Normal vs. Green Elementary School Students: Comparison in Nature Relatedness and Pro-environmental Behavior

Aditya Benyamin, Ratna Djuwita, Amarina Ashar Ariyanto

2018

Abstract

The lack of proper environmental education which develops an integrated self-concept with nature (nature relatedness) is damaging our environment globally. This study aims to find out whether green school (Sekolah Alam) modified curriculum actually created a significant difference in the nature relatedness and pro-environmental behavior of their students by comparing them with normal elementary school students. School location, nature exposure, age, educational, and residential history are controlled. In both schools students were asked to fill the NR-Scale and self-report PEB questionnaire, in addition to behavioral observation. The data was analysed using independent sample t-test. Result shows that that green school students behave more pro-environmentally. Furthermore, there is no significant difference in their nature relatedness. This might suggest that the green school curriculum only alters the behavior of their students, but more importantly not their self-concept. In the discussion, it is explained how PEB could be preceded by other factors which include contextual factors (governmental regulations, infrastructures, technology advancement, etc.) and previous habits.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Benyamin A., Djuwita R. and Ariyanto A. (2018). Normal vs. Green Elementary School Students: Comparison in Nature Relatedness and Pro-environmental Behavior.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 424-430. DOI: 10.5220/0008590404240430

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Aditya Benyamin and Ratna Djuwita and Amarina Ashar Ariyanto},
title={Normal vs. Green Elementary School Students: Comparison in Nature Relatedness and Pro-environmental Behavior},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={424-430},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008590404240430},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - Normal vs. Green Elementary School Students: Comparison in Nature Relatedness and Pro-environmental Behavior
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Benyamin A.
AU - Djuwita R.
AU - Ariyanto A.
PY - 2018
SP - 424
EP - 430
DO - 10.5220/0008590404240430