A competence model for environmental education.

Autor/inn/en	Roczen, Nina; Kaiser, Florian G.; Bogner, Franz X.; Wilson, Marc
Titel	A competence model for environmental education.
Quelle	In: Environment and behavior, 46 (2014) 8, S. 972-992 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-9165; 1552-390X
DOI	10.1177/0013916513492416
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-123512
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Wissen; Rasch-Modell; Fragebogenerhebung; Einstellung (Psy); Gymnasium; Lebensführung; Modell; Ökologie; Schüler; Umweltschutz; Wissen; Kompetenz; Rasch-Modell; Schuljahr 06; Schuljahr 07; Schuljahr 08; Gymnasium; Schüler; Umweltschutz; Ökologie; Lebensführung; Modell
Abstract	The goal of environmental education is ultimately to enable a person to strive for and to attain a more ecological way of life. In this article, we begin by distinguishing three forms of environmental knowledge and go on to predict that people's attitude toward nature represents the force that drives their ecological behavioral engagement. Based on data from 1,907 students, we calibrated previously established instruments to measure ecological behavior, environmental knowledge, and attitude toward nature with Rasch-type models. Using path modeling, we corroborated our theoretically anticipated competence structure. While environmental knowledge revealed a modest behavioral effect, attitude toward nature turned out to be, as expected, the stronger determinant of behavior. Overall, we propose a competence model that has the potential to guide us into more evidence-based ways of promoting the overall ecological engagement of individuals. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2016/4