F. Pourghasem; A. H. Alibaygi; A. Papzan
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, , Pages 41-54
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The aim of this comparative - descriptive study was to compare extension philosophy with ethical and environmental theories in order to find a strategy for rural environment management. Analysis and comparison of the environmental viewpoints revealed that some philosophical principles of extension is ...
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The aim of this comparative - descriptive study was to compare extension philosophy with ethical and environmental theories in order to find a strategy for rural environment management. Analysis and comparison of the environmental viewpoints revealed that some philosophical principles of extension is in direction of environmental theory but extension have not been benefited from these principles to protect rural environment and haven’t attention to environmental protection in favor of production. According to the problems of rural environment, goals and functions of extension need to be updated and changed to solve this problems. Therefore, Islam philosophy and the viewpoints of environmentalism such as deep ecology, greens, social ecology, and bio-regionalism can guide extension in solving environmental issues. Analysis of the documents showed that extension should emphasize moderation, diversity, balanced development, development of human capacity, enhance productivity, promoting environmental ethical-religious values and respect to nature alongside emphasis on indigenous knowledge, leadership of local leaders, people participation, support of popular organization, foresight and systematic thinking until to achieve sustainable agricultural development and ultimately a balanced development of local communities.
A. Zabolizadeh; A. Meshkini; Z. Yousefzadeh; N. Fattahi
Volume 5, Issue 4 , September 2017, , Pages 45-62
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The separating waste from source production, in addtion to principles of hygiene, is leading to the health commodities produced from recycled materials, it is also removed many costs of collecting and organizing waste. The purpose of this research is analaysis of effective factors in source separation ...
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The separating waste from source production, in addtion to principles of hygiene, is leading to the health commodities produced from recycled materials, it is also removed many costs of collecting and organizing waste. The purpose of this research is analaysis of effective factors in source separation of solid waste on urban environment in district 3 of Tehran region 1 municipality. The research type is practical. The method has been applied for research has descripttive and analytical approach. Research data is collected by the field-documental studies, and the hybrid model (AHP)(SWOT) has been taken for analyzing the findings. Statistical society is 95000 citizen of district 3 of Tehran region 1 and 60 questionnaires as a sample size have been completed by cooperation with environmental and region recycling experts and municipal authorities. The results show that the average of concessions between internal factors for strengths points (0.08875) and for weakness points (0.03211) which the average score of weaknesses points is less than the average score of strengths points. Also, among external factors the score of opportunities points are equal (0.08562) and for threat points (0.03675),that the average score of threat points is less than the average opportunities points scores.Thus,efficacious coefficient of strengths and opportunities points facing municipal solid waste in studied area are more than the weaknesses and threat points.Of course the dominant strategy in this research is an aggressive type. By adopting this strategy and applying the facing strength and opportunity points in the studied area desirable and sustainable development can be obtained.
H. Zinati Fakhrabad; KH. Kalantari; N. Motiee
Volume 6, Issue 2 , March 2018, , Pages 45-54
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This study aims to achieve rural participation in the process of rural waste management practices among non-experimental and applied research was done on field. The population of the study consisted of rural households and sampling to fit the data and multi-stage random sampling. The sample of 181 households ...
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This study aims to achieve rural participation in the process of rural waste management practices among non-experimental and applied research was done on field. The population of the study consisted of rural households and sampling to fit the data and multi-stage random sampling. The sample of 181 households were selected using Cochran formula. The main tool for this research, questionnaire design and research background research is consistent with the theoretical model. as well software for data analysis and statistics are SPSS22 coefficient of variation, correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis was used. The results of priority and factor analysis also indicates that the training courses, buy garbage, transparency in costs are the most important factors in attractingof public Participation.
Neda Rajaeian; Narges Keshtiaray; Mohammad Ali Nadi
Volume 6, Issue 3 , June 2018, , Pages 47-60
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The present study was an attempt to investigate the elementary school students’ lived experiences with water use. This study was qualitative research conducted through the phenomenological approach. The study population covered third-grade female students in public schools of District 3 in the ...
