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Youth environmental attitudes in Australia and Brunei: implications for education

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  • John Fien

    (Griffith University)

  • Irene Teh-Cheong Poh Ai

    (Griffith University)

  • David Yencken

    (Griffith University)

  • Helen Sykes

    (Griffith University)

  • David Treagust

    (Griffith University)

Abstract

This paper explores similarities and differences in the knowledge, beliefs and actions that comprise the environmental attitudes of senior secondary school students in Australia and Brunei. Utilising data from a wider international study in Asia and the Pacific (Yencken et al. , 2000), the paper uses findings from these two countries to illustrate the pervasiveness of global environmental concerns over local cultural influences in the construction of youth environmental attitudes in Australia and Brunei. Thus, young people in these countries, as they do in all parts of the Asia-Pacific region, have very similar levels of environmental awareness and knowledge, sources of environmental, beliefs, systems or world views about the environment, and levels of perceived control over environmental trends. They also have a shared desire for schools to do more in the area of environmental education. The paper concludes that much more effort needs to be made in certain areas. The first is to encourage teachers and others who have influence over young people to develop their own knowledge and skills to be able to teach environmental education effectively. The second is in the area of curriculum and pedagogical reform so that young people explore the many possible ways in which current systems can change to support sustainability, in which current lifestyles reflect these systems, and in which their own actions can contribute to a sustainable future.

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  • John Fien & Irene Teh-Cheong Poh Ai & David Yencken & Helen Sykes & David Treagust, 2002. "Youth environmental attitudes in Australia and Brunei: implications for education," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 205-216, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:22:y:2002:i:3:d:10.1023_a:1016571526997
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1016571526997
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    1. Anf Ziadat, 2010. "Major factors contributing to environmental awareness among people in a third world country/Jordan," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 135-145, February.
    2. Chona Vince Cruz & Fe Espedido & Ryanorlie Abeledo, 2015. "Shaping minds to action: an evaluation of the environmental influences of primary school students in an urbanizing community," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 641-652, June.
    3. Debbrota Mallick & Eric Po Keung Tsang & John Chi-Kin Lee & Chi Chiu Cheang, 2023. "Marine Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes among University Students in Hong Kong: An Application of the Ocean Literacy Framework," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-21, March.

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