Ecological Literacy, Environmental Awareness, Academic Ability and Environmental Problem-Solving Skill at Adiwiyata School

Diana Vivanti Sigit,Rizhal Hendi Ristanto,Lenny Prastiwi

doi:10.31002/ijose.v3i2.1114

Abstract

<div class="WordSection1">This study aimed to analyze ecological literacy, environmental awareness, academic ability, and environmental problem-solving skill at the Adiwiyata schools in Tangerang City. The research method used descriptive quantitative with survey technique. The respondents consisted of 245 students of class XI Science from three Adiwiyata Senior High Schools in Tangerang City. The instruments used in this study were tests and questionnaires. Ecological literacy was measured using multiple choice tests and questionnaires, environmental awareness was measured using a questionnaire, academic ability was measured by using the total national exam scores of students when in Junior High School, and environmental problem-solving skill was measured using essay tests. The results showed that the majority of students had ecological literacy scores with basic categories, environmental awareness scores with very good categories, academic ability scores with moderate categories, and scores for environmental problem-solving skill with enough categories. Based on the results of the study, other schools are expected to also be able to implement the Adiwiyata program so that students can develop ecological literacy, environmental awareness, academic ability and environmental problem solving skills. Keywords: Academic Ability, Ecological Literacy, Environmental Awareness, Problem-Solving Skills. </div>

Highlights

The environment is the main pillar of all life including human life
The impact is caused if the use of the environment is carried out in an excessive manner that is reducing the quality of the environment to provide supporting factors for the living system adequately and the emergence of various environmental problems
Environmental problems that still occur in Tangerang City include 78.6% of households experiencing routine flooding, 46.4% of households accessing water sources that are at risk of contamination, and 91.7% of households not doing waste sorting (Environmental Health Risk Assessment, 2014)

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Introduction

The environment is the main pillar of all life including human life. The environment covers the physical environment (air, water, land, natural resources, plants and animals) around humans (Chopra, 2016). The impact is caused if the use of the environment is carried out in an excessive manner that is reducing the quality of the environment to provide supporting factors for the living system adequately and the emergence of various environmental problems. Banten consists of several regions with the highest population density, namely in the Tangerang City area reaching 13,602 inhabitants/km (Banten Environmental & Forestry Service, 2017). Exploitation of excessive resources to meet needs will have an impact on decreasing environmental carrying capacity and the emergence of various environmental problems. Environmental problems that still occur in Tangerang City include 78.6% of households experiencing routine flooding (annual), 46.4% of households accessing water sources that are at risk of contamination, and 91.7% of households not doing waste sorting (Environmental Health Risk Assessment, 2014).

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