جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « دانشگاه پیام نور » در نشریات گروه « محیط زیست »

Today, due to the occurrence of environmental crises, having environmental knowledge and attitude for students, considering their effective role in society, is essential. Environmental knowledge increases sensitivity to environmental issues, and environmental attitudes lead to active participation in environmental protection, as it reinforces values and concerns about the environment. So the main goal of this study is to investigate the environmental knowledge and attitude levels of Payame Noor students.

 The statistical population consists of all the students of the Lavasanat, Tehran Jonoob and Shahr Rey units of Tehran Payame Noor university (N=12306). Based on Krejcie and Morgan's table, a sample of 385 students was chosen and data was collected based on a standardized three-part questionnaire (demographic, knowledge, attitude) that was used in similar studies and its validity has been confirmed by the experts in the field and Cronbach's alpha for reliability assessment for knowledge and attitude items were 0.70 and 0.81 respectively.

Based on the results, students' environmental knowledge is at a high level and their environmental attitude is at the desired level. The variables of age and marital status are significantly correlated with the level of students' knowledge and attitudes, while there is no significant correlation between the variables of gender, field of study and academic unit with the level of knowledge and attitudes. The results also indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between environmental knowledge and attitudes.

The high level of environmental knowledge and attitude of the students under study can have a significant impact on their environmental behavior and lead to responsible environmental behavior.

The present study was carried out with purpose of assessing the environmental knowledge, attitudes and responsible behavior of Kermanshah´s Payame Noor University (PNU) students. This research is the result from a field, cross sectional & descriptive study. The instruments of information gathering included a questionnaire consisting of 30 questions in three categories of environmental knowledge, attitudes and responsible behaviors. The statistical community included 15200 students from PNUs of Kermanshah Province, among which 375 questionnaires were distributed randomly using Morgan Table. Finally 340 questionnaires were completed and collected. The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were approved by the members of scientific board of Kermanshah PNU and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient respectively. Data were analyzed using Excel Software. The results indicate that the environmental information of the responders has been weak regarding the knowledge about environmental communities together with the area of their activities, the extinct animal species of Iran as well as sustainable development and its relationship with environment and national parks of Iran. On the other hand, the responders’ information has been satisfying about acid rains, Ozone layer, air pollutant gases, soil erosion and also roles and values of trees and forests. The investigated result of the students’ environmental attitudes showed that their attitudes, in the sense of affecting power on the behavior, have been over the mediocre level and their positive attitudes are being oriented towards environment-based thinking. Also, the skills and responsible behaviors of the students were assessed positive in this study.