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Encouraging Ecological Behaviors among Students by Using the Ecological Footprint as an Educational Tool: A Quasi-Experimental Design in a Public High School in the City of Haifa
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Gottlieb, Dan; Vigoda-Gadot, Eran; Haim, Abraham – Environmental Education Research, 2013
The aim of the current study is to explore whether the ecological footprint is an appropriate tool for encouraging ecological behaviors in students. In the quasi-experimental research that we conducted, four classes from one of the public high schools in the city of Haifa ("N"?=?130) participated in an environmental education (EE)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecological Factors, Conservation (Environment), Student Behavior
The New Environmental Paradigm Scale: From Marginality to Worldwide Use
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Dunlap, Riley E. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2008
The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale, published in "The Journal of Environmental Education" by R. E. Dunlap and K. D. Van Liere (1978), has become the most widely used measure of environmental concern in the world and been employed in hundreds of studies in dozens of nations. This article tells the story of the NEP Scale, beginning…
Descriptors: Models, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Rating Scales
The Effect of a Brief Environmental Problems Module on Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm in College Students
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Rideout, Bruce E. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2005
The author measured endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) in college students following their involvement in a 2- to 3-week environmental problem module focused on global environmental problems and energy issues. The module included readings, discussion, and a writing exercise, and was presented during 3 sequential semesters within a…
Descriptors: Models, College Students, Environmental Education, Comparative Analysis