scholarly journals The Importance of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Adolescent

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 09031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyas Palupi ◽  
Dian R Sawitri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Young People ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
University Students ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Environmental Preservation

Studies regarding pro-environmental behavior in adolescents are lacking. This study aimed to examine the importance of pro-environmental behavior in adolescents (high school and university students) by conducting literature review from previous studies on pro environmental behavior. Pro-environmental behavior is the behavior of individuals that contributes towards environmental preservation. Based on previous studies, measurement of pro-environmental behavior were investigated on several theories, namely theory of planned behavior (TPB) and value, belief, norms (VBN) by using aspects of pro environmental behavior. Young people with critical thinking, and good environmental education, are expected to behave more environmentally friendly for creating a sustainable future.

scholarly journals A study about the young consumers' consumption behaviors of street foods

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 1647-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nevin Sanlier ◽  
Aybuke Ceyhun Sezgin ◽  
Gulsah Sahin ◽  
Emine Yassibas
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Food Poisoning ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Good Manufacture Practice ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The World

Abstract As in almost every country in the world, street foods are frequently used in Turkey. To determine the preferences for these foods, a questionnaire was given to 847 individuals constituted by randomly selected high school and university students. Of the participants, 43.4% were male and 56.6% were female; the majority of them were between 19 and 22 years of age. It was found that 40.1% of the young people ate street food 2-3 times per week, whereas 23.3% were found to eat it every day. Turkish bagels, döner, boiled corn in a cup and toast are most preferred street foods. A statistically significant negative correlations were found between consumption preference scores and education, gender, and age. Although consumers know that street foods can cause contamination with microorganisms, that sellers do not pay attention to hygiene, and that these foods are raw or not cooked well, they prefer because of their cheapness, deliciousness, variety and fast service. Street foods are widely consumed in Turkish young students and because of preventing food poisoning, they should be educated about food hygiene and safety. Also, educating vendors in personal hygiene and good manufacture practice can minimize contamination risk.

scholarly journals The environment and politics in science education: the case of teaching fracking

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda Dunlop ◽  
Lucy Atkinson ◽  
Maria Turkenburg-van Diepen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Young People ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
School Science ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
High School Science ◽  
Illustrative Case

AbstractHydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’), like other complex social and environmental issues, is a controversy about science which raises educational questions about how best to prepare young people to understand, respond to and, where necessary, act (or not) in response. It raises political questions. We present a state-of-the-art review of research literature on fracking and education using systematic strategies, with a view to finding out how it is framed in educational situations and how politics enters the science classroom. This serves as an illustrative case of how contested scientific and technological interventions with implications for the environment and society are treated in school science. The review is supplemented by interviews with 10 teachers of science and engineering working in schools or colleges near sites of operational exploratory fracking. We find that the research literature on teaching hydraulic fracturing is sparse, with only 25 studies relating to teaching and learning about fracking. Few studies (n = 7) relate to high school education. Where it features in science education, fracking is used as a context for interdisciplinarity and critical thinking, and lends itself to approaches using discussion, dialogue and modelling. Outcomes from fracking education range include knowledge gains and critical thinking. Teachers interviewed tended not to see a place for fracking in the curriculum or in the classroom and were averse to including politics in upper high school science education. Our analysis suggests depoliticization through absence of this specific complex environmental issue from the public (education) sphere, reinforced by the desire for ‘balance’ in high school science education and instrumental approaches to science education which prioritize assessed learning outcomes. Dealing with complex social and environmental issues such as hydraulic fracturing in the years of compulsory science schooling is necessary because scientific knowledge is necessary but not sufficient to prepare young people for the critical scientific literacy required to meet sustainable development goals. There is a need to assess and respond to the educational needs of local communities affected by industrial interventions such as fracking. These findings are likely to be relatable to other issues where there are local and global consequences of action or inaction and where the environment and health are pitted against economic and energy demands.

scholarly journals Typical dynamic peculiarities of the spheres of manifestation of social activity among student youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 08009
Author(s):  
Elena Bocharova
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Life Values

The purpose of the study presented in the article is an empirical study of typical dynamic peculiarities spheres of young people’ social activity manifestation. The study sample consisted of 240 participants (Saratov region, Russia), including: university students (n = 120), age M = 18.22 (SD = 0.87) and high school students (n = 120), age M = 16.43; SD = 0.53. We used a questionnaire (R. M. Shamionov, I. V. Arendachiuk, E. E. Bocharova et al.) to register various forms of social activity and the degree of their manifestation, and the “Morphological Test of Life Values” technique (V. F. Sopov, L. V. Karpushina) to study various spheres of life. In the sample of students we have recorded a trend towards negative dynamics in the range of typical spheres of social activity manifestation, which, moreover, differs in its substantive multidirectionality. The study has shown that manifestation of various forms of social activity in the typical spheres of life is characterized by multidirectional dynamics of their motives’ actualization, depending on the person’s social and age-related status. The applied aspect of the problem under study can be implemented in the development of youth policy programs.

