Environmental Awareness Of Students Research Articles

Propuesta metodológica para el desarrollo de la conciencia ambiental en estudiantes de la Institución Educativa Los Licenciados de Ayacucho - 2019

La presente investigación titulada “Propuesta metodológica para el desarrollo de la conciencia ambiental en estudiantes de la Institución Educativa Los Licenciados de Ayacucho - 2019”, desarrollada con la finalidad de determinar la influencia de la aplicación de la propuesta metodológica para el desarrollo de la conciencia ambiental en estudiantes de la institución educativa mencionada. Se concretó mediante el diseño de investigación preexperimental. El trabajo de recolección de datos se realizó a través de una ficha de observación el mismo que permitió determinar la influencia de la variable independiente en la dependiente. El estadígrafo utilizado en la presente investigación fue Wilcoxon para determinar la diferencia existente entre el pre test y el post test, con un nivel de significancia del 5% (0,05). Los resultados obtenidos mediante el estadígrafo Wilcoxon, nos muestra que la propuesta metodológica influye significativamente en el desarrollo de la conciencia ambiental en estudiantes del cuarto año de secundaria de la Institución Educativa Los Licenciados de Ayacucho– 2019; debido a que existe una diferencia clara entre el pre test y post test lográndose un incremento significativo de la conciencia ambiental (0,000 < 0,05).

Development of teachers’ professional skills in education for sustainable development

The article considers the skills and features of the personal development of a teacher in education for sustainable development (ESD). It contemplates over the influence of age differences on the formation of the professional and communicative culture of a specialist in higher education. Moreover, it describes the necessary conditions for the professional formation of the professional and communicative culture of a teacher in the development and promotion of her or him as a professional that is capable of raise the environmental awareness in students and help them to nourish their sustainable citizenship. In addition, it discusses the role of teacher training in education for sustainable development and stresses the importance of reorienting teacher training to take sustainability into account in the context of education policy and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SYSTEMATIZATION OF SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT FORMS IN THE TRAINING OF WOULD-BE DESIGNERS

The article presents the theory and practice of teaching the discipline «Typology of Spatial Environment Forms» to would-be designers taking into account the ecological approach. This approach to teaching the discipline is justified by the exacerbation of environmental problems in the context of sustainable development challenges. Due to its scope of knowledge covered, the ecological approach enables the range of problems in spatial environment design to be embraced and integrated into the requirements for the design process. As a result, it helps achieve the overall educational objective of raising professional environmental awareness in students and developing their professional competence. The study of systematization of spatial environment forms is based on a model that takes into account both spatial coverage of all walks of human life and qualitative coverage of environmental design problems.

Increasing Culture Knowledge and Growing Environmental Awareness Attitude of Junior Secondary School Students Through Chemistry Local Content Program

The purpose of this research are increase of culture knowledge and grow of environmental awareness attitude junior secondary school students at chemistry learning, by applying of chemistry local content program based on the “Orang Laut” culture. Research conduct used quasi-experiment method. Research subjects were 8th grade students in Tanjungpinang city that consist of 99 and 94 students on experiment and control groups, respectively. Score of culture knowledge and environmental awareness attitude collected by validated test and questionnaire instruments, respectively. Pretest and posttest culture knowledge scores used to calculate of normalized gain (N-gain) average of experiment and control groups. Average score of environmental awareness attitude used to identify of student environmental awareness attitude growth after chemistry learning on the experiment group. To compare the increasing of culture knowledge on the experiment and control groups conduct by statistical t-test with ?=0,05. The research result indicated that applying of chemistry local content program based on the “Orang Laut” culture at chemistry learning could increase of culture knowledge junior secondary school students better than conventional chemistry learning and growth of student environmental awareness attitude. The difference of culture knowledge increased on the experiment and control groups was significant ( tcalc = 10,023; p=0,000) with average of N-gain percent respectively 46 and 20 in the middle and low categories. Average score of student environmental awareness attitude in good criteria at 3,8 point.

