Evaluation of Environmental Education Effectiveness on Environmental Attitude and Awareness of Students

Subject Areas : مدیریت ، برنامه ریزی و آموزش محیط زیست

Afsaneh Asgaripor ¹ , Mohammad Javad Amiri ² , Samaneh Rahimi ³

1 - MSc., Environmental Education, Department of Environmental Planning, Management and Education, Graduated Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.* (Corresponding Author).
2 - - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Planning, Management and Education, Graduated Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 - PhD student, Department of Environmental Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2017-04-27 Accepted : 2017-12-13 Published : 2020-06-21

Keywords: Environmental attitude, Environmental education, environmental awareness increasing,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Many environmental threats are the consequences of human behaviors and just the change in human behavior can reduce this environmental problem. The environmental education is one of the best ways to change these bad behaviors toward the environment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental education on attitudes and increasing environmental awareness of preschool boys of Malayer city. Method: First 22 students were selected and assigned to experimental and control groups, respectively. After environmental education, the test of both groups and statistical analysis was performed both tests to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental education. Findings: The results of t-test with 1% error showed significant difference between pre-test and post-test in both groups (control group and exam group) in awareness of the environment (t= -15/79   sig= 0/00) and environmental attitudes (t= -17/80   sig= 0/00). Discussion and Conclusion: Therefore final results are insisted that age-appropriate environmental education have vital role in improving the environmental attitude and knowledge. So this training can be considered as a preventive strategy of environmental degradation.

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