scholarly journals Dancing Days With Young People

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 160940691878933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helle Winther
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Science ◽  
University Students ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Somatic Awareness ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Real World Learning ◽  
Art Based Research

The film Dancing Days With Young People is inspired by art-based research and performative social science. Here artists and researchers examine important issues together. The film follows 1 teacher, 21 university students, and 200 high school pupils from various cultural backgrounds. It focuses especially on the young university students in a challenging course of teaching emphasizing creativity, embodied leadership, and dance. Here, they also teach the high school pupils various styles of dance. Research shows that it can be challenging for many young people to develop teaching competency and the embodied leadership they will need in their impending work as teachers. This is also an issue in many university educations and other educational fields. Therefore, the research questions examined how we can develop somatic awareness, creativity, and embodied leadership through innovative educational processes. And how close-to-practice, artistic elicitation methods may contribute to both researching and portraying this process. The film was created by collaboration between a researcher and teacher, a documentary film instructor, a musician, and a creative film editor. The film was both part of the research process and the result of the creative collaborative. It may be regarded as a coproduced research publication in itself, as it visualizes and documents the findings of the project. Therefore, the film may be seen as a contribution to the growing field within performative social science. Here, the film illustrates especially well the intense moments in sensual emotional situations, which cannot be captured solely in the world of words. The findings show that embodied leadership may be developed through real-world learning processes in which joyous, vulnerable, and subjectively experienced risk-filled situations become part of a common creative educational journey. The teaching methods and the theme of embodiment and leadership may be applicable in wider educational fields.

scholarly journals Differentiated Impact of Politics- and Science-Oriented Education on Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Case Study of Chinese University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 616
Author(s):  
Ran Wang ◽  
Tiantian Jia ◽  
Rui Qi ◽  
Jinhua Cheng ◽  
Kang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Political Education ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Conduction Path ◽  
Politics And Science

The purpose of this study is to understand the differentiated impact of politics- and science-oriented education on pro-environmental behavior among university students. A questionnaire was designed and sent to more than 14,000 university students from 152 universities in China using the snowball sampling method. In the questionnaire, the environmental knowledge was divided innovatively into two parts: Science-oriented knowledge spread by traditional environmental education and politics-oriented knowledge spread through political education. The structural equation model was used to understand the conduction path of pro-environmental knowledge, attitude, and behavior. It shows that politics-oriented knowledge has a quicker and stronger effect on improving behavior than science-oriented knowledge. Moreover, there is a significant positive correlation between science- and politics-oriented knowledge. However, the attitude is positively influenced by science-oriented knowledge, instead of politics-oriented knowledge. It suggests that traditional environmental education and political education should be integrated to promote the pro-environmental behavior of university students indirectly and directly, which may provide an opportunity for pro-environmental political education in other countries. The study contributes important theoretical and practical implications for environmental education and sustainable development.

scholarly journals Recreational use of forests by young people

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Jolanta Barbara Cichowska
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Forest Use ◽  
Recreational Use ◽  
Sanitary State ◽  
Forest Activities

AbstractThe article is a continuation of research conducted in 2016–2017, whose goal was to determine expectations and needs of young people regarding forests. In this study, attention is focused on different preferences of high-school students and university students. Frequency and reasons for which high-school students visit forests have been studied. Forms of forest activities preferred by the respondents as well as familiarity of young people with the sanitary state of the woodlands, the role of biocoenosis in the ecosystem and its significance for people have been analysed. The respondents’ knowledge of rules to be followed when being in a forest, use of its resources and major threats to this ecosystem have been studied.

scholarly journals Elementos para la construcción de un instrumento que permita medir la intención empresarial en estudiantes universitarios de último semestre

Tendencias ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Tarapuez Chamorro ◽  
María Dolly García González ◽  
Nélida Castellano
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
University Students ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Social Rules ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
Initial Survey ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

