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The effect of eco-schools on childrens environmental values and behaviour
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Abstract
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| The study examines the effectiveness of eco-schools concerning their students environmental values and environmental behaviour, and includes 1287 children from fifty-nine schools (thirty-eight eco-schools and twenty-one control schools) in Flanders. Controlling for effects of gender and socio-economic status, analyses show that eco-schools have no effect on the environmental behaviour of their students or on their preservation values. Eco-school students do, however, show lower utilisation values than control school students. Results furthermore indicate that preservation values and not utilisation values impact environmental behaviour. Eco-schools thus seem to be applying a pedagogical approach that impacts only on utilisation values but through that fails to affect their students preservation values and, with those, their environmental behaviour. Directions for future research are suggested. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of biological education. - London
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Publication
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London
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2013
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0021-9266
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47
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(2013)
, p. 96-103
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000319722600004
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