Application of product Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to Primary school students: A sustainability education approach

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Published: Sep 16, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.6861
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Education for Sustainability Product Life Cycle Analysis Primary School students
Kyriaki Grigoriou
Department of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
George Malandrakis
Department of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

The goal of this study was to explore 5th grade students’ understanding about the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of products and how it changes after a relevant teaching intervention with the use of new technologies. For this end, teaching materials and activities lasting 6 hours were developed and a specially developed tool for recording the stages and contents of the life cycle of a t-shirt was used for data collection, which was delivered before and after the intervention. According to the results obtained, there were encouraging elements and aspects of improvement in the participants' understanding of the Product Life Cycle.

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