El objetivo de este artículo es construir un instrumento que permita identificar factores que influyen en la intención de crear empresas, en los estudiantes universitarios de último semestre, de carreras profesionales presenciales del departamento del Quindío (Colombia), utilizando la Teoría del Comportamiento Planeado de Ajzen. La metodología utilizada consiste en diseñar una encuesta inicial con base en la revisión de la literatura existente, que posteriormente se valida mediante las opiniones de 14 expertos y se priorizan las preguntas por parte de 51 “estudiantes jueces”, para seleccionar, por el método de los cuartiles, aquellas que discriminan. El resultado es la encuesta depurada que incluye ítems sobre aspectos personales y familiares, Normas sociales, Imagen y valores, Creencias, aspectos que motivan y obstaculizan la creación de empresas, y preguntas  sobre recursos. Los resultados de la aplicación de esta encuesta, hacen parte del proyecto de investigación: “Factores que influyen en la intención de creación de empresas en los estudiantes universitarios del departamento del Quindío (Colombia)”.ABSTRACTThe main goal of this paper is to build an instrument to identify factors influencing entrepreneurship in Quindío department’s (Colombia) last term,face to face bachelor students, using the Theory of Planned Behavior of Ajzen. An initial survey is designed based on literature review, the survey is later validated by 14 experts’ opinions and questions are prioritized by 51 “student judges”, to select, by using the quartiles method, those that they discriminate. The result is a refined survey that includes family and personal issues ítemes, questions in the following dimensions: Social rules, Image and Values, Beliefs, Aspects that motivate business creation and Obstacles, and questions about resources. The results of conducting this survey, are part of the “Factors that influence entrepreneurship in university students of Quindío department (Colombia) research project.  RESUMOO principal objetivo deste artigo é construir um instrumento que permita identificar fatores que influenciem na intenção de criar empresas nos estudantes universitários de último semestre de programas profissionalizantes e de modalidade presencial no departamento do Quindío (Colômbia), usando a Teoria da Planejado Comportamento de Ajzen. A metodologia utilizada consiste em desenhar um questionário inicial, com base na revisão da literatura existente, que posteriormente é validado através das opiniões de 14 expertos y se priorizam as questões por parte de 51 ”estudantes juízes” para selecionar, pelo método dos quantis, aquelas que discriminam. O resultado é um questionário que inclui aspectos pessoais e familiares, questões nas dimensões: Normas sociais, Imagem e valores, Crenças, Aspectos que motivam a criação de empresas e obstáculos para criar empresas, além de questões sobre  recursos. Os resultados da aplicação do questionário, fazem parte do projeto de pesquisa: “Fatores que influenciam na intenção de criação de empresas nos estudantes universitários do departamento do Quindío, (Colombia)”.

Quality Insights of University Students on Dying, Death, and Death Education—A Preliminary Study in Hong Kong

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mui Hing June Mak
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
University Students ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Death Education ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Death And Loss

Death is a subject seldom studied in school and often misunderstood and feared by many people. Children often learn about death from their family and mass media. From the literature review on dying, death, and death education, it may be concluded that people are generally ignorant about the issues of death and dying. There is a need to investigate what young people, such as university students, know about death and dying, and their attitudes toward them. Eight university students were recruited for this study. Most participants have had death experiences. They seldom talked about death and loss. Some of these experiences were quite pleasant but some of them were not. Most participants addressed the need to have “life and death” education in schools at their young age. Such a need is further supported by the incidents of two participants who attempted suicide unsuccessfully when they encountered a life problem which they could not solve.

scholarly journals University as Change Manager of Attitudes towards Environment (The Importance of Environmental Education)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Macarena Esteban Ibáñez ◽  
Daniel Musitu Ferrer ◽  
Luis Vicente Amador Muñoz ◽  
Francisco Mateos Claros ◽  
Francisco Javier Olmedo Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Societal Change ◽  
Effective Solution ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The University

The university is an essential participant in education, a key place where societal change processes are developed. So, it must be a place to bring up current challenges and social requirements. That is the reason why it holds the responsibility to assure the creation of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values in the students to achieve an effective solution to environmental issues. The objective of this research was the assessment of the attitudes, knowledge, and pro-environmental behavior in university students from different faculties, studies, and degrees, as well as their influence in this group. The results show that most of the students have previous concepts of environment, and they consider that a good environmental education is necessary to solve the environmental issues that they have around. This proves that key factors in attitudes become essential elements for changing them. The differences made by gender and studies in several fields in attitudes (cognitive and emotional levels) are also confirmed.

scholarly journals The Impact of Ecological Civilization Theory on University Students’ Pro-environmental Behavior: An Application of Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Theoretical Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuan Wang ◽  
Lu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Ecological Civilization ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Impact

In environmental education, environmental knowledge is considered to be one of the most important factors affecting university students’ pro-environmental behavior. First, in this paper, the ecological civilization theory (ECT) was understood as a new kind of environmental knowledge. Based on this, a new theoretical model for analyzing the relationships among environmental knowledge, environmental attitude, and environmental behavior was designed in this paper according to ECT and the Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) theoretical model. Second, from the perspective of students, a questionnaire was designed for students according to ECT, so as to understand the level of ECT of students. On this basis, an empirical test of the relationship between the ECT level, pro-environmental attitude level, and pro-environmental behavior level was carried out. This research shows that ECT as environmental knowledge is as important as science-oriented environmental knowledge (SEK) in environmental education. As a result, the role of environmental knowledge in environmental education should not be ignored but environmental knowledge should be enriched by adding ECT to the environmental knowledge system and improving the environmental knowledge education curriculum, contributing to environmental education in China.

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