A Study on Improving Environmental Literacy by Integrating Wetlands Curriculum with Service-Learning

• Main Authors: Su-fen Lee, 李素芬
• Other Authors: Horng-Twu Liaw
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14815801000369477079

碩士 === 世新大學 === 資訊管理學研究所(含碩專班) === 100 === The purpose of this thesis is to explore the enhancement of environmental literacy for student river patrol teams after taking one year training in “Service learning integrating wetland curriculums.” This research also discusses the overall relation of environmental literacy in terms of the wetland curriculum, the environmental services, and wetland ecology. The object of this research is the student river patrol team; quantitative analysis is used as the research method, assisted with qualitative data. A questionnaire-- “A study of Environmental Literacy Enhanced by Service Learning integrated in Wetlands Curriculum Program”-- was designed as the research tool. There are 34 valid samples; the data was analyzed with Means, Standard Deviation, Independent Samples T Test, One-Way and Pearson Correlation Coefficient, supplemented with curriculums observation, interview, journals and reflection of activities. The main findings are as below: 1.The environmental literacy of the student patrol teams are in the high level, the scores from high to low in sequence are the environmental attitudes, environmental service activities, and wetland curriculum learning. 2.In “Environmental Learning Curriculum”, significant difference was found in different variances as Gender, Grade, Team Seniority, and Attendance. 3.In “Service Behavior”, significant difference was found with respect to different variance on Grade and Attendance 4.In “Environment Attitudes,” there is a significant difference on Attendance. 5.In “The Overall of Environment Literacy,” significant difference was found in different variances such as Team seniority and Attendance. 6.There is an obvious significant relation in “Student river patrol teams” and “Wetland curriculum learning,” “Service behavior,” and “Environment attitude.” A significant positive relation was also found in the overall environment literacy. According to the research result, several suggestions are proposed to New Taipei City Riverside Management, the authority department of educational administration, schools, teams of river patrolling, and researchers for further study.