The Development of Responsible Environmental Citizenship: A Critical Challenge

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold R. Hungerford
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Instructional Practice ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Instructional Program ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Responsible Environmental Behavior ◽  
Critical Challenge

Although this article should not be considered a research article, its content is based almost entirely on research into responsible environmental behavior. It looks at instructional practice in environmental education and some of the flaws associated with it. The research that guides successful curriculum development and instruction is briefly discussed, and inferences flowing from that research are stated and described. The article then describes what the author believes to be the critical educational components that must be in place if receivers are to become lifelong responsible decision makers in society. Following this is a discussion of what an instructional program would look like that can be predicted to lead to responsible citizenship action regarding important environmental issues.

scholarly journals PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Dwi Setiyaningsih ◽  
Sri Poedjiastoeti ◽  
Raharjo Raharjo ◽  
Bill Atweh
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Biology Department ◽  
Responsible Environmental Behavior ◽  
Environment Sustainability

Eco Campus is a national environmental management system and award scheme for the higher education sector for addressing key issues of environment. One of the education institutions at university level that was planned to implement an eco- campus is the State University of Surabaya (UNESA) especially at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science (FMIPA). However, to create such goal, it was important to begin with how to make the students have responsible environmental behavior (REB). Related to such problem, the pre experimental research has been conducted to promote three of responsible environmental behavior of students in Biology department of international class 2012, comprised of; eco-management action, persuasion, and economic/consumer action using the implementation of environmental education program. As a lifelong study, the environmental education was aimed to show that interdependency between humanity and the environment was needed to improve the human environment sustainability for the present and the future generations. This study was conducted using variety of data sources; observation, interview, questionnaire and test. Based on the data analyses descriptively and the discussion result, it was known that the ability of the lecturer to manage the learning activities for each category was good. Then, the implementation of environmental education program can promote three categories of responsible environmental behaviors of students. Moreover, the environmental education implemented in the current research has positive impact on students’ cognitive learning outcomes of environmental knowledge subject, especially the strategies for sustainable development topic, based on the UNESA grade standard.Eko-kampus adalah sebuah sistem manajemen lingkungan nasional dan skema penghargaan untuk sektor pendidikan tinggi untuk mengatasi permasalahan utama lingkungan. Salah satu lembaga pendidikan di tingkat universitas yang telah mencanangkan eko-kampus adalah Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) khususnya di Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (FMIPA). Namun demikian, untuk mewujudkan tujuan tersebut, hal terpenting yang harus dipertimbangkan adalah bagaimana cara membentuk sikap mahasiswa memiliki perilaku yang bertanggung jawab terhadap lingkungan (REB).Terkait dengan permasalahan tersebut, penelitian pra-eksperimen telah dilakukan untuk mendorong terwujudnya tiga aspek perilaku yang bertanggung jawab terhadap lingkungan pada mahasiswa jurusan Biologi kelas internasional 2012, meliputi, tindakan eko-manajemen, persuasi, dan tindakan konsumen/ekonomi, melalui penerapan program pendidikan lingkungan. Sebagai pendidikan seumur hidup, pendidikan lingkungan bertujuan untuk menunjukkan bahwa saling ketergantungan antara manus ia dan lingkungan diperlukan untuk meningkatkan kelestarian lingkungan hidup manusia untuk saat ini dan generasi yang akan datang. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan berbagai teknik pengumpulan data meliputi, observasi, wawancara, angket dan tes. Berdasarkan analisis data secara deskriptif dan hasil pembahasan, diketahui bahwa kemampuan pengajar dalam mengelola aktivitas pembelajaran untuk setiap langkah pengajaran adalah baik. Kemudian, pelaksanaan program pendidikan lingkungan dapat mendorong tiga aspek perilaku yang bertanggung jawab terhadap lingkungan pada mahasiswa. Selain itu, pendidikan lingkungan yang telah diterapkan dalam penelitian ini memiliki dampak positif terhadap hasil belajar kognitif mahasiswa pada mata kuliah pengetahuan lingkungan, terutama pada materi strategi untuk pembangunan berkelanjutan, berdasarkan pada standar penilaian UNESA.

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 Pengaruh Kepribadian (Personality) dan Keinginan Untuk Bertindak (Intention to Act) Terhadap Perilaku Tanggung Jawab Lingkungan (Responsible Environmental Behavior) Siswa

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-230
Author(s):  
Tiara Agustiani Mahardika ◽  
I Made Putrawan ◽  
Diana Vivanti Sigit
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
School Year ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Responsible Environmental Behavior

