Effect of Environmental Education on Attitude Change of Male Inhabitants in Mirabad Village within the vicinity of the Ghamishloo national park and wildlife refuge

Subject Areas : Environment and sustainable development

Firoozeh sadat Saadati ¹ , Mohammadali Nadi ²

1 - Department of Environmental Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Educational Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2023-07-24 Accepted : 2024-01-01 Published : 2024-02-20

Keywords: Environmental education, Attitude change, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Ecological function ,

Abstract :

Today, most of the existing environmental problems are rooted in the lack of necessary awareness and cultural weakness in the field of human-nature communication, and it is considered a kind of cultural problem. Therefore, it requires national and international determination to strengthen the culture of environmental protection at the level of different sections of society. This study was conducted to investigate the impact of environmental education with a biodiversity approach and emphasis on wildlife conservation on the feedback of rural men using a semi-experimental method with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. The statistical population was 746 rural men living in Mirabad village located within the vicinity of Ghamishloo National Park and Wildlife Refuge. The data were collected through a survey attitude questionnaire which was designed, face, content and construct-validated and assessed for reliability (α=0.80) by the present researcher. In order to analyze the data, a repeated measures variance analysis test was used. The results indicate that environmental education in cultural and environmental awareness, livelihood and economy of the region, ecology and ecosystem functions fields had significant effects on the attitude of male residents of the area towards environmental protection issues, but in the three axes of agriculture, animal husbandry and environmental laws and regulations, education was not effective.

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