Benchmarking the Environmental Values and Attitudes of Students in New Zealand's Post-Compulsory Education

Autor/inn/en	Shephard, Kerry; Mann, Samuel; Smith, Nell; Deaker, Lynley
Titel	Benchmarking the Environmental Values and Attitudes of Students in New Zealand's Post-Compulsory Education
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 15 (2009) 5, S.571-587 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
Schlagwörter	Postsecondary Education; College Students; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Values; Benchmarking; Environmental Education; World Views; Sustainable Development; Measures (Individuals); Educational Change; Student Characteristics; Questionnaires; New Zealand; New Environmental Paradigm + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Collegestudent; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Wertbegriff; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; World view; Weltanschauung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Messdaten; Bildungsreform; Fragebogen; Neuseeland
Abstract	How much do teachers in tertiary education know about the sustainability characteristics of their incoming students and, if this knowledge were to be available, how could their educational approaches be influenced by this knowledge? In New Zealand, Otago Polytechnic has committed itself to the goal that every graduate may think and act as a sustainable practitioner, and staff are changing their approach to teaching to achieve this. This research sought to benchmark the environmental worldview attributes of an incoming cohort of Otago Polytechnic students to support academic staff who need to know more about the sustainability interests and characteristics of their students, so that they may provide appropriate educational programmes. The research was also designed as the first stage of longer-term research to evaluate the impact of these institutional changes on how students transform during the period of their tertiary education experience. The data and analysis presented here suggest that even before students start to study in the institution different groups have substantially different sustainability values-sets. The authors anticipate that the research instruments and approaches used in the present study will contribute to a substantial national exploration of the sustainability value-sets of tertiary students. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10