A Study on Environmental View and Environmental Experience among primary School Students--A Comparison between Urban and Rural Area in Taiwan

Author: Tung, C.Y. (Department of Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University), Huang, C.C. (Department of Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University), Hao, W.C. (Da-Fon Primary School), Wu, L.N. (Department of Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University), Chang, K.C. (Department of Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 43, No.2
Date：October 1998
Pages：55-73
DOI：10.6300/JNTNU.1998.43(2).04

Abstract：

The main purpose of this study is to explore and compare the environmental views and environmental experiences among primary school students in urban and rural area. The subjects were selected from Taipei and Nantou counties, with the total number of valid questionnaire being 1740. The results indicate that the most recognized construct of environment by the subjects is nature environment, and the least one is man-made environment. Those who living in urban area, higher graders, with higher socioeconomic status are more likely to be ecocentricism oriented, dissatisfied with the environmental condition, and pessimistic about future environment than their counterparts. As the aspect of regarding the environment experiences, rural children are more abundant in proto experience than urban children significantly. However, urban children take part in more organized outdoor environmental activities than rural children. The study recommend that: environmental education should be delivered to the primary school students as early as possible. Moreover, balancing the discrepancy between urban and rural students' environmental views and experiences is also an important issue.

Keywords：primary school student, environmental experience, environmental view

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