Assessment of Environmental Literacy among Preparatory School Students in Alexandria Governorate | ||||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 27, Issue 2, June 2025, Page 256-278 PDF (376.01 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2025.429981 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Doaa Ali El-Sayed Abd El-Hamid Omran* 1; Hend Hassan Mitwally2; Ola Mammdouh Abd El-Wahed3 | ||||
| 1Assistant Lecturer Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| 2Professor Emeritus Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Achieving a healthy environment is crucial for helping people live longer and for enhancing their quality of life. Young generations who are aware of the environmental issues threat on their lives and on the globe become more concerned about how to protect their environment and act in an environmentally conscious way. Therefore environmental education is one of the most effective ways to meet the complex environmental problems and eliminate environmental illiteracy. Objective: To assess knowledge and perception regarding different environmental issues among preparatory school students in Alexandria governorate. Settings: The study was carried out in four governmental preparatory schools representing El-Montazah (1) and East educational zones in Alexandria Governorate. Subjects: Systematic random sample of 400 students in the first and second grades in the previously mentioned settings by using the proportional allocation method. Tools: two tools were used. Tool (I): Students' Knowledge Regarding Environmental Issues Structured Questionnaire Sheet, Tool (II): Students’ Perception towards Environmental Issues Scale. Results: Less than three quarters (71.3%) of the students had good knowledge regarding environmental issues. While, less than one fifth (17.3%) of them had poor knowledge and the rest (11.5%) had fair knowledge. In addition, the vast majority (93%) of the students had good perception toward environmental issues. there is statistically significant relation between students' sex, residence, academic grade, parents' education and students' attendance of previous environmental workshops& seminars with their level of knowledge about environmental issues. Conclusion: there are good knowledge and perception level among preparatory school students in Alexandria governorate regarding number of global and emerging environmental problems. Recommendations: Integrate of global environmental problems in formal education. Provide teachers with ongoing training on environmental education methods, Develop short messages through mass media about the global environmental problems. Conduct public environmental education campaigns. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Environment; Environmental Education; Environmental Literacy; Preparatory Education | ||||
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