Environmental damage is intentionally done by individuals or groups of people. Understanding of environmental education involves various parties including one of them students. Behavior of responsibility possessed by students is supported by the personality and desire to act in dealing with environmental problems. This study was aimed at finding effect personality and intention to act toward responsible environmental behavior students. Research conducted at SMAN 31 Jakarta on the Semester I of 2019/2020 school year. The method used is a survey method through causal studies and analyzed by path analysis. The research instruments used were responsible environmental behavior (27 items, reliability 0.763), personality (26 items, reliability 0.820), and intention to act (30 items, reliability 0.904). The results showed that personality has a direct effect on the intention to act, intention to act has a direct effect on responsible environmental behavior , personality has a direct effect on responsible environmental behavior, and the results of intention to act are suitable as mediating variables between personality and responsible environmental  behavior on students. Keys : Student, Personality, Intention to Act, Responsible Environmental Behavior, Reliability.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Pengetahuan Mengenai Isu-Isu Lingkungan (Knowledge About Environmental Issues) dan Intensi Untuk Bertindak (Intention to Act) terhadap Perilaku Bertanggung Jawab Lingkungan (Responsible Environmental Behavior) Siswa

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-33
Author(s):  
Fibula Purnama ◽  
I Made Putrawan ◽  
Diana Vivanti Sigit
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Year ◽  
Causal Approach ◽  
Responsible Environmental Behavior ◽  
Mediator Variable

Environmental issues is the problem that need to be solved by all parties, including students, by developing responsible of environmental issues. Students’ responsible environmental behavior is an output that came from factors that have effects toward it. Some of the effects are knowledge about environmental issues and intention to act. This study aims to determine the effect of knowledge about environmental issues and intention to act toward responsible environmental behavior that student have. This research conducted at SMAN 4 Kota Bekasi on the 1st semester, of 2019/2020 school year. The method of this research was survey method with quantitative-causal approach and path analysis. The sample of this research were 98 student grade X MIPA. The instrument for knowledge about environmental issues is a true-false test, the instrument for intention to act and responsible environmental behavior is opinionary. Realiability coefficients for knowledge about environmental issuess’ instrument is 0,77, for intention to act is 0,87, and for responsible of environmental behavior is 0,83. Based of hypothesis test, there is no direct effect between knowledge about environmental issues toward responsible environmental behavior, and there is direct effect between knowledge about environmental issues toward intention to act and intention to act toward responsible environmental behavior. Based on these results, can be concluded that intention to act is not a suitable mediator variable between knowledge of environmental issues and responsible environmental behavior.   Keywords: intention to act, knowledge, path analysis, responsible environmental behavior, student.

Young Adults’ Contextualization of Environmental and Sustainability Issues: A Critical Issue for Environmental Education Intervention

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony KOLA-OLUSANYA
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

As soon as decision makers are expected to make differences towards sustainable future, young adults’ ability to make informed and sound decisions is considered essential towards securing our planet. This study provides an insight into young adults’ knowledge of key environment and sustainability issues. To answer the key research questions, data were obtained using a qualitative phenomenographic research approach and collected through 18 face-to-face in-depth interviews with research participants. The findings of this study suggest that young adults lived experiences that play a huge role in their level of awareness of topical environmental and sustainability issues critical to humanity’s future on earth. 

Integration of Environmental Education and Research for Multi-Disciplinary Studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 1065-1069 ◽  
pp. 2463-2466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Qing You
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Politics And Law

The current environmental education and research are scattered in different disciplines of studies, notably science, engineering, management, economics, politics, and law. This leads to some problems, such as the lack of sufficient understanding of other fields, narrow perspectives towards environmental issues and ill-informed decisions of different branches of the government, and the teaching of one field of the environmental studies based on a false, distorted, or outdated understanding of other fields. Restructuring course curriculum, multi-disciplinary research, and recruitment of college graduates from other fields of study are some of the suggestions.

scholarly journals Travelers’ Responsible Environmental Behavior towards Sustainable Coastal Tourism: An Empirical Investigation on Social Media User-Generated Content

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tipu Sultan ◽  
Farzana Sharmin ◽  
Alina Badulescu ◽  
Elena Stiubea ◽  
Ke Xue
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Destination Marketing ◽  
Coastal Tourism ◽  
Responsible Environmental Behavior

There has been increasing interest in coastal tourism, sparking a debate on the responsible environmental behavior of travelers visiting sustainable destinations. To mitigate this issue, destination marketing organizations (DMOs) and environmental activists are trying to develop strategic approaches (i.e., by using digital technologies) to enhance the sustainable behavior of travelers. Environmental responsiveness and its impact on sustainable destinations is gaining attention by companies, scholars, and institutions. However, the relevant literature has not addressed social media user-generated content regarding sustainable destinations. Sharing stakeholder knowledge, activities, and experience on social media could accomplish this goal. Hence, this paper aims to explore travelers′ responsible environmental behavior towards coastal tourism within the social media user-generated content paradigm. To measure the effect of user-generated content (UGC), i.e., cognitive triggers and affective triggers, on the responsible environmental behavior of travelers, a survey questionnaire was used to collect data (n = 506) from the world’s longest sandy sea beach, Cox’s Bazar, located in the Southern part of Bangladesh. The data were examined by structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed that cognitive and affective triggers of user-generated content influence travelers’ environmental concerns and attitudes, making a significant contribution to shaping responsible environmental behavior. Additionally, the findings show that environmental concerns and attitudes play a significant role in producing commitment towards a sustainable coastal tourism practice. This study contributes to the effectiveness of user-generated content for persuasive interactions with destination marketing organizations to develop sustainable tourism practices.

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