Lcarners Euvirdlnnentai Literacy In Relation To Knowledge Attitude And Practice The Case Of Bahirdar University

Today more than ever, sludents need high-quality environmental education programs thatrnsucceed in moving values, developing Javorable altitudes and changing behaviors' in therndirection oj sustainabiliry and environmental conservation. Environmental action begins withrnem ironmentalliteracy.rnHence, (he oly'ec(ives of (he "'(lId:v 1'£11'£1 to (a) analyze Ullciergrwiu(l(e regular Un iversityrns(lfdell(S' envirolll1len(ol /i(eNIC}, - knowledge. affiludes. IJl'actice- and (h) examine (hernrc:loti()I1Shl';J hefll'eel/ /wrtic.:ip(/Ilts ' knoll'led;..:e, (lttitlldes, o/'/(/ C()1I1ll1itlJ7 l!lIt to £'lIl'ironmellto/rnJi'i(,I1(/~ ' hellul'ior (llolIg 'itll sOllie hiogl'{lphic(ll allti acudelllic mriohles.rnA (/escriptire survey method .'lffJlJlemellteci hy some qllulituti'(! upfJl'Ouch 1'as elllployed.rn1)(ll'ticip£lnts were 302 (39.1% geography, 32.8% biology, and 28. i% chemislfY) .fi'()1J7 :veClr Irn(lild ."''('(11' Iff sc:lecled by propOl'lionol strotUied samplinK techniqlle ./i'om not ural sciencern(citemiSlf}', hiolog ... ). and social science (geography). Depurtments were selectedrnpllrfJ()sejit!~v. M(linly a questionnaire consisting of environmental knowledge, altitudes andrn{JI'(/(.:tice l'US the IIwill (/uta KUlhering toul.fi'olll students. Data was analyzed using bothrndescriptive (percentile, mean, standard deviation) and inJerential (simple correlation,rnindependent T-test, one way ANOVA. peA and linear regression) statistics.rnResults sh(m' thut (/) undergraduates at BDU have a moderately Javorable environmenlalrnallilllde (62.3% = grade C) followed by nearly moderate environmental knowledge (52.4% =rngrade C) but belo'tv average in environmentally Jriendly practices engagement (-16.1% =rngrade D); 2) a very low relationship (r < 0.2) among components oj environmental literacy;rn3) an increase in environmental literacy as students growing older as well as moving up Jromrnyear one to three;-I) males, with rural background and social science streams had higherrnscores than the corresponding females, with rural backKrounds and natural sciences inrnoveredl enl'ironmenwlliteracy index.rnOn the basis ofjindings and discussions, conclusions and implications jar jilrther researchrnare well indicated.

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