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The present study was an attempt to investigate the elementary school students’ lived experiences with water use. This study was qualitative research conducted through the phenomenological approach. The study population covered third-grade female students in public schools of District 3 in the city of Isfahan. 22 students were selected as informants through purposive sampling until the point of theoretical saturation. Data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews and analyzed at open, axial and selective levels after being codified. The findings were classified into three sections of attitude, awareness, and performance. The results indicated that in the attitude section, students considered water as a valuable and respectful blessing in life. In the awareness section, the methods of water production in the nature, optimal use methods, and the disadvantages of water pollution were discussed. In the performance section, the means such as responsibility, promotion of correct consumption culture, education of optimized consumption, saving, water sanitation, and elimination of waste and water pollution can be useful in modifying undesirable behavior patterns. In general, considering the aspects mentioned above can lead students toward the correct model of water consumption.
Fatemeh Poorshahsavari; Mohammadreza Sarmadi
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Preservation of the environment and challenges in its path are one of the problems of international communities, including our country. Preservation or destruction of the environment is the field of human behaviors and actions. Human behavior is influenced by his values. The purpose of this study was ...
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Preservation of the environment and challenges in its path are one of the problems of international communities, including our country. Preservation or destruction of the environment is the field of human behaviors and actions. Human behavior is influenced by his values. The purpose of this study was to investigate the environmental values and their relationship with self-esteem and the demographic variables of students based on the Schwarz Value theory. The research method was descriptive-analytic, correlation type. Using a multi-stage stratified sampling, 487 students of Payame Noor University of Kerman were selected as the sample. The results of the research showed that environmental values were not the first priority of students. Also, there was a significant difference between environmental values based on gender and marital status and there was a significant positive correlation between environmental value orientation and self esteem.
Environmental Education
Meimanat Abedini Baltork; Hojjat Saffar Heidari
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of attention to the environmental crisis issue in elementary school textbooks. The method is Shannon entropy. The unit of analysis contains texts, activities, and images that 3961 pages were totally reviewed. The statistical population consisted of ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of attention to the environmental crisis issue in elementary school textbooks. The method is Shannon entropy. The unit of analysis contains texts, activities, and images that 3961 pages were totally reviewed. The statistical population consisted of elementary school books and all of them were selected as samples. The components and indicators of the environmental crisis were extracted from documents and earlier sources and checked out in the books. The research content validity was obtained using CVR which was 0.90 and confirmed, and the reliability was 0.98 based on the agreement coefficient. Findings have shown that in elementary books, a total of 68 cases were referred to the environmental crisis; 19 cases were related to the soil crisis, 18 cases were related to water, 18 of them were related to noise crisis and 13 subjects were related to air crisis. Also, the highest coefficient of importance was related to the soil crisis component (0.411) and the lowest coefficient of importance was related to the air crisis component (0.204). Among the textbooks; science books dealt with the environmental crisis more than any other book. In the next place were the Farsi books (reading) and finally the social studies books. No other cases for the attention to the environmental crisis were observed in the other elementary school textbooks.
E. Esmaeili Alavijeh; L. Zebardast; M.J. Amiri; E. Salehi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 49-58
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The aim of this study was to compare environmental education effectiveness in sixth grade students. For this purpose, both formal and informal forms of education were applied. Research method was quasi-experimental method. Statistical population was all sixth grade female students in Karaj, so 5th district ...
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The aim of this study was to compare environmental education effectiveness in sixth grade students. For this purpose, both formal and informal forms of education were applied. Research method was quasi-experimental method. Statistical population was all sixth grade female students in Karaj, so 5th district was chosen randomly among 12 districts of Karaj, and then Negin Alborz Girls Elementary School was chosen. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with two sections namely; attitude and performance with three tests. The value of 0/85 was obtained for Cronbach’s alpha. The students were divided randomly into formal and informal groups. A test was conducted in both informal and formal groups, before education. Then a combination of lecture and Q & A methods were used in formal education while in informal group, the learning was performed by student. Finally 2 months later, a test was performed for both groups after education. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results showed that significant level t calculated, before education in both informal and formal groups ismore than 0/05 (p>0/05) and there is no significant difference. The significant level t calculated, after education and 2 months after education in both formal and informal groups is less than 0/05 (p
Seyyed Mohammad Javad Sobhani; Omid Jamshidi; Abbas Norouzi
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The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic model for assessing students’ intention towards organic food purchase through the application of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). In addition to the original components of the TPB, this study has explored constructs such as moral attitude, ...
