Assessing Environmental Literacy of University Students: A Case Study of Shahid Beheshti University in Iran

Autor/inn/en	Veisi, Hadi; Lacy, Michael; Mafakheri, Salah; Razaghi, Fatemeh
Titel	Assessing Environmental Literacy of University Students: A Case Study of Shahid Beheshti University in Iran
Quelle	In: Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 18 (2019) 1, S.25-42 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-015X
DOI	10.1080/1533015X.2018.1431163
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Universities; Student Attitudes; Positive Attitudes; Educational Change; Sustainable Development; Environment; Knowledge Level; Tests; College Students; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Environmental Education; Learning Experience; Mass Media Role; Information Sources; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; University; Universität; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsreform; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Umwelt; Wissensbasis; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Collegestudent; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Lernerfahrung; Information source; Informationsquelle
Abstract	As a reflective activity at niche scale in transition management for system-wide changes in universities for sustainable societies, this study aimed to evaluate student environmental literacy (EL) and assess the effects of sociodemographic variables on the level of EL among students at Shahid Beheshti University in Iran. A total of 1,068 students took the EL test. The test had four parts: knowledge, attitude, sensitivity, and concern. The findings indicated that students had a positive attitude and a high degree of concern and showed sensitivity to the environment, but they had only low-to-moderate levels of knowledge. The sociodemographic variables of gender, age, and environmental experience had a significant effect on EL and mass media served as the main source of environmental information. Finally, recommendations are made regarding the cultivation of the results into effective content (what) and ways of teaching and learning (how) EL at niche level of universities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01