Social Assessment of student's Knowledge about Climate Change

The purpose of this review is the assessment of student's understanding of global climate change and social and educational factors affecting it. The theoretical framework of this survey is the new environmental paradigm theory. To do so, 816 students of Mazandaran University, Babol Industrial Noshirvani University, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences, Veterinary University, Amol and Babol University of Medical Sciences were selected using a disproportionate stratified sampling, and then check the validity and its reliability, the survey data were collected and analyzed. The nine hypotheses were examined. Results showed that the level of student understanding of global climate change phenomenon is low and the School of Education, Education Department, the new environmental paradigm, perceived personal performance, environmental behaviors, and information resources has had positive direct relationship with changes in knowledge of global climate. In addition, there is no relationship between gender, location and semester and global climate change. In order to promote student understanding of the process of global climate change and global warming, it is suggested that environmental cource should be undertaken in all departments.