Design and Validation of a Training Model for Minimization and Segregation of Waste from the Source (Case Study: Secondary School Students)

Reduction and separation from the source of waste are two ultimate goals in waste management that achieving it requires a comprehensive and long-term educational model. The aim of this study was to design and validate a model for teaching minimization and segregation of waste from the source (case study: secondary school students) in 2021 and 2022 among secondary school students.

The present research is a questionnaire from the perspective of the purpose of an applied research development and data collection tool. The statistical population includes managers in the field of waste management and students. Sampling of administrators was done by purposeful method and sampling of students was done by random method. ISM method and MicMac software were used to design the pattern and partial least squares method and Smart PLS software were used to validate the pattern.

Educational environment variables and teacher role, educational behavioral goals and educational needs assessment in the independent area, respect and responsibility for the environment, analysis and determination of evaluation system and principles of curriculum education in the dependent area and teaching-learning approaches and principles of teaching teaching methods. Learning, principles of organizing educational content and principles of selecting educational content are also included in the link area.

Based on the research results, educational needs assessment and educational behavioral goals are at the first level of the model. These factors are in dynamic interaction with the principles of organizing educational content and the principles of selecting educational content. These components also affect the principles of selection of teaching-learning methods and teaching-learning approaches and lead to the creation of curriculum teaching principles. Ultimately, the analysis and determination of the evaluation system will lead to respect and responsibility towards the environment.