永續發展教育趨勢與國中生永續發展認知和態度之研究

Abstract

本研究主要目的在瞭解臺灣國中學生的永續發展教育知識、永續發展教育態度的現況，並分析學生的認知與態度與其社經背景變項間的關聯性。首先，檢視永續發展教育的歷史脈絡，解釋永續發展教育與環境教育間的關係。再參照我國九年一貫社會學習領域能力指標與環境教育能力指標，進行國中生永續發展教育的知識與態度問卷調查。 隨機抽取台北市某公立國中學生為研究對象，共發出553份問卷，有效回收426份，回收率77％。經過統計分析，所得重要結論如下： 一、研究對象具有良好的永續發展教育知識，平均答對率為80.28％。 二、研究對象的永續發展教育態度以「滿意」比例(43.37％)最多。「社會」、「經濟」面向之滿意程度較高；「環境」面向普遍滿意程度低。 三、研究對象之永續發展教育知識受「年齡」變項影響，越高年級其永續發展教育的認知程度越高。 四、研究對象之永續發展教育態度受「性別」、「母親教育程度」二變項影響。男生平均滿意度得分高於女生平均滿意度得分。母親教育程度為「大學」的國中生之滿意度得分最高。 五、社會人口學變項與永續發展教育知識關聯性方面：「性別」、「年齡」、「母親職業類別」三變項經卡方檢定(Chi-square test) 獨立性考驗後，具有統計上顯著相關。 六、社會人口學變項與永續發展教育態度關聯性方面：「性別」、「年齡」、「母親教育程度」、「父親職業類別」、「母親職業類別」、「學校環保頻率」六個變項經卡方檢定(Chi-square test) 獨立性考驗後，具有統計上顯著相關。

The purposesof this study were to investigate the knowledge and values of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for junior high school in Taiwan. The purposes also made a relevant analysis between knowledge, attitude and socioeconomic background. This research first review for the contexts of ESD and clarified the relationship between ESD and Environmental Education. Secondly, my research referred to the competence indicators of the Social Studies Area and Environmental Education of the Grade 1-9 Curriculum in Taiwan. Thirdly, this research conducted a questionnaire survey in order to explore the implementation of ESD in Taiwan. The subjects were sampled from one public junior high school in Taipei city. After the questionnaires were administered to the sample of 553 students for collecting data, the study got 426 valid questionnaires. The main conclusions of the study were as follows: 1.The subjects had good scores on the knowledge of ESD, and the average correct rate was 80.28%. 2.The subjects had good scores on the attitude of ESD, and most of answers were “Satisfaction”(43.37%). 3.Age was highly significant to knowledge of ESD of junior high school students. The higher grade had the higher level of understanding. 4.Gender and Mother’s level of education were highly significant to attitude of ESD. The average satisfaction score of boys was higher than girls’. The satisfaction score of junior high school students who Mother’s level of education as a “University” was the highest. 5.By the independence test of Chi-square test, we discovered that gender, age and Mother occupation were highly significant to the knowledge of ESD. 6.By the independence test of Chi-square test, this research discovered that gender, age, Mother’s level of education, Father occupation, Mother occupation, and the Frequency of Environmental Protection at School were highly significant to the attitude of ESD.