Investigating Student's Environmental Knowledge and Attitude of Tehran Payame Noor University (Case Study: Lavasanat, Tehran Jonoob and Shahr Rey units)
Subject Areas :
مدیریت ، برنامه ریزی و آموزش محیط زیست
Afrooz Alimohamadi
1
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Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Authors)
)
Mahsa Safaripour
2
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Natural resources and environmental engineering department, Faculty of Agricultural sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Islamic republic of Iran.
)
Received: 2019-08-25
Accepted : 2021-07-10
Published : 2023-09-23
Keywords:
Payame Noor University,
students,
Environmental knowledge,
Environmental attitude,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: Today, due to the occurrence of environmental crises, having environmental knowledge and attitude for students, considering their effective role in society, is essential. Environmental knowledge increases sensitivity to environmental issues, and environmental attitudes lead to active participation in environmental protection, as it reinforces values and concerns about the environment. So the main goal of this study is to investigate the environmental knowledge and attitude levels of Payame Noor students.Material and Methodology: The statistical population consists of all the students of the Lavasanat, Tehran Jonoob and Shahr Rey units of Tehran Payame Noor university (N=12306). Based on Krejcie and Morgan's table, a sample of 385 students was chosen and data was collected based on a standardized three-part questionnaire (demographic, knowledge, attitude) that was used in similar studies and its validity has been confirmed by the experts in the field and Cronbach's alpha for reliability assessment for knowledge and attitude items were 0.70 and 0.81 respectively.Findings: Based on the results, students' environmental knowledge is at a high level and their environmental attitude is at the desired level. The variables of age and marital status are significantly correlated with the level of students' knowledge and attitudes, while there is no significant correlation between the variables of gender, field of study and academic unit with the level of knowledge and attitudes. The results also indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between environmental knowledge and attitudes.Discussion and Conclusion: The high level of environmental knowledge and attitude of the students under study can have a significant impact on their environmental behavior and lead to responsible environmental behavior.
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Karimi, S., 2017. Relationships of environmental knowledge with environmental behaviors agricultural students of Bu-Ali Sina University: the mediating role of environmental attitudes. Journal of Environmental Education & Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, pp. 127-140. (In Persian)
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