Examining the Relationship between Environmental Education and Pro-Environmental Behavior in Regular Basic Education Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Environmental Education
- Climate change education component: increases awareness and adaptive capacity for action against climate change.
- Health education component: achieves healthy and sustainable lifestyles in the educational community and projects them to the whole society.
- Eco-efficiency education component: develops skills on research, entrepreneurship, participation and applicability to live sustainably, progressively controlling environmental impacts and the intensity of resources consumed by educational institutions and the educational community.
- Disaster risk management education component: seeks to strengthen the culture of prevention, reduction and permanent control of disaster risk factors in educational institutions, as well as adequate preparation and response to disaster situations.
- Biodiversity education component: allows guiding the development of skills for the care and conservation of ecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide. It also allows guiding the development of protected natural areas, natural spaces, as well as valuing biodiversity for its sustainable use.
1.2. Pro-Environmental Behavior
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Sociodemographic Characteristics | N = 293 | % |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Man | 154 | 52.6 |
Female | 139 | 47.4 | |
Age | From 13 to 14 years old | 112 | 38.3 |
From 15 to 16 years old | 127 | 43.3 | |
From 17 to 18 years old | 54 | 18.4 | |
Grade | Third | 103 | 35.2 |
Fourth | 130 | 44.4 | |
Fifth | 60 | 20.4 |
Sociodemographic Variables | Environmental Education | p | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inadequate | Partially Adequate | Adequate | |||
Gender | Man | 28 (18.2%) | 71 (46.1%) | 55 (35.7%) | 0.060 |
Female | 26 (18.7%) | 60 (43.2%) | 53 (38.1%) | ||
Age | From 13 to 14 years old | 21 (18.8%) | 48 (42.9%) | 43 (38.3%) | 0.092 |
From 15 to 16 years old | 23 (18.1%) | 56 (44.1%) | 48 (37.8%) | ||
From 17 to 18 years old | 10 (18.5%) | 23 (42.6%) | 21 (38.9%) | ||
Grade | Third | 19 (18.4%) | 47 (45.6%) | 37 (35.9%) | 0.055 |
Fourth | 24 (18.5%) | 61 (46.9%) | 45 (34.6%) | ||
Fifth | 11 (18.3%) | 29 (48.4%) | 20 (33.3%) |
Sociodemographic Variables | Pro-Environmental Behavior | p | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not Habitual | Unusual | Habitual | |||
Gender | Man | 44 (28.6%) | 63 (40.9%) | 47 (30.5%) | 0.012 * |
Female | 25 (18.0%) | 60 (43.2%) | 54 (38.8%) | ||
Age | From 13 to 14 years old | 26 (23.2%) | 48 (42.9%) | 38 (33.9%) | 0.081 |
From 15 to 16 years old | 28 (22.0%) | 55 (43.3%) | 44 (34.7%) | ||
From 17 to 18 years old | 14 (25.9%) | 21 (38.9%) | 19 (35.2%) | ||
Grade | Third | 25 (24.3%) | 43 (41.7%) | 35 (34.0%) | 0.059 |
Fourth | 29 (22.3%) | 57 (43.9%) | 44 (33.8%) | ||
Fifth | 15 (25.0%) | 23 (38.3%) | 22 (36.7%) |
Variables and Dimensions | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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1. Environmental education | 1 | |||||||
2. Cognitive aspect | 0.893 * | 1 | ||||||
3. Affective aspect | 0.892 * | 0.835 * | 1 | |||||
4. Behavioral aspect | 0.879 * | 0.812 * | 0.803 * | 1 | ||||
5. Pro-environmental behavior | 0.877 * | 0.799 * | 0.798 * | 0.737 * | 1 | |||
6. Recycling and reuse | 0.863 * | 0.811 * | 0.760 * | 0.762 * | 0.915 * | 1 | ||
7. Resource saving | 0.889 * | 0.764 * | 0.773 * | 0.740 * | 0.920 * | 0.879 * | 1 | |
8. Environmental purchasing | 0.894 * | 0.752 * | 0.763 * | 0.768 * | 0.900 * | 0.855 * | 0.894 * | 1 |
Model | R | R2 | Adjusted R2 | SE | F | Sig. |
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1 | 0.689 a | 0.475 | 0.470 | 0.191 | 72.942 | 0.000 b |
Predictors | B | SE | β | T | Sig. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Constant) | 1.751 | 0.277 | 2.342 | 0.000 | |
Environmental education | 0.214 | 0.124 | 0.298 | 1.914 | 0.001 |
Cognitive aspect | 0.198 | 0.034 | 0.202 | 5.127 | 0.000 |
Affective aspect | 0.185 | 0.016 | 0.309 | 3.583 | 0.000 |
Behavioral aspect | 0.168 | 0.052 | 0.376 | 7.740 | 0.000 |
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Estrada-Araoz, E.G.; Gallegos Ramos, N.A.; Paredes Valverde, Y.; Quispe Herrera, R.; Mori Bazán, J. Examining the Relationship between Environmental Education and Pro-Environmental Behavior in Regular Basic Education Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050307
Estrada-Araoz EG, Gallegos Ramos NA, Paredes Valverde Y, Quispe Herrera R, Mori Bazán J. Examining the Relationship between Environmental Education and Pro-Environmental Behavior in Regular Basic Education Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Social Sciences. 2023; 12(5):307. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050307
Chicago/Turabian StyleEstrada-Araoz, Edwin Gustavo, Néstor Antonio Gallegos Ramos, Yolanda Paredes Valverde, Rosel Quispe Herrera, and Jaime Mori Bazán. 2023. "Examining the Relationship between Environmental Education and Pro-Environmental Behavior in Regular Basic Education Students: A Cross-Sectional Study" Social Sciences 12, no. 5: 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050307
APA StyleEstrada-Araoz, E. G., Gallegos Ramos, N. A., Paredes Valverde, Y., Quispe Herrera, R., & Mori Bazán, J. (2023). Examining the Relationship between Environmental Education and Pro-Environmental Behavior in Regular Basic Education Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Social Sciences, 12(5), 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050307