Analysis of Further Education Students’ Attitudes Regarding Environmental Pollution. A Case Study in Granada
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Hinojo Lucena, Francisco Javier; Aznar Díaz, Inmaculada; Cáceres Reche, María Del Pilar; Trujillo Torres, Juan Manuel; Gómez García, GerardoEditorial
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Attitudes Pollution Further Education Environmental education Sustainable development
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2019-03-13Referencia bibliográfica
Hinojo Lucena, F.J [et al.]. Analysis of Further Education Students’ Attitudes Regarding Environmental Pollution. A Case Study in Granada. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 905; doi:10.3390/ijerph16060905.
Abstract
Pollution is shown as the environmental challenge, which has the greatest impact on
global climate change. Faced with this situation, numerous environmental summits agree on the
fact that Environmental Education needs to be implemented within the different disciplines and
educational institutions. Therefore, Further Education must foster the research and management of
environmental education with the aim of developing responsible citizens with sustainable attitudes.
Based on this idea, this paper aimed to analyse the attitudes in Further Education students towards
different situations and habits linked to pollution, as well as some of its varied typologies (chemical
pollution, acoustic pollution and management of solid urban waste and rubbish). To achieve this,
a sample of 307 students from different degrees of Preschool and Primary Education was included,
using a questionnaire as a measuring instrument. The methodology of the study was both descriptive,
through the analysis of its measures, and inferential, with the preparation of a confirmatory conceptual
model through the structural equation model (SEM). Results revealed that students are highly
concerned about the different situations proposed, and that the predictive model forges strong
correlations between the four variables of the study. Hence, the study focused on the idea of trying
to enhance environmental awareness in the groups of students from different educational phases,
to subsequently foster the implementation of specific actions aimed at preserving and conserving
natural resources, and to guide society towards sustainable development.