A importância da Sequência Didática (SD) na Educação Ambiental: um relato de experiência no Centro de Educação em Tempo Integral Monsenhor Boson

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo discutir a Educação Ambiental (EA), num contexto interdisciplinar, enfatizando sua importância na construção de uma sociedade mais sustentável, saudável e responsável, estimulando no aluno a consciência ambiental e a cidadania. O estudo foi realizado com 50 alunos de duas turmas de 3º ano do Ensino Médio, do Centro de Educação de Tempo Integral - CETI Monsenhor Boson, em Água Branca-PI. Para tanto, foi realizada uma Sequência Didática (SD), em seis etapas (aplicação de pré-teste; aulas de sensibilização; confecção de artesanatos com materiais reciclados; preparo de cardápios reaproveitando sobras alimentares; culminância dos trabalhos, e; aplicação do pós-teste). Os resultados da pesquisa demonstraram que os trabalhos desenvolvidos, durante a SD proporcionaram aprendizagem significativa, evidenciada pela melhora no número de acertos do pós-teste (86%), em relação ao pré-teste (58%), bem como por concepções e atitudes apresentadas pelos discentes. Percebeu-se o engajamento dos alunos na realização da SD, possibilitando a reflexão da necessidade de preservar o meio ambiente, possivelmente tornando-os, sujeitos mais conscientes sobre a importância do meio ambiente, de modo que eles possam colocar em prática alguns conhecimentos adquiridos. Desse modo, o uso da SD foi importante no ensino da Educação Ambiental, para a conscientização cidadã, uma vez que esse deve ser um processo contínuo, devendo ser constantemente abordado no ambiente escolar.

Global warming & climate change: integration of socio-scientific issues to enhance scientific literacy

Global warming and climate change are some of the greatest socio-scientific issues in recent decades. Many factors contribute to these issues, the footprint of human activities as well as natural phenomena. Human energy consumption in many sectors i.e food supply, livestock, industry, and transportation significantly increasing earth surface temperature average level and climate change. Various studies were carry out about global warming and climate change interdisciplinary. Integration of these socio-scientific issues into science learning as an effort to educate and enhance student environmental awareness and scientific literacy is necessary to do. Rational of this article is to studies global warming and climate change topics from integrative science context; biology (microbial activities, ruminants, and environmental impacts), chemistry (the various chemical reaction that causes greenhouse gases and global warming), and physics (temperature, heat, and global climate). This study is urgent because microbial activities that contribute into greenhouse gases releasing in ruminant enteric fermentation process haven’t included and connected yet in Indonesia’s science learning. Ruminant should be highlighted in these issues because Indonesia is an agricultural country which has enormous farmhouse area. In addition, students are expected to be able to solve problems and make the right decisions related to these issues. This article will discuss suggestion global warming and climate change topics in terms of microbial activities, ruminant and mitigation strategies to reduce GHG from livestock sector. This suggestion is expected to meet the Sustainable development goals.

Estrategias de proyectos de enseñanza-aprendizaje que fomentan la conciencia medioambiental y el bien común: Intervenciones de la arquitectura en el paisaje

Esta investigación presenta las estrategias que facilitaron que los estudiantes de arquitectura desarrollaran un aprendizaje interdisciplinario, activo y experiencial al trabajar en proyectos de paisaje con medios vivos. Los aportes alcanzados dieron cuenta del inicio de una comprensión más directa y consciente sobre el medioambiente y el bien común, al vivenciar los aportes que esta visión puede ofrecer a la calidad de vida del ser humano y a la salvaguarda de la naturaleza en la ciudad. Este estudio descriptivo y aplicado busca referir los procesos de la interacción didáctica y la interpretación de los mismos con el fin de aportar elementos de reflexión sobre la práctica educativa. El diseño de esta investigación transversal partió del análisis de las respuestas obtenidas mediante cuestionarios online sobre el impacto de las estrategias utilizadas durante el transcurso de tres periodos académicos y tres grupos de estudiantes en la asignatura Arquitectura y Paisaje de la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Campus Santo Tomás de Aquino. Los resultados principales muestran la preferencia de los estudiantes al desarrollo de proyectos de espacios verdes colectivos y el aumento de la noción del impacto en el medioambiente para la toma de decisiones en el proceso de diseño.

