Gender differences in environmentalism: A case study of Macedonian students

Srbinovski, Mile

doi:10.5937/inovacije1604101s

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“…Most of gender and environmental studies have emphasized that there are variations between males and females regarding energy, environment knowledge, behavior, and contributions (Hunter et al, 2004;Sigmon et al, 1995;Srbinovski, 2017;Zelezny & Aldrich, 2000) and stressed that gender perspective as a critical factor in sustainable energy consumption (Slini & Pavlidou, 2016). The reason for gender differences in energy-saving behavior may be ingrained in complex nature.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Energy Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

Gender differences in household energy decision‐making and impacts in energy saving to achieve sustainability: A case of Kathmandu

Shrestha

Bajracharya

Keitsch

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

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Electrical appliances use increased in the households of Kathmandu city for the last three decades. The use and purchase of appliances have a significant contribution to household energy-saving behavior. This study examines gender differences in electrical appliances purchase decision-making process based on socioeconomic contextheadship, family composition, ethnicity, and location as objective variables; and subjective variables-energy practice, knowledge, and consciousness. Data were collected from 623 households survey with cross-sectional interviews for diversity in Kathmandu in inner-city, middle-city, and outer-city layer. The findings indicated that women actively participated in energy-saving practices, and men had little higher energy knowledge in technology. In terms of attitude, women scored significantly higher for environmental consciousness by checking energy bills than men. Household energy saving positively influenced through female participation in energy decision-making process; however, they had a low level of technical knowledge. The study expects to contribute to energy policy for the effective decision-making process to achieve sustainability from empirical knowledge of gender differences.

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Section: Gender Differences In Energy Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

Gender differences in household energy decision‐making and impacts in energy saving to achieve sustainability: A case of Kathmandu

Shrestha

Bajracharya

Keitsch

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

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“…The assessment of cognitive, affective and skill variables, and particularly the latter, has not received equal attention. The affective and cognitive EE domains of students in the Republic of North Macedonia have been studied by Srbinovski (2005aSrbinovski ( , 2006Srbinovski ( , 2016 Srbinovski, & Zenki (2009), etc.…”

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Macedonian students' ecological knowledge and level of information about the environment

Srbinovski¹

2019

Nastava i vaspitanje

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The aim of this study was to investigate the cognitive domain of students' environmental education (EE) in the Republic of North Macedonia. The main tasks of the study was (1) to compare the ecological knowledge and level of information between primary and secondary school students in the Macedonian context, and (2) to provide an analytical review ofthe findings. Two instruments were used to collect data from a sample of 1003 students from 37 primary and secondary schools in the Republic of North Macedonia. The results of the study suggested that the students in the sample have a low level of both ecological knowledge and ecological information. Students of secondary schools have a statistically higher level of ecological information. It is critical to a certain extent for empirical studies on environmental knowledge to be carried out in developing countries in order to incorporate the findings into the environmental policy development process. We need to develop curricula and programs that are suitable to the individual differences, needs, viewpoints, and abilities of the students. Curricula for environmental learning should contain all environmental components: natural systems, resources, and human resources. We must look at students' EE achievements in the context of the overall socioeconomic conditions in which we carry out the education process. In order to increase students' knowledge and level of information about the environment, activities should be arranged by various stakeholders, and not only by schools. Environmental education should be extended by using mass communication channels, especially the internet and media. ecological knowledge, ecological information, Republic of North Macedonia, schools, students.

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“…Hence, the Macedonian students' higher NEP score is perhaps due to the fact that the Macedonian sample includes more girls than the Serbian sample (Table 2). But empirical findings suggest that no firm and clear conclusions can be drawn about the effects of gender on (NEP) environmental concern in a sample of Macedonian students (Srbinovski, 2016).…”

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“…Attitudes, knowledge and action in relation to the environment in the Republic of Macedonia have been studied by: Abazi, Ismaili, and Srbinovski (2009); Idrizi, Srbinovski, Jonuzi, and Murati-Sherifi (2015); Ismaili, Abazi, and Srbinovski (2009); Ismaili, Srbinovski, and Sapuric (2014); Jonuzi (2009Jonuzi ( , 2012; Kundačina (1991); Srbinovski (2001Srbinovski ( , 2005aSrbinovski ( , 2005bSrbinovski ( , 2006Srbinovski ( , 2016, Srbinovski, Palmer, Ismaili, Abazi, and Zenki (2007), Srbinovski, Ismaili, and Abazi (2010b), Srbinovski, Ismaili, and Abazi (2011), Srbinovski, Ismaili, and Jonuzi (2013), Srbinovski, Idrizi, and Jonuzi (2014), Srbinovski, Ismaili, and Zenki (2014). According to these studies, in the last 20 years approximately 74% of Macedonian students have demonstrated pro-environmental attitudes, measured by 13-item, 5-point, two-way Likert-type scale instruments with values running along the strongly agree/strongly disagree continuum.…”

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Environmental worldviews of Serbian and Macedonian school students

Srbinovski¹,

Stanišić²

2020

Aust. J. environ. educ.

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The objectives of this study were to assess the dimensionality of the revised New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale in Serbian and Macedonian culture, and to use it to explore the environmental worldviews of young people in Serbia and the Republic of North Macedonia. A total of 850 pupils aged between 13 and 15 from 11 schools (5 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools) took part in this research. The dataset obtained from the scale was analysed via the principal component analysis factor extraction method, and a varimax rotation was applied. This study found all items load on four dimensions: Balance of Nature, Humans over Nature, Limits to Growth and Environmental Philosophy. Differences between subgroups occur in three out of four dimensions. The students’ environmental worldviews were determined by providing the frequency distribution of their responses. Both subgroups in the Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia are (slightly) environmentally conscious, with an ecological view of the environment. Macedonian school students have a slightly higher NEP score than their peers in Serbia, indicating more environmentally protective attitudes among them. The participants did not see the two paradigms as mutually exclusive, as do members of some industrialised societies. The rejection of the Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) by the NEP is a phenomenon that could well only be present in Western societies, whereas in less industrialised societies, the NEP and DSP could coexist in a comprehensive environmental view. With minor alterations such as word substitutions to facilitate easy comprehension of items by the respondents, the revised NEP scale will show more universal applicability outside developed communities.

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Gender differences in environmentalism: A case study of Macedonian students

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

Gender differences in household energy decision‐making and impacts in energy saving to achieve sustainability: A case of Kathmandu

Gender differences in household energy decision‐making and impacts in energy saving to achieve sustainability: A case of Kathmandu

Macedonian students' ecological knowledge and level of information about the environment

Environmental worldviews of Serbian and Macedonian school students

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