Effects of Educational Background on Students' Attitudes, Activity Levels, and Knowledge Concerning the Environment

By Päivi M. Tikka, M. Kuitunen, Salla M. Tynys. 2000

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Environmental Awareness and Attitudes of Student Teachers: An Empirical Research (2008, result): “Some studies showed that males are more aware and sensitive to environmental issues than females ( Arcury et al. , 1986 ; Hes-Quimbita & Pavel, 1996 ) while some other researchers ( Davidson & Freudenburg, 1996 ; Gardos & Dodd, 1995 ; Tikka et al, 2000 ) have found the opposite results.”
The Green Purchase Behavior of Hong Kong Young Consumers: The Role of Peer Influence, Local Environmental Involvement, and Concrete Environmental Knowledge (2010, background): “Recognizing the importance of the influence of contextual environments on individuals, some scholars (e.g., Hormuth 1999; Olli et al. 2001; Tikka et al. 2000) have started to advocate a return to taking contextual factors”
Fostering changes in attitude, knowledge and behavior: demographic variation in environmental education effects (2018, result): “Gender specific differences were also significant in explaining baseline attitudes in line with other works (Chan 1996; Lee 2009; Tikka, Kuitunen, and Tynys 2000; Torgler, García - Valiñas, and Macintyre 2008).”
Environmental Literacy in Teacher Training in Israel: Environmental Behavior of New Students (2006, result): “Similar to this finding, in a study of the differences in EL variables between Finnish college students majoring in different subjects, Tikka, Kuitunen, and Tynys (2000) found that biology and forestry majors exhibited the highest levels of environmentally related activities.”
Adolescent Environmental Behaviors (2005, background): “…has indicated females tend to demonstrate greater levels of proenvironmental behaviors (Mohai, 1992; Schahn & Holzer, 1990; Scott & Willits, 1994; Tikka et al., 2000) but, compared to men, have a lower concrete knowledge of environmental issues and topics (Arcury & Johnson, 1987; Bradley et al.,…”
Gender Difference in Environmental Attitude and Behaviors in Adoption of Energy-Efficient Lighting at Home (2013, background): “…which is inconsistent with the studies of Schultz (2001) and Stern et al. (1993), women are more concerned about environmental problems (Lee, 2009; Tikka et al., 2000; Zelezney et al., 2000) because they put their concern about the welfare of other people and impacts on ecological systems ahead…”
University Students' Perception on Sustainable Development: A Case Study from Turkey (2008, result): “Concerning this result, previous studies have shown that under certain circumstances, females express greater concern than do males (Gifford et al., 1983; Worsley & Skrzypiec, 1998; Eagles & Demare, 1999; Tikka et al., 2000; Weaver, 2002).”
Gender differences in Hong Kong adolescent consumers' green purchasing behavior (2009, background): “Tikka et al. (2000) have evidenced in their Western sample that females express more positive attitudes towards the environment than males do.”
Secondary school students' interests, attitudes and values concerning school science related to environmental issues in Finland (2011, background): “In many studies on gender differences, males have been more aware of environmental problems, whereas females have behaved in a more pro‐environmental way (Eisler, Eisler, and Yoshida 2003 ; Hampel, Boldero, and Holdsworth 1996 ; Tikka, Kuitunen, and Tynys 2000 ).”
Views of elementary and middle school Turkish students toward environmental issues (2004, background): “…factors), there are a number of research studies which have been carried out on gender (Davidson and Freudenburg 1996, Gardos and Dodd 1995, Tikka et al. 2000), SES, and school location (Freudenburg and McGinn 1989, Thompson and Gasteiger 1985, Uyeki and Holland 2000) and environmental…”
Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: a review. (2014, background): “Performing ecological restoration work is associated with more positive environmental attitudes and behaviour (Bowler, Kaiser, & Hartig, 1999), as is engaging in more nature-related activities in general (Tikka et al., 2000).”