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The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic model for assessing students’ intention towards organic food purchase through the application of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). In addition to the original components of the TPB, this study has explored constructs such as moral attitude, health consciousness and environmental concerns on students’ consumption behavior. In this research, information was collected from 420 agricultural students adopting the convenience sampling method. A research instrument was a questionnaire which its content validity was confirmed by a panel of experts at the University of Tehran and Tarbiat Modarres University. Also, its reliability, using related coefficients, met satisfied threshold value. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling to determine the causal relationship between research components. The results showed that the developed TPB explains the willingness to purchase organic food among students (R2=0.629). Among the structures of the developed model, two added constructs including moral attitude and health consciousness have a direct and significant effect on the willingness to purchase organic food. Also, environmental concerns with affecting the moderating variable indirectly affect the student's willingness to purchase. Therefore, the present study, by adding new constructs and structures in the TPB, has improved the predictive power of the proposed framework in determining the students' intention for organic food purchase behavior.
Vahid Pourshahabi; Masoud Pourkiani; Mohsen Zayande Roodi; Ayoub Sheikhi
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This research is applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of data collection, it is descriptive and survey type. The purpose of this study was to determine the priority of higher education groups for sustainable development in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. For this research, sustainable development ...
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This research is applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of data collection, it is descriptive and survey type. The purpose of this study was to determine the priority of higher education groups for sustainable development in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. For this research, sustainable development indicators have been extracted from the sustainable development model of Sistan and Baluchestan province. After determining the status of the indicators, the desirable condition of each indicator is determined by 4 panels of 50 experts with a fuzzy Delphi method. Finally, the prioritization of higher education study groups and sub-groups was done with the help of experts using the AHP method and the Expert Choice software. The results of this research show that the priority is "Engineering, Production, and Manufacturing", and the second priority is the "Humanities and Arts" group, and the educational group "Educational Sciences" is the third priority for sustainable development of Sistan and Baluchestan province.
H. Tavakolaghayarihir; M.B. Alizadehaghdam; H. Honarvar
Volume 5, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 53-65
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Responsible-sustainable consumption is one of the important aspects of sustainable development which depends on achieving long-term economic growth consistent with environmental and social needs. In fact, recent definitions of sustainability on the basis of the “triple bottom line” concept ...
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Responsible-sustainable consumption is one of the important aspects of sustainable development which depends on achieving long-term economic growth consistent with environmental and social needs. In fact, recent definitions of sustainability on the basis of the “triple bottom line” concept (environment, society and economic), represents the interrelation of economic, social and environmental factors. Environmental literacy can be considered as one of the immediate determinants of responsible-sustainable consumption. Present study aims to investigate the relationship between Environmental literacy and responsible-sustainable consumption. The population of this study is 15-64 year-old citizens of Urmia and the statistic sample is 516 persons, examined using the survey method and cluster sampling. The results show that there is a significant positive relationship between Environ-mental literacy and its aspects with responsible- sustainable consumption. Also, multiple regression results show that 26% of the variance in responsible-sustainable consumption are determined by environmental attitudes and behaviors (the aspects of Environmental literacy).
F. GHassami; S.M. Shobeiri; M. Larijani; SH. Farahmand rad
Volume 5, Issue 3 , June 2017, , Pages 53-73
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Due to the presence of vocational and technical graduates in all economic activities, they should be trained in such a way that to be aware of the impact of their work and decision on the environment. In this regard, in this study we try to offer a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making model based ...
