Summary: | 碩士 === 環球科技大學 === 環境資源管理所 === 99 === The aim of this study was to explore the difference of environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviors between children of foreign spouses and native Taiwanese couples, with respect to some background information.
An established questionnaire by other researcher was adapted to study the largest school of each administrative district within Yunlin County, totaling 1008 children. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA and Pearson’s product-moment correlation were derived from the data obtained. The discoveries included:
1. Both groups of children acquired their environmental knowledge from the same sources, i.e., school, television program and parents.
2. Both children performed positively in environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviors.
3. Children of various nationalities, sexes and socioeconomic status performed significantly different in environmental knowledge and behaviors.
4. The fifth grader performed significantly better than the sixth grader in environmental behaviors.
5. Children of urban schools performed significantly better than those of rural schools in environmental knowledge.
6. Positive correlation existed among environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviors.
Key word:Children of foreign spouses, Environmental knowledge, Environmental attitudes , Environmental behaviors
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