Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis

Global climate change, regional air pollution, water pollution and solid waste might be some of the environmental problems caused by human behavior. Government and private environmental agencies implement techniques to reduce the environmental problems. However the human behaviors need to be changed...

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Main Authors:	Muhammadu Kijas, Abdul Cafoor, Masahina, Sarabdeen, Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan, Afroz, Rafia
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education LC65 Social aspects of education
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29458/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29458/1/PPSPP2013_UKM.pdf

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spelling	iium-294582019-09-05T04:13:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29458/ Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis Muhammadu Kijas, Abdul Cafoor Masahina, Sarabdeen Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Afroz, Rafia LB2300 Higher Education LC65 Social aspects of education Global climate change, regional air pollution, water pollution and solid waste might be some of the environmental problems caused by human behavior. Government and private environmental agencies implement techniques to reduce the environmental problems. However the human behaviors need to be changed for a sustainable development towards environment. Providing knowledge of to what extent the human behavior causes environmental problems and how does human contribute to serve the environment could be possible to change behavior. This study aimed to estimate the level of awareness, attitude and behavior of the students of Institute of Education of International Islamic University Malaysia towards environmental education. Theory of Responsible Environmental Behavior is being used. Underling factors were identified using Exploratory Factor Analysis and One-way ANOVA analysis was used to identify the affecting factors on environmental awareness, attitude and behavior of respondents. The results indicate that the level of knowledge regarding the environmental issues of the students is high. However, the attitude and behavior towards the environmental issues are poor. The results further reveal that there are no significant differences among students based on sex, the area grow up, age, and level of education towards environmental knowledge, attitude and behavior. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29458/1/PPSPP2013_UKM.pdf Muhammadu Kijas, Abdul Cafoor and Masahina, Sarabdeen and Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan and Afroz, Rafia (2013) Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis. In: 4th Social Development and Environmental Studies International Conference 2013 , 19th March 2013, Bangi, Selangor. (In Press)
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spellingShingle	LB2300 Higher Education LC65 Social aspects of education Muhammadu Kijas, Abdul Cafoor Masahina, Sarabdeen Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Afroz, Rafia Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis
description	Global climate change, regional air pollution, water pollution and solid waste might be some of the environmental problems caused by human behavior. Government and private environmental agencies implement techniques to reduce the environmental problems. However the human behaviors need to be changed for a sustainable development towards environment. Providing knowledge of to what extent the human behavior causes environmental problems and how does human contribute to serve the environment could be possible to change behavior. This study aimed to estimate the level of awareness, attitude and behavior of the students of Institute of Education of International Islamic University Malaysia towards environmental education. Theory of Responsible Environmental Behavior is being used. Underling factors were identified using Exploratory Factor Analysis and One-way ANOVA analysis was used to identify the affecting factors on environmental awareness, attitude and behavior of respondents. The results indicate that the level of knowledge regarding the environmental issues of the students is high. However, the attitude and behavior towards the environmental issues are poor. The results further reveal that there are no significant differences among students based on sex, the area grow up, age, and level of education towards environmental knowledge, attitude and behavior.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Muhammadu Kijas, Abdul Cafoor Masahina, Sarabdeen Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Afroz, Rafia
author_facet	Muhammadu Kijas, Abdul Cafoor Masahina, Sarabdeen Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan Afroz, Rafia
author_sort	Muhammadu Kijas, Abdul Cafoor
title	Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis
title_short	Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis
title_full	Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis
title_fullStr	Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis
title_sort	estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of institute of education, international islamic university malaysia: an exploratory analysis
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29458/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29458/1/PPSPP2013_UKM.pdf
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Estimating the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior towards environmental education among postgraduate students of Institute of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia: an exploratory analysis

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