The Environmental Consciousness of Young Children and Students in Taiwan

Abstract

this to reveal the consciousness of children and students in junior high schools after implementation of the Environmental in We surveys and at nine and five high schools in the ’s environmental consciousness utilizing cross-tabulation and quantification theory. The results are follows: (1) The more children and students are interested in some environmental problems, the more they understand them. (2) At the elementary school level, the teachers ’ attitudes to environmental education and their estimation of its meaning affect the students ’ environmental consciousness. (3) We also found that the accumulation of learning experience in environmental education makes students more interested in environmental issues and more active to participate in related activities. (4) Children ’ s and students ’ broad understanding of environmental problems affects their pro-environmental behavior.