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Somayeh Asadzadeh; Maryam Seif Naraghi; Ezatollah Naderi; Ghodsi Ahghar
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The present study aims to explain the elements of the extracurricular curriculum with emphasis on Environmental education for second-year elementary school students The research method is practical. Accordingly, by studying and reviewing the documents Curriculum of extracurricular activities in some ...
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The present study aims to explain the elements of the extracurricular curriculum with emphasis on Environmental education for second-year elementary school students The research method is practical. Accordingly, by studying and reviewing the documents Curriculum of extracurricular activities in some countries a model for curriculum mined and validated by specialists and teachers of the second elementary school The statistical population of this study includes all curriculum specialists and teachers of the second elementary school of Miandoab city (35 specialists and 445 teachers). all the curriculum specialists of the curriculum selected by using Morgan 210 teacher table with simple random sampling.Data collected by a researcher-made questionnaire. Then for Data analysis descriptive statistical methods (frequency, frequency percentage) and inferential statistics (Chi-square test) were used. Research results showed more than 90% of the curriculum specialists and teachers have been confirmed goals, content, teaching-learning,g and evaluation strategies in the above model(P >.05).
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Hora Koochekian; Seyed Yousef Hejazi; Abdolmotalleb Rezaei; Seyed Ahmad Reza Pishbin
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The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize a set of influential components of interdisciplinary integration of sustainable environmental education in agricultural higher education. Based on previous studies and research, two basic and 35 internal components were obtained. These components ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize a set of influential components of interdisciplinary integration of sustainable environmental education in agricultural higher education. Based on previous studies and research, two basic and 35 internal components were obtained. These components were prioritized and validated based on the viewpoints of faculty members and experts in the field of natural resources and environmental agriculture using multi-criteria decision-making methods TOPSIS and fuzzy ANP. After analyzing the data, considering the final weight obtained in the section "Relationship between Sustainable Environment Development and Higher Education in Agriculture, Components: Concepts of Soil Resource Conservation, Land Reclamation, and Land Regulation, Increasing Productivity and Factors and Production resources in the agricultural sector ranked first to third, respectively, and in the second part, the indicator of "Comprehensiveness and Comprehensive Content of the Agricultural Curriculum in Integration with Environmental Sustainability Concepts" was identified with an importance rating of 0.262. Research has shown that the repetition of some concepts in the content area is an important factor in the interdisciplinary integration of education.
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Mohammad Reza Babaei Semiromi; Hamed Fazeli Kebrya; Farhad Kadivar; Mohtaram Ramezanpour
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The main purpose of this research was to analyze the state of green purchasing among the Payame Noor University (PNU) students in Tehran city and to evaluate a progressed conceptual model of variables affecting attitude toward green products and green purchasing intention by these consumers. The method ...
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The main purpose of this research was to analyze the state of green purchasing among the Payame Noor University (PNU) students in Tehran city and to evaluate a progressed conceptual model of variables affecting attitude toward green products and green purchasing intention by these consumers. The method used in this research is descriptive-survey and for this purpose, the five-choice questionnaire Form from Likert is used. For a description of the data, the descriptive statistics, and for analyzing and the examination of the research hypothesis, the perceptional statistics including Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Certified Factor Analysis (CFA), Stepped Regression Analysis and t-test with two independent samples were used. According to the results gained by the analysis, factors like; “Ecological attitudes”, “Ecological knowledge”, “interpersonal influences”, and “collectiveness” have a positive and significant effect on the factor of “attitude toward green products”. Also, the results of the test showed that the effect of “Health consciousness” on “attitudes toward green products” is not significant. The experience also proved that the factor of “attitudes toward green products” on green purchasing intention is positive and significant. Also the factors like “willingness to pay” and “product perceived necessity” appeared to be as a mediator and equilibrating variables.
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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.
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Elnaz Siavashi; Behnaz Siavashi; Masoud Abbasi; Hossein Noruzi
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From long ago Studying wellbeing and its essential factors on people has been a popular subject for researchers in psychology, Behavioural and social science, and recently for researchers of management and innovation, and a lot of theories, frameworks, and models have been provided in this subject. As ...
