The Impact of a Program Based on Education for Sustainability Principles in Developing Awareness of Climate Change and the Environmental Citizenship Values Among Middle School Students in Slum Areas.

Abstract

The research aimed to reveal the Impact of a program based on education for sustainability principles in developing awareness of climate change and the environmental citizenship values among second-grade middle school students in slum areas. The research relied on the quasi-experimental approach. The sample consisted of (103) students and were divided into two groups: experimental group (52), and a control group (51), The climate change awareness scale was applied. Prepared by Abd Hamid, et al. (2021), translation by the researchers, and the environmental citizenship values scale. Prepared by the researchers, the results were analyzed using the t-test, and the size effect using Cohen’s d. The research reached a number of results: There were a statistically significant differences at the level (0.01) between the means scores of the experimental and control group in the post-measurement of awareness of climate change and environmental citizenship values in favor of the experimental group, as all Cohen's d values were greater than (0.80), while there were not statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group in post and follow-up measurements, which indicates the continuity of the impact of the program in developing the awareness of climate change and the environmental citizenship values. Keywords: Education for sustainability principles, Awareness of climate change, Environmental citizenship values, Middle school students, Slum areas.