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Due to the presence of vocational and technical graduates in all economic activities, they should be trained in such a way that to be aware of the impact of their work and decision on the environment. In this regard, in this study we try to offer a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making model based on the environmental competency criteria for choosing an environmental education method in vocational and technical schools. For this purpose in the first by searching scientific resources, as well as discussions with experts, environmental competency criteria of technical and vocational graduates were identified, then three different questionnaires were designed for data collection and after distributing and collecting questionnaires among research experts, entropy Shanon method and hybrid DEMATEL-ANP approach were used for weighting and prioritizating of mentioned criteria. The results were used for ranking of environmental education methods using fuzzy Electre, fuzzy Topsis and fuzzy Saw. Since the results of the above-mentioned methods are not consistent with each other in some cases, for reaching a general consensus, the POSET method was used and finally, a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making model was proposed to select the best environmental education method in technical and vocational schools. The results show that prioritizing of environmental competency criteria is vary depending on the type of weighting techniques and group discussion is the most appropriate teaching method of environmental education.
Mahdieh Rezaei
Volume 6, Issue 4 , September 2018, , Pages 53-66
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The growth of social networking has made it possible to define new applications for this tool especially in learning, including formal, informal, and tacit education (visual, auditory and written). The purpose of this study was to explain the impact of the use of Eitaa social network on the environmental ...
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The growth of social networking has made it possible to define new applications for this tool especially in learning, including formal, informal, and tacit education (visual, auditory and written). The purpose of this study was to explain the impact of the use of Eitaa social network on the environmental attitude of students in three cognitive, emotional and behavioral areas. The present study is the type of applied researches which regarding the purpose, and regarding the data collection tool, it is a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test, and control group. The study sample has consisted of 46 students of Payame Noor University of Markazi province that were selected by the convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two control and study groups. According to the results of the covariance analysis test, it was concluded that there is a significant difference between the three variables in the two stages of pre-test and post-test, which shows the effect of environmental training with the application of Eitaa social network on all of the three dimensions of the students' environmental attitude. The comparison of the mean of the two stages of pre-test and post-test showed that the mean of all of the three variables in the post-test was higher than the pretest. Scheffe post hoc test results also showed a higher mean in the study group than the control group in all three variables. According to the calculated level of effect, respectively about 70, 10 and 14 percent of the variance of the cognitive, emotional and behavioral dimensions of the environmental attitude of the study group was explicitly explained by applying the training method (environmental training of Eitaa).
Aboozar Zare; Mostafa Ahmadvand; Fahimeh Rigi
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The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of environmental attitude and behaviour of students at Shahid Motahari agricultural vocational school of Shiraz. For this purpose, the survey method was used and the data collection was done using a questionnaire which was validated by a group ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of environmental attitude and behaviour of students at Shahid Motahari agricultural vocational school of Shiraz. For this purpose, the survey method was used and the data collection was done using a questionnaire which was validated by a group of experts, and the reliability as measured by Cronbach’s alpha were 0.61 to 0.83 for various sectors. The population consisted of all the students in Shahid Motahari agricultural vocational school in the 92-93 school year. Based on Krejcie and Morgan's table of sample size, 80 students were selected through simple random sampling methodology. Findings revealed that second and third-year students have positive attitude and behaviour and environmental factors were in high average and student's access to resources of information is at a low level. Moreover, a significant difference in environmental attitudes of students in the second and third year was not observed. Other results showed that urban students than rural students believe that the crisis is in the environment and students, who showed interest in environmental issues, had a better attitude towards the environment. The regression model indicated that the reference group attitude and access to resources of information, and being farmers' offspring were as important variables in predicting the environmental attitudes of students.
Nahid Sarlak; Faeze Nateghi; Mahnaz Jalalvani
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The purpose of this study was to design and validate the environmental curriculum framework based on the upstream documents in the middle school, which was carried out using a qualitative-quantitative method with exploratory design in two sections. The research population in the first section of the ...