The development of innovative learning material integrated with environmental activities to improve student learning outcomes on electrolyte and nonelectrolyte solution

The aim of this research was to develop an innovative learning module electrolyte and non-electrolyte Solution and student environmental awareness. The population of the research is students grade X SMA Negeri 5 Medan, SMA Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan, SMA Swasta Santo Thomas 1 Medan, chemistry lecturer, chemistry teacher, and chemistry book. Trial for the module has done by giving questionnaire for standardization that assesses by the lecturer (3.72), by the teacher is (3.67), by students (3.52) all are categorized as a good module. Total average is (3.67). Total average Pretest of student achievement in High Group (HG) for an experimental class is 38.33±3.92, while in control class is 36.83±4.07. For Low Group (LG) total average of students achievement in experimental class is 25.67±6.16, while in control class is 24.83±5.29. And the average students achievement (posttest-I) in High Group (HG) using module (experiment class) 86.17±4.78 is higher than using book (control class) 82.33±2.99, while in Low Group (LG) using module 79.33±4.46 less than using book 72.17±3.42 have teaching and learning activities by using module as media (in experiment class).

An Interdisciplinary Environmental Education Approach: Determining the Effects of E-STEM Activity on Environmental Awareness

In addition to the studies conducted regarding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic), which is a new approach in education and attract attention worldwide, researches also concentrated on the effectiveness of the partnership of this interdisciplinary approach with other disciplines. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of an education carried out with an E-STEM activity on the environmental awareness of students and their opinions on E-STEM disciplines. In the study, a holistic multi-state pattern was used among the case study patterns. Data obtained from semi-structured interview and activity plans were analyzed using content analysis. There were 18 participants in the study conducted at a centralized public school in a province located in western Black Sea Region of Turkey, who were at 6th grade in the 2017-2018 Academic Year. The E-STEM activity prepared within the scope of the application was implemented for a total of 6 course hours for three weeks. At the end of the study, in the light of the information obtained from the participants who provide opinions on STEM disciplines, environmental awareness sub-dimensions and E-STEM, it was determined that the application had positive effects. Participants made positive statements about the environment, especially on recycling, and the use of the different disciplines together. Based on this research, it was suggested that it would be useful to develop studies on E-STEM.

Interest in the biosphere and students environmental awareness and optimism: A global perspective

This study focuses on students' interest in ecosystem services and sustainability to explain their awareness and optimism about the environmental issues of air pollution, water shortage and greenhouse gas emission in 50 countries around the world. We achieve this using the cross-sectional survey data of the 2015 OECD's Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), along with seemingly unrelated bi-variate weighted ordered probit modeling. We found that in addition to factors such as age, gender, immigration status, and economic, social and cultural status, interest in the biosphere is a significant determinant of students' environmental awareness and optimism. In fact, a level increase in students' interest in ecosystem services and sustainability is found to raise on average their awareness level by 15.3% for the issue of air pollution, 15.7% for the issue of water shortage, and 24.6% for the issue of greenhouse gas emission. Although students' interest in the biosphere seems to not have a significant effect on their expectations about the issue of greenhouse gas emission, it does however raise their level of optimism by 0.8% for the issue of air pollution, and 0.2% for the issue of water shortage. Furthermore, every level increase in students' environmental awareness is found to raise their optimism level by 17.3% for the issue of air pollution, 15.8% for the issue of water shortage, and 17.4% for the issue of greenhouse gas emission. Therefore, relying on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), our results suggest that governments and policy makers around the world could successfully leverage the biospheric interests of their youth populations to successfully achieve their 2030 goals for sustainability.

Students Environmental Awareness of Ar Ridho Nature School Semarang

In order to meet the goal of environmental education, creating generation who are environmentally concerned and responsible, Ar Ridho Nature School Semarang (SAA), put the message of such education on their gardening subject. The subject has designed for grade 1 to 6 as the school commitment to build a civilization who are able to live in harmony with nature. The purpose of gardening is not only giving students environmental knowledge but also building environmental awareness and skill to preserve nature. Thus, this study aims at presenting environmental awareness among students of SAA and finding out whether there is a relationship between environmental knowledge and environmental awareness. The third grade of students were selected as participants since they were in the middle level of elementary education which has not applied 2013 Curricula (K13). A questionnaire survey was applied to 62 students face to face with considering the level of students for understanding the given questions. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and Pearson coefficient of correlation are the techniques used to analyze the data.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN GO GREEN SCHOOL ACTIVITY AT ADIWIYATA’S SCHOOL

