Teaching and understanding of the ecological footprint to Secondary school students

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Published: Sep 22, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.5376
Theodora Meleti
University of Western Macedonia
Nikolaos Galanis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3706-3545
Alexandros Ambrazis
University of Western Macedonia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7112-3222
Penelope Papadopoulou
University of Western Macedonia
Georgios Panaras
University of Western Macedonia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9467-1590
Georgios Malandrakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1206-6336
Abstract

This study explores the evaluation of the learning impact of an educational module about Ecological Footprint (EF), το secondary students. An 8-hour long teaching intervention (TI) applied  to 39 students of a High School located in Western Macedonia. The data collection tool was administered before and after teaching and was a questionnaire comprised of 24 open and closed-form questions, organized in six (6) domains (diet, infrastructure/housing, energy consumption, goods and services, waste and transport), each one corresponding to respective EF domains. Results indicate α degree of improvement in four (4) out of the six (6) domains under study, however, with only one f them to be statistically significant.

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  • 19. TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION/SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
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