An investigation into the effects of education on the promotion of the environmental knowledge of teachers and students (Case study: a junior high school in Bam)

Subject Areas : مدیریت ، برنامه ریزی و آموزش محیط زیست

mina behnood ^{1 *} , fateme Bahadori amjaz ² , maryam morovati ³

1 - Master of Natural Resources Engineering - Environment, Land Assessment and Planning, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Master of Natural Resources Engineering - Environment, Land Assessment and Planning, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran.

Received: 2020-05-27 Accepted : 2020-10-13 Published : 2021-10-23

Keywords: Sustainable development, ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE, Environmental education,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Today's societies must be familiar with their environment to achieve the goals of sustainable development. One of the most fundamental solutions is to teach environmental knowledge in all educational grades.Material and Methodology: For this purpose, the present study explored the effects of environmental education for both teaching staff (teachers) and students in the first-grade high school using two researcher-designed questionnaires. The research method was descriptive-analytical and the data were collected by completing the questionnaires for two groups of teachers and first-grade high school students based on the five-point Likert scale (from very high to very low). The statistical population of the study was determined by the factor analysis test to be 72 for teachers and 180 for students. The Kieser-Mir-Oaklin and Bartlett tests were used for factor analysis in the SPSS software package.Findings: The reliability coefficient was acceptable for both groups. The results show that students' environmental behaviors along with environmental theories of correct theory-practice are of equal importance. Also, improving teachers' environmental knowledge has a significant effect on students' behavior and positive attitudes.Discussion and conclusions: Therefore, to achieve the goal of promoting environmental awareness and education among the members of a community, these trainings should be given to both students and educators (teachers).

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