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The purpose of this study was to design and validate the environmental curriculum framework based on the upstream documents in the middle school, which was carried out using a qualitative-quantitative method with exploratory design in two sections. The research population in the first section of the research was upstream documents. The sampling method from this population was criterion-based. The data collection tool comprised a checklist and taking notes whose validity was assessed and approved by experts, masters, and professors. The output of this section was the environmental curriculum framework in the format of four elements of the curriculum (purpose, content, method, evaluation), which was used to validate the 42-item questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire approved from the experts' point of view and reliability by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The statistical population of the study in the validation section comprised 2259 people of the experts and masters of the social sciences, experimental sciences, and Farsi literature from six districts of education in Isfahan in the academic year of 2018-19, of which, 329 people were selected by categorized relative random sampling. The data obtained from this section were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis method using Lisrel software. The results showed that the fitness was appropriate for the proposed model based on the indexes
Environmental Education
Mehran Farajollahi; Alireza Nemati; Nazila Khatibzanjani; Talat Diba Vajari
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The main objective of this research is to determine the important factors of using mobile learning in organic agriculture education. The methodology of this study is quantitative and qualitative and it is an applied research. The statistical population of the study was agriculture experts in East Azerbaijan ...
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The main objective of this research is to determine the important factors of using mobile learning in organic agriculture education. The methodology of this study is quantitative and qualitative and it is an applied research. The statistical population of the study was agriculture experts in East Azerbaijan province (N = 429). Based on the Cochran Formula, a sample size of 202 was estimated by cluster sampling method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire which its content validity was confirmed by experts. Initial reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using by Cronbach's alpha (0,77- 0.93). Structural validity and composite reliability (CR) of the research tool were also obtained by estimating the measurement model after applying the necessary corrections. Data was analyzed using by SPSS20 and AMOS20 softwares in the form of structural equation modeling. The results of the research displayed that 85, 1% of the experts were in the moderate to high level in terms of skills of working with mobile learning tools. 71, 2% of the experts were in the moderate to high level in terms of attitudes toward the use of mobile learning in organic agriculture education. Finally, structural model analysis revealed a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy, utility, attitude, social, and facilitating components with using mobile learning in organic farming education and explained 95 percent of its variances.
Environmental Education
Mahjabin Radaei; Esmaeil Salehi; Shahrzad Faryadi; Mohammad Reza Masnavim; Lobat Zebardast
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Contemporary urban settlements are facing increasing development, transformation, and complexity, which has disrupted the ecological system and the human-nature bond, especially in desert cities, and has led to a crisis of the 21st century or a reduction in urban resilience. Many patterns of human-nature ...
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Contemporary urban settlements are facing increasing development, transformation, and complexity, which has disrupted the ecological system and the human-nature bond, especially in desert cities, and has led to a crisis of the 21st century or a reduction in urban resilience. Many patterns of human-nature communication and solutions inspired by the natural environment support the principles and concepts of resilience and sustainability. To apply human dimensions in planning, it is necessary to extract, transfer and use ecological wisdom, or in other words, ideas based on evidence, principles, and strategies of the human-nature bond manifested in ancient cities, in the structure and function of the urban ecosystem. Therefore, the present study aims to establish a resilient city through ecological wisdom and to investigate the link between ecological wisdom and urban resilience. This paper is a descriptive-analytic study and the data collection tool is a library-documentary method. While deduction and comparison of the structural-functional components of social learning with ecological wisdom, social learning has been inferred as a catalyst ring for ecological wisdom expansion and resilience promotion. The strategic components in ecological wisdom expansion are extracted using the structural-interpretive model. Finally the conceptual model of ecological wisdom expansion in the planning of urban resilience promotion through social learning links is presented. The results of the study indicate that the components of the ability to understand the complexity and capacity to create flexibility, are two strategic factors in the tools of expanding ecological wisdom for urban resilience planning.
Environmental Education
Fatemeh Pourjahanshahi; Saied Dehyadegari
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Today, many consumers advocate green products to reduce the effect of their consumption practices on the environment For this reason, companies have tried to produce green products, but many of the actions of companies in the field of green product production are misleading and deceptive, which is called ...
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Today, many consumers advocate green products to reduce the effect of their consumption practices on the environment For this reason, companies have tried to produce green products, but many of the actions of companies in the field of green product production are misleading and deceptive, which is called greenwashing. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of understanding greenwashing, attitudes, and beliefs on green purchase intention among environmentalists. The population included the environmentalists in Kerman, to whom a standard electronic questionnaire was sent for data collection. Finally, 384 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The findings indicated that the understanding of greenwashing has a positive effect on the confusion of green consumption and an increase in perceived risk. However, it can reduce the perceived benefit, satisfaction, and loyalty. In addition, the attitude and beliefs of the environmentalists have a positive effect on the perceived benefit, satisfaction, and loyalty. If environmentalists have a positive attitude toward green products, there will be less confusion about consuming green products.
