| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 自然科學教育學系碩士班 === 95 === This study utilized the methodology of questionnaires to obtain a comprehensive understanding regarding the students’ feelings towards their living environment and the sources of knowledge on the conservation of water resources. It also attempted to explore the current situations in regards to “the knowledge about water”, “the attitudes towards the conservation of water resources” and “the behaviors to conserve water resources” amongst the students, as well as whether or not differences exist on account of various demographic variables (residence, the administrative district to which the school belongs, gender, socio-economical status of the family, living experience).
The Investigative Questionnaire on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior towards Water Resources amongst Grade-six Elementary School Students was the tool used in the study upon completion of examination on its validity and reliability. This questionnaire included four aspects, (1) personal information, (2) the knowledge in relations to water, (3) the attitudes towards the conservation of water resources, and (4) the behaviors to conserve water resources; the reliability values of the above aspects were .797, .814 and .917, respectively. The research targets of the study were the grade-six students of public elementary schools in Taipei County, and the survey through questionnaires was done using stratified proportional sampling, with 1,190 valid questionnaires and valid return rate of 92% from all the questionnaires collected. After compilation of all the data, a statistical analysis was done on the samples using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA in inferential statistics, as well as Pearson’s product-moment correlation. The main findings of this study were as follows:
1.Most students in the study accessed the nature and engage in outdoor activities approximately once a month; 59% of the students believed that Taiwan has sufficient water resources; students felt the strongest about the air pollution in Taiwan (39%), and the worst kind of pollution in the neighborhoods was noise pollution (33.5%).
2.The primary source of information for the students on the knowledge about water resources came from mass media.
3.In terms of the knowledge about water, the average ratio of correctly answering the questions was 63.10%; in the aspect of questions on the attitudes towards the conservation of water resources, the average score was 4.432 which was significantly positive; on the answers to questions regarding the behaviors to conserve water resources, the average score was 3.494 which was positive.
4.The students’ knowledge about water and the attitudes towards the conservation of water resources were significantly correlated, but the former had no significant correlations with the behaviors to conserve water sources; the attitudes and behaviors to conserve water resources were significantly correlated.
The results from the study will be used as references for the teachers as they engage themselves in designing and implementing the curricula on “water resources”, or preparing supplemental materials on environmental education.
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