Option or necessity: Role of environmental education as transformative change agent

Title

Option or necessity: Role of environmental education as transformative change agent

Creator

Sharma N.; Pa A.; Upadhyay D.

Description

There is a consensus around the importance of environmental education in mitigating the ill effects of environmental problems and preserving the natural environment and promoting green behaviours. The present paper studies the role of environmental education based on transformative learning theory. It intends to present and test a model proposal using sequential mediation analysis of several constructs as the Environmental Education Support (EES) and Volunteer Attitude (VA). A quantitative study was carried out by using data obtained through online questionnaires from several Indian and Brazilian Higher Education Institutions. A multivariate statistical method was employed to analyse the data by using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The results demonstrated that environmental education positively influences students environmental concern, willingness to be environmentally friendly, and volunteer attitude. As a novelty, it reports that environmental education beliefs, concern for the environment and willingness to be environmentally friendly sequentially mediate the relationship between environmental education support and volunteering attitude. 2023 Elsevier Ltd

Source

Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol-97

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Subject

Environmental concern; Environmental education; Pro-environmental behaviour; Structural equation modelling; Sustainability; Transformative learning; University

Coverage

Sharma N., International Management Institute New Delhi, India; Pa A., Universidade da Beira Interior, NECE-UBI (Research Centre for Business Sciences), R. Marqu D'ila e Bolama, Covilh 6201-001, Portugal; Upadhyay D., School of Commerce, Finance & Accountancy, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 1497189; PubMed ID: 36716606; CODEN: EPPLD

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102244

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