Hwankyungkyoyuk (한국환경교육학회지:환경교육)
- Volume 20 Issue 3
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- Pages.102-112
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- 2007
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- 1225-1259(pISSN)
A Survey of the Environmental Worldviews of Middle School Students
중학생들의 환경관에 대한 조사 연구
- Choi, Hyeh-Sook (Ewha Womans' University) ;
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Shim, Kew-Cheol
(Kongju National University)
;
- So, Keum-Hyun (Busan National University of Education) ;
- Yeau, Sung-Hee (Ewha Womans' University)
- Published : 2007.09.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the environmental worldviews of middle school students. An instrument to survey environmental worldviews consists two components; 'Human and Environment', and 'Human Behaviors and Environmental Problems' The two components are three environmental worldviews as follows: 'Technocentrism', 'Ecocentrism', 'and Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development(ESSD)'Subjects were 551 middle school students in metropolitan area and rural district(male: 285, female: 266). Most of middle school students had the environmental worldview of the ESSD. More female students had a tendency ESSD worldview than males. More male students had the positive Technocentrism than females. More middle school students in metropolitan area had ecocentrism than those in rural district. Understandings of students' environmental worldviews will be helpful to work out teaching and learning strategies in environmental education.
Keywords
- environmental education;
- environmental worldview;
- technocentrism;
- ecocentrism;
- Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development(ESSD)