Environmental awareness is consciousness of the environment’s problems for doing positive action through environmental preservation. Environmental preservation is an obligation for every people, including students. Therefore, students participation is needed to preserve school environmental through the Go Green School activity. One of the factors that can affect participation of students in Go Green School activity is their environmental awareness. The study aims to determine the correlation between environmental awareness and participation of students in Go Green School activity at Adiwiyata School. The research was conducted at SMAN 4 Tangerang in April 2016. The method used was survey method with correlational studies. The sample total used was 218 students taken by simple random sampling. Data was normally distributed and homogeneous. The simple regression equation is Ŷ = 44,92 + 0,695X. Correlation coefficient obtained is 0,7566 which means that there is a correlation between environmental awareness with participation of students in Go Green School activity. Environmental awareness of students accounted for 57,24% of the Go Green School activity. The result of this study concluded that there was positive correlation between environmental awareness and participation of students in Go Green School activity.

Environmental awareness and higher education: Differences in knowledge and the approach to ecology between students of technical sciences and the humanities in Poland

ABSTRACTThe article presents differences in attitudes and the environmental awareness of students of technical sciences and the humanities. The authors defend the thesis that humanistic knowledge is more conducive to environmental sensitivity in Poland. The article raises the questions of what types of knowledge are generated at universities and what the possible relationships between academic knowledge and ecology are. The theses presented by the authors are based on the results of a survey, which was carried out among students of technical sciences and the humanities using an audit questionnaire.

Efforts to Handle Waste through Science, Environment, Technology and Society (SETS)

This research to identify the attempt to deal with the waste through a learning SETS to facilitate troubleshooting and environmentally conscious high school students. The research method is weak experiment, with the design of the study “The One-group pretest-Posttest Design”. The population used in this study is an entire senior high school class in Ciamis Regency of Indonesia many as 10 classes totaling 360 students. The sample used in this study were 1 class. Data collected through pretest and posttest to increase problem-solving skills and environmental awareness of students. Instruments used in this research is to test the ability to solve the problem on the concept of Pollution and Environmental Protection, in the form of essays by 15 matter, the attitude scale questionnaire of 28 statements. The analysis N-gain average showed that the SETS problem-solving skills and environmental awareness of students in the medium category. In addition, students’ creativity in finding out pretty good waste management by creating products that are aesthetically valuable and economic appropriately.

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of green schooling knowledge and parents guidance on the environmental awareness of the students. This study used a quantitative approach with the ex-post facto method. This study was conducted in Muhammadiyah 41 elementary school in East Jakarta at July to December on the 2nd semester of the academic year of 2014/2015. The data were collected from a sample which consisted of four third grade elementary school students drawn randomly. The data were analyzed using two ways ANOVA. The results showed that: 1). There were significant differences of green schooling knowledge level on the student's environmental awareness; 2).There were significant differences in the intensity of parental guidance on the environment to the student's environmental awareness, and 3). There were significant differences in green schooling knowledge level and the intensity of parental guidance on the environment to the student's environmental awareness. Both variables might be considered to improve the student’s environmental awareness. Key words: Green schooling knowledge, intensity of parental guidance, environmental awareness.

Assessment of Environmental Attitudes and Risk Perceptions among University Students in Mersin, Turkey.

Background Environmental destruction is one of the most important problems in this century. Objective The aim of the study was to determine the environmental attitudes and perceived risks associated with environmental factors of the students. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in 7 faculties of Mersin University. The research data were collected using a questionnaire. The questionnaire included sociodemographic characteristics, the “Environmental Attitudes Scale,” and the “Environmental Risk Perception Scale.” 774 students who filled out questionnaires were evaluated. Results The sample included 55.8% females. Environmental Attitudes Scale mean scores of students were identified as 81.1 ± 11.3. The highest perceived risk was release of radioactive materials associated with nuclear power generation. The environmental attitudes and risk perception scores were higher in Health Sciences than in the other faculties. Females were more positive towards the environment and had higher risk perceptions than the men. There is a negative correlation between age and resource depletion risk and global environmental risk score. Conclusion Students had a positive attitude to the environment and had moderate-level risk perception about the environment. Environmental awareness of students, especially those studying in the Social Sciences, should be increased. The environmental education curriculum should be revised throughout all the courses.

