Examining the Conflict and Interconnectedness of Young People's Ideas about Environmental Issues, Responsibility and Action

Autor/inn/en	Wilks, Leigh; Harris, Neil
Titel	Examining the Conflict and Interconnectedness of Young People's Ideas about Environmental Issues, Responsibility and Action
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 22 (2016) 5, S.683-696 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2015.1054261
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Conservation (Environment); Social Responsibility; Attitude Measures; High School Students; Foreign Countries; Regression (Statistics); Questionnaires; Health Behavior; Citizen Participation; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Soziale Verantwortung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Fragebogen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	Objective: Young people's environmental views are typically conflicted, with little recognition of the links between environmental issues or between environmental responsibility and action. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether young people's understanding of the environment is in conflict or whether they are forming interconnections between issues, responsibility and action that have not yet been identified. Methods: Data relating to environmental attitudes, responsibility, issues and action was collected from 305 high school students in south east Queensland. Regression analyses were used to identify variables that influenced the importance young people placed on environmental issues and actions. Results: Young people's ideas about environmental responsibility influenced the level of importance they placed on global warming and resource consumption. Young people's sense of hope and hopelessness were the main drivers of their endorsement of individualistic and political actions for the environment. Conclusions: The unifying factor that influenced young people's ideas about the environment was a sense of hope. Thus, while young people may already be intuiting their own sense of environmental interconnectedness, it is essential that this is expanded so that young people recognise the links between environmental issues, and the logical pathways that lead from environmental responsibility to action. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01