Young Children's Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors

Evans, Gary W.; Brauchle, Gernot; Haq, A Mirza; Stecker, Rachel; Wong, Kimberly; Shapiro, Elan

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“…The cinema and the production of images gain strength in the contemporary world, appearing as a powerful tool of socialization of information and being able to function as special sources of education and knowledge construction (Oliveira, 2006, Fischer, 2009). According to Otto and Pensini (2017), in childhood the motivation to be ecologically friendly is formed and probably the effect lasts a lifetime (Evans et al, 2007).…”

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Environmental perception of fishermen: use and conservation of fisheries resources

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The principal aim was to assess the environmental perception of the fishermen, and implement educational activities, on an island in Brazil. Twelve people between the ages of 23 and 63 were interviewed, of whom 75% were male, and 58.33% did not complete their elementary education. Regarding social benefits, 33.33% receive a family allowance and 16.66% receive the so-called 'green allowance' (financial assistance to extremely poor families who live in areas of environmental preservation). Fishing remains the main economic activity (58.73%). The most common types of fishing gear are the 'zangarias' (41.66%) and 'muruadas' (41.66%), used to catch white shrimp (Litopenaeus schmitti), the main resource traded on the island (83.33%). All those interviewed reported a change in the size and weight of the catch in recent years (100%), and 75% attribute this to the types of trap used. Talks, films and booklets, as environmental education activities, contributed to community awareness. The population is familiar with the effects of fishing traps, and shows an interest in changing the situation.

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“…For example, a study by Evans et al (2007) demonstrated that while learning through games, students developed positive attitudes regarding the environment besides they also behave in an environmentally responsible manner. Computer simulation games can be implemented in various teaching learning fields for promoting environmental awareness and exploring attitudes toward environmental conservation (Torres and Macedo 2000).…”

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Gender differences in students’ learning achievements and awareness through residence energy saving game-based inquiry playing

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Energy consumption and conservation is one of the important topics in Energy Education, whereby students are required to understand the factors of energy consumption leading to promote students' awareness on saving energy in residence. Moreover, inquiry-based learning strategy can be used to encourage students' learning in the topic. Although, several researchers studied on how to use digital games to improve understand the topic. However, a few studies have been conducted to investigate what the gender differences in playing and learning energy game-based learning are. In this vein, this paper address this issue by investigating the gender differences in learning achievement and energy-saving awareness through a digital game based on inquiry-based learning called Residence Energy Saving Battle (RES-battle). An experiment has been conducted on a secondary school physics course. The experimental results from 129 students indicate that the RES-battle can decrease the difference between female and male learning achievements reasonably and energy-saving awareness. This suggests a need to develop the game that can provide the opportunities for interaction on game screen and also with other students.

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“…Therefore, in studies of children, gender has been considered a possible influence on ecological views (Evans et al, 2007;Manoli et al, 2007), but differences between boys and girls have not yet been found.…”

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“…This behavior was chosen because earlier studies (Evans et al, 2007;Leeming, Dwyer, Porter, & Bracker, 1995) have operationalized household energy savings as proecological behavior in children. This question had the same response format as the NEP_Ñ (5point Likert scale paired with visual symbols).…”

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“…However, little is known about children's environmental attitudes, how they develop, or the variables that influence them. The dearth of reliable instruments to measure such atti tudes is, in part, why progress in this field has been so slow (Evans et al, 2007;Manoli, Johnson, & Dunlap, 2007). This stands in contrast to the great many studies of environmental attitudes in adults.…”

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Spanish Version of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale for Children

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Esta es la versión de autor del artículo publicado en: This is an author produced version of a paper published in: El acceso a la versión del editor puede requerir la suscripción del recurso Access to the published version may require subscriptionIt is crucial to study environmental attitudes and behavior in populations of children, considering that the envi ronment's future will depend on the decisions of coming generations (Larson, Green, & Castleberry, 2011;van Petegem & Blieck, 2006). However, little is known about children's environmental attitudes, how they develop, or the variables that influence them. The dearth of reliable instruments to measure such atti tudes is, in part, why progress in this field has been so slow (Evans et al., 2007;Manoli, Johnson, & Dunlap, 2007). This stands in contrast to the great many studies of environmental attitudes in adults. One of the most widelyused instruments measuring adults' ecolog ical beliefs is the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale by Dunlap and van Liere (1978). According to the New Environmental Paradigm, worldviews are shifting from anthropocentric to ecocentric, the latter of which considers human beings' impact on nature and sug gests limits be placed on growth. The NEP scale consists of 12 items and was created to measure people's affinity for this ecocentric perspective. It was later revised to include a similar number of items in favor of and against the ecocentric view it aims to detect, to incorporate more uptodate environmental problems, and to revise the terminology used in certain items (Dunlap, van Liere, Mertig, & Jones, 2000), giving way to the New Ecological Paradigm: NEP revised. The revised scale is made up of 15 items whose content describes, in five parts, the humannature relationship: 1) ecological limits, 2) antianthropocentrism, 3) balance of nature, 4) antiexceptionalism, and 5) ecocrisis. The NEP scale has been utilized, among other things, to link ecological beliefs to proenvironmental behavior. It has been established that the NEP scale is positively associated with human ecological behavior. For example, Vozmediano and San Juan (2005) found that the NEP scale's ecocentrism dimension is positively correlated with the frequency with which people perform ecolog ical behaviors (r = .12, p < .01) and positive outcomes from those behaviors (r = .28, p < .01). It is negatively correlated, meanwhile, with the effort involved in such behavior (r = −.20, p < .01). Similarly, Olli, Grendstad, and Wollebaek (2001) showed, through multiple regression analysis, that the NEP, together with other variables like family income and environmental knowledge, is able to predict different types of ecological behavior, such as responsible consumption (b = 0.58, β = .09; p < .01) and conservation of resources (b = 0.64, β =.10; p < .01).Hawcroft and Milfont (2010) conducted a metaanalysis of the NEP's use in over 300 studies since 1970. The authors recommend using it as a standardized mea sure of environmental attitudes, and point out just one study wher...

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Young Children's Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors

Cited by 211 publications

References 27 publications

Environmental perception of fishermen: use and conservation of fisheries resources

Environmental perception of fishermen: use and conservation of fisheries resources

Gender differences in students’ learning achievements and awareness through residence energy saving game-based inquiry playing

Spanish Version of the New Ecological Paradigm Scale for Children

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