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DOI	10.1038/s41893-021-00687-6
	The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest
	Kuehl C.; Sparks A.C.; Hodges H.; Smith E.R.A.N.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	555
结束页码	560
卷号	4 期号:6
英文摘要	Improving sustainability knowledge has long been central to international efforts to achieve sustainable development. In response to these efforts, which are formalized in Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, a global group of scholars and practitioners, in cooperation with the United Nations, designed and fielded the ‘Sulitest’, a survey tool that assesses sustainability knowledge in a variety of contexts. The Sulitest has been taken by over 160,000 individuals across 63 countries. Despite its substantial use, there is little systematic analysis of the data or the test itself. We analyse the Sulitest using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, common techniques for identifying latent components within observed data. The Sulitest was designed to measure knowledge within four themes; however, this architecture is not supported by the data. Analysis suggests there is no coherent structure of sustainability knowledge. We urge caution to policymakers and educators when using the Sulitest as a diagnostic tool for assessing sustainability knowledge. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited part of Springer Nature.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Factor analysis; Planning; Coherent structure; Confirmatory factor analysis; Diagnostic tools; Observed data; Policy makers; Sustainability knowledge; Systematic analysis; United Nations; Sustainable development
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/249785
作者单位	Department of Political Science and Institute for the Study of Environment, Sustainability & Energy, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, United States; Political Science and Policy Studies, Elon University, Elon, NC, United States; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kuehl C.,Sparks A.C.,Hodges H.,et al. The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest[J],2021,4(6).
APA	Kuehl C.,Sparks A.C.,Hodges H.,&Smith E.R.A.N..(2021).The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest.Nature Sustainability,4(6).
MLA	Kuehl C.,et al."The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest".Nature Sustainability 4.6(2021).