good fun too :) Lyon is a beautiful city a couple of hours southeast of Paris. It's very green and quaint. We loved the daily walk from our hotel to the conference venue, which took us through a big inner city park, and the 3Euro per week bicycles we hired to ride around various parts of the city. The ESERA conference boasted 1,200 attendees and 14 different strands of science education for people to choose between. I attended sessions in the Environmental Education strand, as you might imagine.
On the final morning of the 5 day conference I gave a poster presentation that featured my work on intergenerational influence and pro-environmentalism. The results and conclusions I presented were based on my analysis of 18 sets of interviews with parents and their children, from two sustainable schools in Perth. My research addressed the question, 'Do children influence the environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of their parents?'.
The poster (seen below) was a great success! I had over 25 conversations with other researchers about my work, and a direct invitation from the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Science Education to write an article for his B journal. What a compliment! :)
If you're interested in a handout or discussion regarding my research please be in touch.
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