| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 環境教育研究所 === 92 === This research discusses the experiences of environmental activities, environmental feelings, skills of developmental processes of environmental awareness of elementary students in Taipei County and Taipei City and the interrelations among the three aspects. A closer inspection will be put on the relationship of the three aspects with factors such as gender, grade, amd residential area (Taipei County or Taipei City). A self-designed questionnaire is adopted as the tool of the research. The population is elementary students from Taipei County and Taipei City. 340 students were chosen from five elementary schools through Nonrandom Quota Sampling. Valid questionnaires amount to 322. The data obtained were analyzed by statistic software SPSS11.0. Analyzing methods include frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s product-moment correlation, and T-test (independent sample).
The findings of this research are as follows:
1. On the score of “the experiences of environmental activities”, there were significant differences only in residential area. The percentage students watch or listen to programs related to environmental protection and ecological conservation is 57.0 % while that of participating in outdoor activities or eco-tours is 56.0 %, an acceptable outcome. In addition, the mean of “having joined in any parade or activity of environmental protection and ecological conservation” is 1.88 (the percentage is 37.6%). This indicates that senior students in elementary schools lack the experience of personal involvement in parades or activities of environmental protection and ecological conservation.
2. On the score of “environmental feelings”, there were significant differences in gender, grade, and residential area. Students’ environmental feelings can be counted as fairly good, reaching 77.5 %. Moreover, “the awareness of the influence of one’s lifestyle on the environment” and “the awareness of the relationship between the environment and personal health” rise to 86.0 % and 83.8 % respectively.
3. On the score of “skills of developmental processes of environmental awareness”, there were significant differences in grade, and residential area, but no significant differences in gender. The average percentage of skills is 68.1 %, among which “space skill” is the highest, 75.6 %, while “inference skill” is the worst, only 55.6 %.
4. Schoolchildren’s experiences of environmental activities, environmental feelings, skills of developmental processes of environmental awareness revealed significant positive correlation.
Finally, suggestions are offered based on these findings for future research on the education of environmental awareness in elementary schools.
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