Measuring the environmental literacy of Malaysian secondary school students

Ebil Yusof, . Measuring the environmental literacy of Malaysian secondary school students. pp. 41-47. ISSN 0121-8126

This paper presents the findings of the level of the Environmental Literacy (EL) of secondary school students in Peninsular Malaysia. A modified version of the Florida EL Survey instrument was used to determine the EL of secondary school students who attended the Environmental Education Center (EEC) in Lanchang Pahang. It can be concluded that environmental education program at the centre of this study yielded neither the desired curriculum outcomes based on the ecology component of the course standards for biology nor the desired learning based on the 1993 curriculum frameworks. Environmental education delivered through science content does not engage the expressed intentions of the awareness to action model for environmental education. The current delivery media of science education do not facilitate achieving EL. The findings of this research suggest a need for systematic comprehensive assessment of the EL of Malaysia's secondary school students to determine if the level of EL of the general population of secondary school is a slow as that suggested by this sample.

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Abstract

This paper presents the findings of the level of the Environmental Literacy (EL) of secondary school students in Peninsular Malaysia. A modified version of the Florida EL Survey instrument was used to determine the EL of secondary school students who attended the Environmental Education Center (EEC) in Lanchang Pahang. It can be concluded that environmental education program at the centre of this study yielded neither the desired curriculum outcomes based on the ecology component of the course standards for biology nor the desired learning based on the 1993 curriculum frameworks. Environmental education delivered through science content does not engage the expressed intentions of the awareness to action model for environmental education. The current delivery media of science education do not facilitate achieving EL. The findings of this research suggest a need for systematic comprehensive assessment of the EL of Malaysia's secondary school students to determine if the level of EL of the general population of secondary school is a slow as that suggested by this sample.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Education
AGROVOC Term:	Schools
AGROVOC Term:	Students
AGROVOC Term:	Surveys
AGROVOC Term:	Ecology
AGROVOC Term:	Literacy
AGROVOC Term:	Curriculum
AGROVOC Term:	Attitudes
AGROVOC Term:	Behaviour
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:54
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8576

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