Environmental Education
Houman Gholampour Arbastan; Saeed Gitipour; Majid Baghdadi; Masood Rezaee
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Assessment of public awareness and preferences is the first step in monitoring the implemented training programs, as well as planning for a new training program in order to improve the level of public knowledge about waste management and eliminate existing deficiencies. Therefore, the main aim of this ...
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Assessment of public awareness and preferences is the first step in monitoring the implemented training programs, as well as planning for a new training program in order to improve the level of public knowledge about waste management and eliminate existing deficiencies. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to design a scientific and validated questionnaire to assess the knowledge and preferences of people of household hazardous waste management by municipalities. The designated questionnaire was distributed to 971 citizens, and data was collected and analyzed. The results obtained show that more than half of respondents are not aware that personal care products, home cleaners, medicines, vehicles, and home maintenance products are categorized as household hazardous waste. Also, only 5% of citizens are aware of the hazardous waste generation rate in household waste streams. In contrast, the knowledge level of the participants about the impacts of household hazardous waste mismanagement was assessed at an accepted level. Results of the conducted survey indicate that collection through apps and receiving educational content through social media are the most popular methods of waste collection and receiving information methods in relation to household hazardous waste. Furthermore, 67.8 and 92.9% of the respondents agree to pay gate fees and impose fines for violators of hazardous household waste management. Our findings illustrate that a lack of awareness of identifying and information about household hazardous waste quality and quantity could be improved by planning a training program and presenting it on social media.
Environmental Education
Mohammad Nasser Modoodi; Zahra shirmohammadi Aliakbarkhani; Masoud Kheirandish; Arash Mowdoudi
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The collision of vehicles with animals on the roads is a globally common occurrence and mostly happens due to the destruction and fragmentation of wildlife habitats. The present research has studied some parts of the Asian International Road, located in eastern Iran, to analyze the effects of roadside ...
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The collision of vehicles with animals on the roads is a globally common occurrence and mostly happens due to the destruction and fragmentation of wildlife habitats. The present research has studied some parts of the Asian International Road, located in eastern Iran, to analyze the effects of roadside habitats on roads’ wildlife casualties and the drivers' views on the subject. The statistical population was the intercity drivers of Taybad City and the data collection tools were direct observations, researcher-made questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. Using SPSS software, non-parametric Mann Whitey U, and Spearman's Rank tests, the results showed that the highest road wildlife deaths were related to small mammals, but larger mammals and birds, and reptiles were also observed. Significant correlations were determined between amounts of casualties in different months, between accidents’ day-time, and between the number of casualties and the type of habitat surrounding the road. Mortalities were significantly reduced by converting roadside lands into agricultural ecosystems. The results showed that drivers have not received any type of wildlife protection training, but had great empathy for them. They cited high speed, road traffic, and the size of animals as the most common causes of accidents.
Negin Farsi; Mehdi Charmchian Langerodi
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Humans cannot solve environmental problems without any change in their thoughts and behaviors. The present study has been done to investigate the factors influencing environmental behavior of rice cultivators in order to sustainability of paddy in the County of Sari. This research is applied researches ...
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Humans cannot solve environmental problems without any change in their thoughts and behaviors. The present study has been done to investigate the factors influencing environmental behavior of rice cultivators in order to sustainability of paddy in the County of Sari. This research is applied researches kind that has been done in descriptive-correlational method. The population of the research consisted of rice cultivators in County of Sari (N =24502) that 269 of them were chosen based on Cochran formula. A questionnaire was used to collect data; its validity was confirmed by experts and scholars and for the reliability of the questionnaire, after a pilot test, the 30 copy of which was completed by rice cultivators of Miyanrood County. The Cronbach’s alpha for the mentioned questionnaire was reported as 0.74. The results showed that 58.5 percent of rice cultivators are at an average level of environmental protection. Correlation analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between number of family members of rice cultivators, performance, total annual income of paddy per year, social feature, training methods, attitudes and information resources with environmental behavior. Multiple step by step regression analysis showed that 27 percent of the variance in the level of environmental protection behaviors of rice cultivators was explained by three variables of training methods, total annual income of paddy per year and performance.
