Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia

The objective of this study was to evaluate the differences in environmental knowledge and attitude of 11 year old pupils who participated in a one-day environmental education (EE) programme conducted at Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong and the differences among three races – Malay,...

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Main Author:	Chong, Mew Im
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Environmental education - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5069/1/FH_2007_5a.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.50692013-05-27T07:20:11Z Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia 2007 Chong, Mew Im The objective of this study was to evaluate the differences in environmental knowledge and attitude of 11 year old pupils who participated in a one-day environmental education (EE) programme conducted at Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong and the differences among three races – Malay, Chinese and Indian. Referring to a standard instrument called Children’s Environmental Attitude and Knowledge Scale (CHEAKS), attitude and knowledge were the major scales measured to evaluate the EE programme. ‘Verbal commitment’, ‘actual commitment’ and ‘affect’ are the multiple-measure constructs for attitude that was measured in the programme. The study found that there was an increase in environmental knowledge and attitude but it did not last more than two weeks. Meanwhile, there were no consistent significant differences in respondents’ environmental knowledge and attitude score between races. Overall, a one-day programme was found not to be effective in retaining pupils’ environmental knowledge gained during the EE programme. From this study, it is recommended that EE programmes should be conducted in a longer duration and should include emotionally provocative elements. Environmental education - Case studies 2007 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5069/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5069/1/FH_2007_5a.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Environmental education - Case studies Faculty Forestry English
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description	The objective of this study was to evaluate the differences in environmental knowledge and attitude of 11 year old pupils who participated in a one-day environmental education (EE) programme conducted at Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong and the differences among three races – Malay, Chinese and Indian. Referring to a standard instrument called Children’s Environmental Attitude and Knowledge Scale (CHEAKS), attitude and knowledge were the major scales measured to evaluate the EE programme. ‘Verbal commitment’, ‘actual commitment’ and ‘affect’ are the multiple-measure constructs for attitude that was measured in the programme. The study found that there was an increase in environmental knowledge and attitude but it did not last more than two weeks. Meanwhile, there were no consistent significant differences in respondents’ environmental knowledge and attitude score between races. Overall, a one-day programme was found not to be effective in retaining pupils’ environmental knowledge gained during the EE programme. From this study, it is recommended that EE programmes should be conducted in a longer duration and should include emotionally provocative elements.
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title	Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia
title_short	Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia
title_full	Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia
title_fullStr	Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia
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Evaluation Of The Environmental Education Programme At The Forest Research Institute Malaysia

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