Promoting Environmental Behaviors Among Children: Tools to Measure Environmental Literacy and Pathways to Develop Connection to Nature (original) (raw)
SZCZYTKO, RACHEL. Promoting Environmental Behaviors Among Children: Tools to Measure Environmental Literacy and Pathways to Develop Connection to Nature. (Under the direction of Kathryn Stevenson) Most environmental problems affecting the world today require strategies that extend beyond technical solutions and include social commitment to environmentally responsible behaviors. Although encouraging environmental behavior is complex and difficult, children are particularly good candidates for these efforts. Environmental education has focused on fostering environmental behaviors and their precursors (e.g., environmental knowledge) in children for four decades; however, key challenges remain. There are not adequate measurement tools for evaluation, and the field lacks a holistic understanding of drivers of environmental behaviors among children. Through two studies, this thesis contributes to the measurement of environmental behaviors among children and the development of a more nuanc...
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