Students’ attitudes towards the environment and marine litter in the context of a coastal water quality educational citizen science project

IF 2.2 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Australian Journal of Environmental Education Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI:10.1017/aee.2023.14

J. L. Araújo, C. Morais, J. Paiva

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Abstract

This research focus on the evaluation of the impact on students’ attitudes towards the environment, fostered by their involvement in an educational citizen science project related to the monitoring of physicochemical properties and the detection of (micro)plastics in Portuguese coastal waters. We developed an attitude scale, comprising four dimensions (Collective, Personal, Recycling and Reuse and Microplastics), which was applied, as a pre-test and post-test, to 574 middle school students (aged 12–14): 442 in the experimental group and 132 in the control group. Initially, based on pre-test results, both groups revealed positive attitudes. In the experimental group, the post-test results revealed that significantly positive attitude changes were promoted in all dimensions, whereas, in the control group, this occurred only in the Personal dimension. The control group also exhibited significantly negative attitude changes in the collective dimension. Students’ engagement in sustainability-related citizen science projects can enhance environmentally literate society.

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在海岸水质教育公民科学计划的背景下，学生对环境和海洋垃圾的态度

这项研究的重点是评估对学生对环境态度的影响，这是通过他们参与一个与监测葡萄牙沿海水域的物理化学性质和检测(微)塑料有关的教育公民科学项目而促进的。我们编制了一个包含四个维度(集体、个人、回收再利用和微塑料)的态度量表，并对574名12-14岁的中学生进行了前测和后测:实验组442人，对照组132人。最初，根据预测结果，两组人都表现出积极的态度。在实验组中，后测结果显示，积极的态度变化在所有维度上都得到了显著的促进，而在对照组中，这种变化只发生在个人维度上。对照组在集体维度上也表现出显著的消极态度变化。学生参与与可持续发展有关的公民科学项目，可提高社会的环保意识。

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Australian Journal of Environmental Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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2.70

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18.80%

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期刊介绍： An internationally refereed journal which publishes papers and reports on all aspects of environmental education. It presents information and argument which stimulates debate about educational strategies that enhance the kinds of awareness, understanding and actions which will promote environmental and social justice.