An Assessment of Environmental Attitudes, Personal Responsibility, Locus of Control, Environmental Knowledge, and Environmental Behavior of 6th Graders towards Taiwan Black Bear and Forests Conservation in Southern Taiwan

• Main Authors: Lin, Cheng, 林震
• Other Authors: Hwang, Mei-Hsiu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r62f2a

碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 野生動物保育研究所 === 106 === The main purpose of the study was to assess environmental attitudes, personal responsibility, locus of control, environmental knowledge, and environmental behavior regarding conserving endangered Taiwan black bear （Ursus thibetanus formosanus） and forest of 6th graders in southern Taiwan. The author collected 669 copies of questionnaires, including 329 from aboriginal communities, 110 from rural areas and 230 from cities. In addition, the author chose another 306 copies from those who had participated in the "Taiwan Black Bear School Curing Course" for further analysis. Among the students of three areas, the findings showed that as the level of urbanization increased, environmental attitudes, personal responsibility, environmental knowledge toward bears and forests conservation tended to increase. On the other hand, teachers had stronger impacts on students in aboriginal communities than in rural areas and cities. However, there were no significant differences between areas in other three factors, i.e. locus of control, environmental behavior, and family influence. As for the regression model of predicting bear conservation-related and environmental behavior, it further showed that family influence, Environmental Attitudes and personal responsibility can significantly explain the variation. Our result revealed the importance of family education on cultivating environmental literacy of children. Moreover, we suggested further integrations of affective-domain teaching in school curriculums to enhance students’ environmental attitudes and personal responsibility.