Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• azimeh abdelahi ¹
• hamid sadeghi ²

¹ Prof . of Social Sciences & PhD Student , payame noor university

² Prof . of Social Sciences , payame noor university

Abstract

This research is allocated to examine the extent of environmental knowledge, attitude and performance of students in order to measure their needs for environmental education. This study is done by survey method through questionnaire, and the environmental knowledge, attitude and performance of 150 students of Isfahan elementary schools, chosen by multi-step cluster sampling, is measured. The findings indicate that students have a relatively good knowledge about the necessity of  plant types existence, dangers of sound pollution, and dangers of getting rid of trash in a wrong way, but they don’t have enough information about lack of necessary resources in life varieties and the effects of trees in reduction of sound pollution. 80 percent of students don’t know the sign of recycling and don’t have a good knowledge about recyclable substances. They even have no knowledge about ozone-friendly sign on products and the necessity of paying attention to it. Yet, they have a positive attitude about their own part and other people's part in reduction of environmental pollution. They're worried about their own health because of environmental reasons, but still don’t believe that human use the environment wrongly. 

Keywords

• Needs evaluation
• environmental knowledge
• Environmental attitude
• Environmental Behavior