Exploring Student Engagement in Sustainability Education and Study Abroad
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Student Engagement
2.2. Sustainability Education and Student Engagement
2.3. Study Abroad and Student Engagement
3. Methods
3.1. Hypothesis
3.2. Data Collection and Participant Demographic Profile
3.3. Measures
3.4. Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Sustainability Education and Student Engagement
5.2. Study Abroad and Student Engagement
5.3. Additive Effects of Sustainability Education and Study Abroad on Changes in Student Engagement
5.4. Recommendations and Future Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Item | Pretest M (SD) | Posttest M (SD) |
---|---|---|
Synthesized and organized ideas, information, or experiences into new, more complex interpretations and relationships. | 2.67 (0.85) | 3.00 (0.81) |
Applied theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations. | 2.86 (0.85) | 3.07 (0.83) |
Analyzed the basic elements of an idea, experience or theory, such as examining a particular case or situation in depth and considering its components. | 2.75 (0.87) | 3.04 (0.84) |
Made judgments about the value of information, arguments, or methods, such as examining how others gathered and interpreted data and assessing the soundness of their conclusions. | 2.75 (0.88) | 3.01 (0.87) |
Put together ideas or concepts from different courses when completing assignments or during class discussions. | 2.84 (0.84) | 3.06 (0.81) |
Learned something from discussing questions that have no clear answers. | 2.85 (0.86) | 3.13 (0.82) |
Examined the strengths and weaknesses of your own views on a topic or Issue. | 2.82 (0.87) | 3.08 (0.83) |
Worked on a paper or project that required integrating ideas or information from various sources. | 3.05 (0.89) | 3.26 (0.86) |
Enjoyed completing a task that required a lot of thinking and mental effort. | 2.88 (0.87) | 2.96 (0.86) |
Included diverse perspectives (different races, religions, genders, political beliefs, etc.) in class discussions or writing assignments. | 2.65 (0.94) | 3.02 (0.82) |
Applied what you learned in a course to your personal life or work. | 3.00 (0.86) | 3.10 (0.82) |
Tried to better understand someone else’s views by imagining how an issue looks from his or her perspective. | 2.86 (0.89) | 3.13 (0.83) |
Learned something that changed the way you understand an issue or concept. | 3.04 (0.79) | 3.15 (0.81) |
Discussed ideas from your readings/classes with faculty outside of class. | 2.24 (1.01) | 2.62 (1.02) |
Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with others outside of class (students, family members, co-workers, etc.). | 2.92 (0.86) | 3.00 (0.87) |
M (SD) | ||||
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SA-SUS | SA-NSUS | NSA-SUS | NSA-NSUS | |
Pretest | 40.91 (7.56) N = 996 | 44.31 (8.19) N = 430 | 41.90 (7.21) N = 136 | 42.12 (7.52) N = 709 |
Posttest | 46.76 (8.09) N = 1004 | 46.60 (8.31) N = 426 | 44.62 (7.80) N = 140 | 42.86 (8.92) N = 704 |
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Tarrant, M.; Schweinsberg, S.; Landon, A.; Wearing, S.L.; McDonald, M.; Rubin, D. Exploring Student Engagement in Sustainability Education and Study Abroad. Sustainability 2021, 13, 12658. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212658
Tarrant M, Schweinsberg S, Landon A, Wearing SL, McDonald M, Rubin D. Exploring Student Engagement in Sustainability Education and Study Abroad. Sustainability. 2021; 13(22):12658. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212658
Chicago/Turabian StyleTarrant, Michael, Stephen Schweinsberg, Adam Landon, Stephen L. Wearing, Matthew McDonald, and Donald Rubin. 2021. "Exploring Student Engagement in Sustainability Education and Study Abroad" Sustainability 13, no. 22: 12658. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212658
APA StyleTarrant, M., Schweinsberg, S., Landon, A., Wearing, S. L., McDonald, M., & Rubin, D. (2021). Exploring Student Engagement in Sustainability Education and Study Abroad. Sustainability, 13(22), 12658. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212658