scholarly journals Exploring Greek High School Students’ Understanding of Basic Environmental Issues

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Christos A. Tsekos ◽  
Aikaterini Plakitsi ◽  
Dimosthenis G. Theocharopoulos ◽  
Demetrios P. Matthopoulos
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDE AND KNOWLEDGE CHANGES OF SECONDARY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, ACTIVITY-BASED, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM

HortScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 437g-438
Author(s):  
Amy N. Campbell ◽  
J.M. Zajicek ◽  
C.D. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Propagation Experiment ◽  
Secondary High School

A study was developed to compare secondary high school students' knowledge and attitude changes toward environmental issues after the completion of an interdisciplinary instructional unit in environmental science. The population for the study was high school horticulture and environmental science students. The study consisted of four student groups, including two control groups and two experimental groups, one each from an environmental science class and a horticulture class. The control groups did not participate in the treatment, which consisted of an environmental mini-unit and plant propagation experiment that the experimental groups completed. Both student groups responded to a pre- and posttest questionnaire. There were no significant differences in overall attitude scores between treatment and control groups. Significant differences were noted in knowledge gains between the horticulture control group and treatment group, with students participating in the mini-unit scoring significantly higher in knowledge gain. There was also a positive correlation between attitude scores of students who had success with their propagation experiments. The results of this study indicate that it is important to test students' attitudes and knowledge when determining the effectiveness of new environmental curriculum. The high correlation between success in the propagation experiment included in the miniunit and attitude supports findings that an activity-based curriculum has the potential to raise the awareness of students on environmental issues.

Sue the Bastards on Long Island: The Power of an Idea

DDT Wars ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Wurster
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Long Island ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Brookhaven National Laboratory ◽  
School Students ◽  
Environmental Protection Policies

During the fall of 1965, a small group of people living on central Long Island, New York, with interests and concerns about a variety of environmental issues had begun to meet monthly in each other’s living rooms. Attendance of 25 to 30 included scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, in addition to various conservationists and a few high school students. The group called itself by the noneuphonious name of Brookhaven Town Natural Resources Committee, which quickly became BTNRC for obvious reasons. BTNRC was fascinating and enjoyable, but hardly an organization. There was no office, staff, money, bylaws, elected officers, or any of the other ingredients usually present in an organization. It was just a group of people who met occasionally to foster environmental protection policies by our local governments, and we all had other daytime jobs. We discussed various environmental issues—pollution from duck farms, dredging of wetlands, sewage pollution, DDT use on local marshes, dump sites, groundwater protection, wildlife and habitat preservation, and so forth. Meetings usually ended with one-person committees assigned to go do something during the weeks that followed, typically writing a letter to a congressman, a local politician, or a local newspaper. There was no treasury or treasurer, so occasionally we tossed a dollar or two into the middle of the room so that Myra Gelband, one of Art Cooley’s dedicated high school students, could send postcards to announce the next meeting. Attendance was excellent because meetings were fun with good company, good humor, and coffee and donuts at the end. The only feature of this nonorganization was that we had a letterhead printed to give the impression that there was, in fact, such an organization. We needed a bit of puffery to appear greater than we were, for otherwise we feared nobody would listen to us. Everyone seemed to like each other and got along well. An enjoyable social mix is surely a motivational factor that helps explain which groups continue and grow, and which ones stagnate.

scholarly journals The profile of students’ analytical skills in environmental issues of coastal area

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenny Roshayanti ◽  
Azizul Ghofar Candra Wicaksono ◽  
Ipah Budi Minarti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Environmental Problem ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
School Students ◽  
Adequate Level ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
The Future

Environmental issues needed a lot of attention especially from high school students, and their skill in solving environmental problem is important for the future. This research was aimed to discover a profile of students’ analytical skills toward environmental issues. Three hundred twenty-nine high school students in coastal area are involved. They had been given questionnaire about environmental issues. The result indicate that the tested students has 0.5690 score as adequate level of analytical skills. Thus, learning process need to be improved especially for environmental subject.

scholarly journals O DESENVOLVIMENTO DO PENSAMENTO CRÍTICO SOBRE EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL E MEIO AMBIENTE: CONCEPÇÃO DOS ALUNOS DO ENSINO MÉDIO DO MUNICÍPIO DE UNIFLOR - PR

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-248
Author(s):  
Bianca Guimarães Severo dos Santos ◽  
Marcia Regina Royer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Human Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Whole School ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City

Resumo: Discussões a respeito de questões ambientais têm conquistado espaço na sociedade e a escola como uma das principais instituições de socialização do ser humano possui um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento de uma Educação Ambiental emancipatória, capacitando o indivíduo para viver harmonicamente com o Meio Ambiente. O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar a concepção dos alunos do Ensino Médio de uma instituição pública do município de Uniflor sobre Educação Ambiental, além de buscar compreender a percepção sobre Meio Ambiente como participantes das ações humanas na natureza. Os dados foram coletados por meio de questionários e os resultados indicaram uma concepção totalmente conservacionista de Meio Ambiente. Logo, os professores desses alunos, ao planejarem atividades em Educação Ambiental, devem considerar esses resultados a fim de construir, coletivamente com toda a comunidade escolar, um conceito de Meio Ambiente mais amplo e crítico.Palavras-chave: Questões ambientais; Conservacionista; Escola. Abstract: Discussions about environmental issues have gained space in society and the school as one of the main institutions of socialization of the human being has a fundamental role in the development of an emancipatory Environmental Education, enabling the individual to live in harmony. with the Environment. The objective of the research was to analyze the conception of High School students of a public institution in the city of Uniflor about Environmental Education, as well as to understand the perception of Environment as participants of human actions in nature. The data were collected through questionnaires and the results indicated a totally conservationist conception off environment. Therefore, the teachers of these students, when planning activities in Environmental Education, must consider these results in order to build, collectively with the whole school community, a broader and critical environment concept.Keywords: Environmental issues; Conservationist; School.

Articulatory Intervention for the Visually Impaired

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
Cheri L. Florance ◽  
Judith O’Keefe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
School Students ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Paired Stimuli ◽  
Visually Handicapped ◽  
Parent Program

A modification of the Paired-Stimuli Parent Program (Florance, 1977) was adapted for the treatment of articulatory errors of visually handicapped children. Blind high school students served as clinical aides. A discussion of treatment methodology, and the results of administrating the program to 32 children, including a two-year follow-up evaluation to measure permanence of behavior change, is presented.

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