Studing the Role of Education in Raising the Ecological Literacy of the Rural Community (Case Study: Aftabdar Village in Qazvin Alamut Region)

Subject Areas : مدیریت ، برنامه ریزی و آموزش محیط زیست

hossein medi ¹ , Atefeh khani alamouti ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Architecture, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Master Student of Architecture, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

Received: 2017-08-27 Accepted : 2017-09-27 Published : 2020-02-20

Keywords: ecology, rural community, the region of Alamout, mountain ecosystems, Education,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: By reviewing human activities during last decades, it seems that inappropriate human activities and changes in the environment caused immense ecological problems and sometimes it is irreparable. Ecosystems in the nature are so various and destruction of one gradually destroys the entire ecosystem and thus will disturb the ecology of the area. The result of this article is: Understanding Mechanisms and Construction Method in Mountainous Regions and Ecosystems, The training of environmental and animal sensitivities, attractiveness and attraction (rivers, lands, soils, etc.) and the energy available in the region to people, gardeners, agricultural technicians, etc., using new and appropriate methods instead of past Old and obsolete methods & The need to remind and show the damage that has been inflicted by people outside the area to the targeted area. Since there have been a few numbers of ecological studies in Qazvin, and even in Iran, and because of diverse animal and plant species and natural, lack of biological resources and abundant internal energy region of Alamout, recognition the species and finally to educate the results of the investigation to people are required. Method: Our research method is survey and the analysis of research hypotheses test is done by using the deductive method and SPSS software. Findings: Due to these requirements, the study is based on interviews with experts from the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Agricultural Research Center of Qazvin _ and several professors of Imam Khomeini International University and a group of experts and CEOs of cooperatives and even people in order to analyze the importance of Ecological education. Discussion and Conclusion: In the following sections, with review these statistics and the results achievement Descriptive and analytical analysis (Independent T-test and Levin, Cronbach's alpha, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Friedman test), in SPSS software it can be concluded that education is one of the key factors in the promotion of ecological knowledge In the rural community.

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