A study of sustainable education in general curriculum

• Main Author: 莊宓珍
• Other Authors: 張子超
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31752646800804781260

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 環境教育研究所 === 93 === This study tries to comprehend universities and colleges students' perception , knowledge, attitude, and action skill toward sustainable development through questionary. Finally, by studying eighty students who take general curriculum "environment ethic and sustainable development" in National Taiwan Normal University, this study hope to deeply understand students' learning process and effects through sustainable development education courses that are really taught by school teachers.The results are given as the following: 1.The content of sustainable development contains perception, general knowledge, attitude, value, action skill and action experience. In the perception of sustainable development, universities and colleges students know to notice the environment issue that they see or hear in their daily life, but few students constantly concern about these issues. In the general knowledge of sustainable development, students' level is between "have heard but not very clear" and " have read relative data." This situation shows that students' general knowledge about sustainable development still needs to be educated more. In attitude and value, most students have positive attitude and value toward sustainable development. In action skill and action experience, students are willing to turn responsibility into concrete action, and most of them have action skill and action experience in sustainable development, which is helpful to environment. 2.During the courses "environment ethic and sustainable development " which is taught in a full semester, teachers teach environment education by using sustainable education, sustainable environment, sustainable society and sustainable action these four aspects. From students' feedback, it shows that this kind of teaching method does help students' learning in perception, emotion and skill toward their living environment. Students do not ignore and treat environment around them with indifference anymore. They learn to concern about natural ecosystem and civilization environment. Besides, they also learn to understand the influence of human culture including society, politics, economy and technology to environment.