Amir Forouharfar; Seyed Aligholi Rowshan; Habibollah Salarzehi
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This research is a survey and exploratory study to present a conceptual model for the sustainable development of Iran based on social entrepreneurship. Its approach for conceptual modeling is based on Path Analysis through Multiple Regression Method. The study has benefited from five questionnaires (four ...
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This research is a survey and exploratory study to present a conceptual model for the sustainable development of Iran based on social entrepreneurship. Its approach for conceptual modeling is based on Path Analysis through Multiple Regression Method. The study has benefited from five questionnaires (four for the Delphi Method’s rounds and another for the conceptual modeling itself). The statistical population of conceptual modeling section includes three public organizations of Iran: "State Welfare Organization," "Department of Environment," and "Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare," which reflect the pivotal SD concepts of society, environment, and hence social economy, respectively. After setting a conceptual framework, the preliminary conceptual model was formed accordingly. Each path on the model was equal to a hypothesis. Finally, a statistically significant SD-based conceptual model of social entrepreneurship, which passed goodness-of-fit by Coefficient of Determination (R2) was presented.
Narges Ghaderi; Sakineh Jafari; Majid Mohammady
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of green human resources management on environmentally friendly organizational citizenship behavior and the environmental performance of Semnan University employees. This study is applied research in terms of the purpose and is a type of descriptive-correlational ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of green human resources management on environmentally friendly organizational citizenship behavior and the environmental performance of Semnan University employees. This study is applied research in terms of the purpose and is a type of descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population of the study included all employees of Semnan University (550 people) in the academic year 2020-2021. Using the instructions for determining the sample size of Mueller (1999), 234 people (165 women and 69 men) were selected using a stratified random sampling method. The study instrument consisted of standard questionnaires on green human resource management, citizen behavior of an organization supporting the environment, and environmental performance of the university. The content validity was confirmed by experts in this field. To determine the reliability of the scales, Cronbach's alpha test was used, the value of which is equal to 0.80 for measures of creating green competence, 0.72 for methods of strengthening green motivation, and 0.78 for methods of green employee participation, for the organizational citizen in relation to the environment, it was equal to 0.85, and for the environmental performance of the university, it was equal to 0.91. The data were analyzed via correlation and path analysis methods and SPSS and LISREL software. The findings (results) showed that there is a relationship between environmental performance with dimensions of green human resources management (competence development, strengthening motivation, employee participation) and environmentally friendly organizational citizenship behavior. Competence development, increasing green employee motivation, and increasing employee participation have a direct effect on the university's environmental performance. Competence development, increasing green employee motivation, and increasing employee participation have an indirect influence on the environmental performance of the university through the mediation of environmentally friendly organizational citizen behavior. The results of this study indicate the importance of the role of green human resources management in increasing environmentally friendly organizational citizenship behavior and, consequently, increasing the environmental performance of the university.
Environmental Education
Halimeh Razmi; Ali Shams; Mohammad Hossein Shahir
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Biosecurity is a key factor in the economic productivity of rural family poultry units, as an effective component of rural household livelihoods; As well as the control and transmission of common diseases between humans and animals or the spread of other infectious agents. Knowledge is one of the most ...
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Biosecurity is a key factor in the economic productivity of rural family poultry units, as an effective component of rural household livelihoods; As well as the control and transmission of common diseases between humans and animals or the spread of other infectious agents. Knowledge is one of the most important factors in observing biosecurity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the biosecurity level of rural family poultry units in Maragheh Township and the factors related to it. The research paradigm was a mixed method. The statistical population of the study consisted of local poultry farmers (rural households) in Maragheh villages. Data were gathered through interviews, observation, and a valid questionnaire from 224 rural women. These women were selected with a multi-stage randomized sampling method. Samples of the qualitative part were selected and studied by purposeful sampling and snowball. The results showed that 78.1 percent of units had a low level of biosecurity. The knowledge of 80.8 percent of rural women regarding poultry was medium. Most owners did not use vaccines and veterinary services. The birds’ cages were not disinfected or cleaned. Knowledge and education about poultry production had a positive significant correlation with the biosecurity level of units but owners’ age and yearly income had a negative correlation with the biosecurity level. The weak status of biosecurity is partly due to the owners’ low poultry production knowledge and partly due to the open space living place of the units. The reasons and motivations to observe each of the biosecurity principles were studied qualitatively.
