The Correlation between Dimensions of Sustainability Literacy: The Case of British and Turkish Students
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Mar 25, 2024
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The acquisition of the competencies of sustainability literacy through education requires an understanding of how sustainability literacy is shaped. In this connection, in the current study, the interaction between the following dimensions of sustainability literacy was investigated; SA (sustainability attitude), SB (sustainability behavior) and SK (sustainability knowledge). The study was conducted as a survey study on university students in the UK and Turkey within the context of a project entitled “Ecological Literacy Education” and supported by TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Organization). The participants (n:1023) of the study are students attending several departments of Plymouth University in the UK and Mugla Sitki Kocman University in Turkey. The data were collected by using the Scale of Sustainability Literacy and analyzed using AMOS version 24. Although it was understood that there were mutual and positive correlations between the dimensions of sustainability literacy, it was revealed that the correlations between some sub-dimensions of these dimensions showed variation. The results of the study are expected to contribute to revealing the interaction between the dimensions of sustainability literacy in more detail and accordingly to the effectiveness of sustainability education.
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Sustainability, Sustainability Literacy, Sustainability Education, Sustainability Attitude, Sustainability Behavior, Sustainability Knowledge
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Amaoka, K. G., Dzogbenuku, R. K., & Abubakari, A. (2020). Do green knowledge and attitude influence the youth’s green purchasing? Theory of planned behavior. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 69(8):609-1625. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-12-2019-0595
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Bomberg, S., & Moser, G. (2007). Twenty years after Hines, Hungerford and Tomera: A new meta-nalysis of psyco-social determinants of pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27(1):14-25. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494406000909?via%3Dihub
Burgess, J., Harrison, C., & Fillies, P. (1998). Environmental communication and the cultural politics of environmental citizenship. Environment and Planning A, 30:1445-1460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/a3014
Eisenberg, N., & Miller, P. (1987) The relation of empathy to prosocial and related behaviors. Psychological Bulletin, 101:91-119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.101.1.91
Fietkau, H.J., & Kessel, H. (1981). Umweltlernen: Veraenderungsmoeglichkeiten des Umweltbewusstseins. Modelle, Erfahrungen. Konigstein. Hain. ISBN: 3-445-02052-3
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Liu, P., Teng, M., & Han, C. (2020). How does environmental knowledge translate into pro-environmental behaviors?. The mediating role of environmental attitudes and behavioral intentions. Science of the Total Environment, 728:138126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138126
Orr, W. D. (1992). Ecological Literacy: Education and Transition to A Postmodern World. State University of New York Press. ISBN: 0-7914-0873-6.
Ozdemir, O. (2021). A scale development of the sustainability literacy. Education, Sustainability & Society (ESS). 4(2):66-72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26480/ess.02.2021.66.72
Paço, A., & Lavrodor, T. (2017). Environmental knowledge and attitudes and behaviors towards. energy consumption. Journal of Environmental Management, 197:384-392. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.100
Parkin, S., Johnson, A., Buckland, Brookes, F., H., & White, E. (2004). Learning and Skills for Sustainable Development: Developing A Sustainability Literate Society, London. Available at: https://classdat.appstate.edu/FAA/TEC/balllf/Files%20for%20Benton/Articles/learningandskills.pdf
Rajecki, D.W. (1982). Attitudes: Themes and Advances. Sinauer Associates. ISBN: 0878937854, 9780878937851
Roth, C. E. (1992). Environmental literacy: its roots, evolution and directions in the 1990s. ERIC Clearing house for Science. Mathematics and Environmental Education.
Schreiber, J. B., Nora, A., Stage, F. K., & Barlow, E. A., & King, J. (2006). Reporting structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis results: A review. The Journal of Educational Research, 99(6):323-338. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3200/JOER.99.6.323-338
Shafiei, A., & Malekseaidi, H. (2020). Pro-environmental behavior of university students: Application of protection motivation theory. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22:1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00908
Sterling, S. (2004). An Analysis of the Development of Sustainability: Evolution, Interpretation and Transformative Potential. In the sustainability curriculum (Ed. J.Blewitt., C. Cullingford). Routledge. ISBN: 9781853839498
Teksoz, G., Sahin, E., Tekkaya-Oztekin, C. (2012). Modelling environmental literacy of university students. Journal of Science Education Technology, 21:157-166. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-011-9294-3
Unesco (2017). Education for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s): Learning Objectives. Paris, Available at: http://www.unesco.org/open-access/terms-use-ccbysa-en
Winter, J., & Cotton, D.E. (2012). Making the hidden curriculum visible: sustainability literacy in higher education. Environmental Education Research, 18(6):783-796. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2012.670207
Veisi, H. Lacy, M., Mafakheri, S., & Razagh, F. (2018). Assessing environmental literacy of university students: A case study of Shahid Beheshti University in Iran. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 18(1):25-42. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2018.1431163
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Ozdemir, O. (2024). The Correlation between Dimensions of Sustainability Literacy: The Case of British and Turkish Students. Science Insights Education Frontiers, 21(1), 3309–3327. https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.24.or535
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