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From long ago Studying wellbeing and its essential factors on people has been a popular subject for researchers in psychology, Behavioural and social science, and recently for researchers of management and innovation, and a lot of theories, frameworks, and models have been provided in this subject. As a matter, there has not been much research about market orientation strategy and environmental innovation in the company. This research was conducted to investigate the effect of market orientation on well-being in knowledge-based companies. In this connection, the role of mediation of environmental innovations has also been emphasized. The target population of this study is consists of two groups: costumers, managers, and employees of knowledge-based companies settled in the University of Tehran knowledge and technology park which have environmental innovations activities. The sampling method for the first group convenience sampling technique and for the second group a simple random sampling method was applied. Data was collected using standard questionnaires and data analysis was based on structural equation modeling using Smart PLS 3.0 software. According to the results, costumer orientation and competitor orientation have a positive influence on wellbeing through a mediating role of environmental innovation and Cross-functional coordination does not affect environmental innovation and well being.
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Bahman Saeidipour; Samane Dalir Bostansaraei
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This study investigated the application of mobile education in environmental learning in higher education from the perspective of faculty members of Chabahar University of Marine Sciences. The statistical population was all faculty members of the University of Marine Sciences in Chabahar city and by ...
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This study investigated the application of mobile education in environmental learning in higher education from the perspective of faculty members of Chabahar University of Marine Sciences. The statistical population was all faculty members of the University of Marine Sciences in Chabahar city and by Using a random sampling method and Morgan table, 86 individuals were selected as sample. The Pollara questionnaire was used to collect data. In the present study, "knowledge, attitude and faculty skills in the application of mobile education","Fields of mobile learning that use in blended environmental learning by students", " The relationship between mobile education and the level of students' environmental communication" and" the necessary infrastructure for mobile education in the system of higher education " checked out. The faculty and content validity was confirmed by 5 faculty members. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.86 by using Cronbach's alpha. Results showed that faculty members' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy for using mobile learning in environmental learning outside the classroom was significant. Also, according to faculty members, different uses of mobile phones are more effective in environmental education outside of the classroom, Of course, infrastructure needs to be provided to expand it into the process of blended learning.
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Leila Safa; Vida Mohamadian Saghinsara
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Today, environmental problems have created a serious threat to the sustainability of rural communities. Many scholars maintain that a significant part of these problems is primarily caused by human’s environmentally irresponsible Behaviours. Therefore, investigation and recognition of individuals’ ...
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Today, environmental problems have created a serious threat to the sustainability of rural communities. Many scholars maintain that a significant part of these problems is primarily caused by human’s environmentally irresponsible Behaviours. Therefore, investigation and recognition of individuals’ environmental Behaviours are a key prerequisite to resolve the environmental problems. Regarding the importance of the issue, the main objective of this descriptive- correlation research was to study factors determining the villagers’ pro-environmental Behaviours in the rural regions of Tabriz County. The statistical population of the research consisted of all villagers’ heads of households in Tabriz County (N= 34308). According to the Bartlett et al. (2001) formula, 380 of them were selected by a multi-stage sampling method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire which its content validity confirmed by a panel of experts. A pilot study conducted to establish the reliability of the questionnaire. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the main scales of the questionnaire were at appropriate levels (ranged from 0.689 to 0.867). The results indicated that the surveyed villagers showed pro-environmental Behaviours at a relatively low level. According to results, variables of the awareness of the consequences of non-compliance of pro-environmental Behaviours, the use of information and communication resources in the field of environmental issues, agricultural experience and attitudes towards doing pro-environmental Behaviours were the main factors determining the villagers’ pro-environmental Behaviours in the rural regions of Tabriz County. The statistical population of the research consisted of all villagers’ heads of households in Tabriz County. Furthermore, the results showed that there was a significant difference between the villagers’ pro-environmental Behaviours in terms of the existence/absence of environmental organizations so that the villagers behaved more pro-environmentally in the regions with the organization
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Amir Hossein Pirmoradi; Farahnaz Rostami; Abdolhamid Papzan
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The destructive effects of the environment, the reduction of human health and other living organisms, and the food security crisis, is one of the most important issues facing the global community, which has attracted the attention of many researchers. The question is whether the nature of self-farming ...
