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Diagnosing and Enhancing Environmental Literacy of Citizens to Raise Green Awareness
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Sejong | 2021 | 160 p.
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN 979-11-5980-560-8
Author: 
Jeong-yoon Yeom; Nam-soo Kim; Haeng-woon Jeong; Woo-hyeon Jeong
Corporate author: 
Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
Region: 
Asia and the Pacific

1. Research purpose

  • A nationwide consensus on the understanding on and necessity of the environmental policy is needed in order to successfully achieve the policy objectives.
  • The necessity of environmental education is being highlighted but in reality, there is a lack of objectives and specific indicators to verify its effect.
  • The goal of environmental education should be the expansion of environmental literacy and indicators to measure this should be developed.

 

2. Research scope

  • Summarize the concept of environmental literacy and develop the scales for adults
  • Measure the level of environmental literacy of citizens
  • Confirm the predictors and consequences of environmental literacy
  • Understand citizen types via cluster analysis

 

Resource Type: 
International normative instruments / policy and advocacy documents
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Sustainable development / sustainability
Others
Level of education: 
Lifelong learning
Non-formal education
Keywords: 
environmental education
Lifelong learning