Environmental Education
Leyla Parhizkar; Kourosh Fathi Vajargah
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امروزه باتوجه به بحرانهای زیستمحیطی موجود که بسیاری از آنها به موجب عدم داشتن سواد محیطزیستی انسانها می باشد باید دغدغه اصلی آموزش و پرورش این باشد که دانشآموزان ...
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امروزه باتوجه به بحرانهای زیستمحیطی موجود که بسیاری از آنها به موجب عدم داشتن سواد محیطزیستی انسانها می باشد باید دغدغه اصلی آموزش و پرورش این باشد که دانشآموزان درمدرسه تحت تأثیر برنامه درسی پنهان چه تجاربی را کسب می کند. زیرا این برنامه درسی اثراتی به مراتب عمیقتر از برنامه درسی آشکار در ایجاد نگرشها ، رویکردها و ارزشها در دانشآموزان دارد .بنابراین هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی تجارب زیست شده دانش آموزان از برنامه درسی پنهان آموزش محیط زیست می باشد و به معنای دیگر به دنبال دستیابی به این پدیده و ترسیم ابعاد آن به گونهای که درذهن دانش آموزان نقش می بندد، بوده است. روش پژوهش کیفی از نوع پدیدارشناسی بود که با مصاحبه نیمه ساختار یافته انجام شده است. روش نمونه گیری هدفمند بوده و حجم نمونه براساس اشباع نظری داده ها مشخص شد. تحلیل دادههای به دست آمده از مصاحبهها در این پژوهش، برنامه درسی پنهان آموزش محیط زیست را در زمینه های ساختار فیزیکی، ساختار اجتماعی، ساختار دیوانسالارانه، ساختار فرهنگی، ساختار خانوادگی ، ساختار فردی و ساختار برون سازمانی به دست داد. همچنین یافتهها نشان داد از نظر تجربه زیست شده دانش آموزان از برنامه درسی پنهان، بیشترین سواد محیطزیستی از ساختار اجتماعی (تعامل با معلم) و سپس ساختار خانوادگی و ساختار دیوان سالارانه حاصل شده است.
P. Ghaemi; S.M .Shobeiri; M. Larijani; B. Rokrok
Volume 4, Issue 3 , June 2016, , Pages 33-44
Abstract
The objective of the current study is to evaluate training methods in order to select the appropriate methods to promote environmental awareness and finally to change individual behavior to protect the environment. The methodology of this study is a survey of a statistical group involving 260 public ...
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The objective of the current study is to evaluate training methods in order to select the appropriate methods to promote environmental awareness and finally to change individual behavior to protect the environment. The methodology of this study is a survey of a statistical group involving 260 public sector managers and experts in Tehran. The tool for survey consisted of a questionnaire with one question in Multi-Choice, Single-Response Scale to measure the interest of employees in training methods in offices. The results of survey in the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) were evaluated, taking into account all the factors. In this model, after consultation with scholars in the field of educational science with Delphi method, the parameters of time, cost, increasing the level of knowledge, the number of trainees, change of behavior and interaction among trainees were selected as the main criteria in AHP and the grading was carried out. The results of the study showed that workshop had the highest score with a weight of 0.515, and the options of distance education with a weight of 0.263 and lecture with a weight of 0.222 being the next priorities. Also in this study, the change in preference for any of the criteria, priority of training methods can be calculated with quantifying. As with the aim of increasing the number of trainees (from 7.6% to 37.8%), distance-education has higher priority than other options, and so with the aim of increasing the level of knowledge (from 16.9% to 60.3%), lecture will have higher priority.