Environmental Awareness and Practices among High School Students: Basis for Disaster Preparedness Program

Inhabitants of Mother Earth are now experiencing the effects of climate change, global warming, ozone depletion, pollution, species extinction, desertification and improper waste management. This phenomenon is global and the Philippines is not exempted from these environmental threats and challenges. Thus, this study on environmental awareness and practices among high school students was conducted. To address this problem, the researchers used descriptive-correlational method utilizing the developed research instrument administered to the 935 participants. Findings of the study revealed that high school students’ extent of awareness and practices was great while moderate in the greening of the environment. Likewise, the same results were obtained when participants were grouped according to the selected variables. However, when grouped according to topography, the extent of awareness and practices of those living in the coastal areas was moderate. Furtheremore, signficnat differences among high school students environmental awareness and practices were observed on the greening of the environment, elimination of pollutants, and maintaning ecological balance. Significant correlation was also noted between high school students awareness and practices. This means that high school students environmental awareness is related to their practices. Thus, it is about time that schools should advocate and integrate environmental education with emphasis on the greening of the environment.

Agroedutourism Model to Improve Environmental Awareness of Students in Some Elementary School in Malang Raya, East Java

This research aimed to build specific agroedutourism model for elementary school students in Malang Raya. Target of this research were 5th grade students from SDN Ketawanggede 2, SDN Sumberngepoh 02 and SDI Surya Buana. We provided three agroedutourism programs, there were 1). Learning on farmer’s friends and enemies, 2). Learning on plants as raw material for biopesticide and natural attractant and 3). Learning on healthy agroecosystem. Each agroedutourism program was composed by discussion, eco-games and taste of healthy foods. Data obtained by distributing questionnaires and analyzed by open source software, Smart PLS (Partial Least Square). Agroedutourism model from PLS output showed that learning on farmer’s friends and enemies program was the most effective to improve cognitive competence, enjoyment, pleasure, and the final-understanding of elementary school students than the other programs. While, initial-understanding directly contributing to improve cognitive competence and final-understanding of elementary school students. Cognitive competences directly influence to improve the student’s appraisal of foods that were obtained. Student enjoyment directly influence to affection and appreciation. Based on those models, to improve final-understanding, we had to improve initial-understanding using learning on farmer’s friends and enemies program. Students’ appreciation was improved by improving affection and appreciation. Keywords: agroedutourism, appreciation, cognitive, environmental awareness.

Investigation of the Environmental Attitudes and Approaches of University Students’

The purpose of this study is to determine university students’ approach to environment and nature, and their awareness of environmental protection. For this purpose, a survey with sample of 12% applied to the students of the Faculty of Architecture, Gazi University. Approaches and attitudes of students evaluated according to variables of age, gender and their attended programs and grades within the scope of protection of the environment, human-environment-nature relationship, the use of natural resources, environmental issues, economic growth and industrialization issues. Descriptive statistics and quantitative methods were used in the process of analysis and evaluation of the data collected. In the conclusion of study, It has been determined that students participated to this study are indecisive about environmentalist and nature-centered approaches. Students were also found to be indecisive about sensitivity related to environment, nature and environmental issues, in taking individual responsibility and changing their attitudes and behaviors. When approaches and sensitivities of students analyzed according to their gender; sensitivities of girl students were higher, and according to their department; sensitivities of students at the department of urban and regional planning were found to be higher. There is no significant relationship found between the environmental awareness of students and courses taken by these students about ecology and the environment.

The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature in School Science Education: How Science Learning Can Help Raise Environmental Awareness

This paper focuses upon the problem of raising environmental awareness in the context of school science education through an aesthetic appreciation of natural phenomena. In distinguishing between school learning and what could be called “conscious learning”, the paper explores the role that such an aesthetic appreciation of nature, and more specifically of natural entities, such as trees, laves, water drops, crystals, and phenomena, such as, flashes of lightning, aurora borealis, the water cycle, volcanic eruptions and stellar explosions, can be an integral part of science teaching, which, in turn, can help raise in students environmental awareness.