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The destructive effects of the environment, the reduction of human health and other living organisms, and the food security crisis, is one of the most important issues facing the global community, which has attracted the attention of many researchers. The question is whether the nature of self-farming alone is responsible for all such destructive effects, or is the actions of actors within the agricultural system stimulating and exacerbating these unsustainable effects? So, in the present study, we try to investigate the unsustainable Behaviours of farmers in Kermanshah using a qualitative study on the typology and depth of the event. In this regard, the studied samples were farmers and experts in agriculture and environmental Jihad, which according to the number of villages (10 districts) were selected through purposeful sampling (chain type). The number of participants in this study was 33. Data Collected from interviews and focus group discussion continues until theoretical saturation has been achieved. The validity and reliability of the results were confirmed by the plurality of data and feedback from the participants. Aggressive unsustainable Behaviour was extracted in 8 main themes. Relationships among these Behaviours are also displayed using the C-map software. Investigations and interviews provided a researcher with a new picture of unsustainable agronomic Behaviour and uncovered the fact that unsustainable agronomic Behaviours were influenced by the conditions, factors, and different intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
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Seyedeh Fatemeh Moezzi; Mansoor Shahvali; Razieh Namdar
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Environmental crises are one of the major challenges that the human community is facing. This study was conducted in response to the existence of environmental crises despite the establishment of related institutions and the comprehension of related concepts to sustainable development, and the evolution ...
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Environmental crises are one of the major challenges that the human community is facing. This study was conducted in response to the existence of environmental crises despite the establishment of related institutions and the comprehension of related concepts to sustainable development, and the evolution of the status of the environment and how human beings interact with it in Islamic thought. The purpose of this study, which has been accomplished using a descriptive method of documentary analysis, is to explain, analyze, and compare the three stages of logical, critical, and philosophical thinking of sustainable development. Criticism and analysis of existing perspectives indicate that, in addition to significant advances in the world and the establishment of international treaties, conventions and symposia on sustainability are not intended to preserve the environment and human survival and have a merely technical and material look, So far, it has not responded to the issues of development and sustainability. Therefore, achieving long-term sustainability horizons and their dimensions requires a deeper perspective and beyond purely technical issues and secular science. This study suggests philosophical thinking that is based on Islamic ethics and philosophy and emphasizes the study of environmental crises with the simultaneous help of reason, mysticism, ethics, Qur'an, and Shari'a.
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Seyed Mehdi Mirhashemi; Farzin Haghparast; Mazyar Asefi
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Investigating the determinant of environmental Behaviour is an important gateway for controlling the environmental impact of a community, city, residential municipality or settlement. Environmental Behaviour is under the influence of several humanistic and situational factors and its study needs precise ...
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Investigating the determinant of environmental Behaviour is an important gateway for controlling the environmental impact of a community, city, residential municipality or settlement. Environmental Behaviour is under the influence of several humanistic and situational factors and its study needs precise evaluation of motivations, Behaviour as well as different social and personal factors. In this paper, through the use of field study; survey and in-depth interviews as well as analyzing data from interviews and observations using Grounded Theory; efforts were made to investigate the determinants of environmental Behaviour in a sample of the Iranian society. A survey was conducted with a focus on the experiences of participants in the context of a residential setting. The findings of this study are presented using the quadripartite paradigm of Stern, which showed that attitude factors had the vastest variation of determinants influencing environmental Behaviour. Accordingly, anthropocentric values are the most influencing factors. The final findings of this research (Central Category), called "Valued Based Vogue", showed that routines as commonly used Behaviours, along with proven values, have a significant effect on the environmental Behaviour of the population under study. Routines are the usual form of Behaviour that is supported and strengthened by values and have the potential of penetrating most Behavioural settings, including the residential setting.
