Attitude of High School Students to the Importance and Preservation of Natural Resources (Case Study: Khorramabad City, Iran)
Subject Areas :
natural resorces
Shahram Mehdi Karami
1
,
Mohean Rajabi
2
,
Akram Azadi Rimeleh
3
,
Akram Ahmadi
4
1 - Ph.D. Student, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Lorestan, Iran *(Corresponding author).
2 - Graduate student assessment of environmental pollution, Payam Noor University, Tehran.
3 - - Ph.D. Student, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Lorestan.
4 - Assistant Prof. Research Division of Natural Resources, Golestan. Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Gorgan, Iran
Received: 2016-07-29
Accepted : 2017-03-01
Published : 2019-08-23
Keywords:
urban – rural area,
Natural Resources,
Training influence,
khorramabad,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: in the recent years, natural resource's degradation in the Lorestan province has been alarming. Therefore, assessment of students' knowledge to natural resources is essential as future users of natural resources. Methods: To conduct the study a questionnaire was designed regarding to the professors and experts comments. Validity and reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient that the 0.75 represents acceptable reliability. Then, among 800 individuals of students, from 10 schools of Khorramabad city who were trained as oral, poster installation and educational films, 250 individuals were selected to fulfill questionnaire and to investigate their view before and after education. Findings: The descriptive results of educational level, father's job, mothers and father's education, household income and the time of television watching on the attitudes of students towards natural resources were presented. Inferential results also showed the following results: i) significant and positive correlation between the variables of knowledge, recognition, attitudes and environmental behavior with education, ii) significant and positive correlation between environmental behavior and environmental knowledge, iii) significant and positive linear relationship between environmental knowledge and environmental behavior of students. Moreover data analysis demonstrated that chi-squared and binomial test confirmed the positive effect of training on increasing recognition and promotion of Natural Resources. Discussion and Conclusion: Education as the most available and efficient tool can have an important and critical role in promoting attitude and recognition of students toward natural resources and preserving national capital.
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