中国科学院行为科学重点实验室知识库

Abstract This study investigated the contrast between the environmental awareness of adults and adolescents, which explained an intervention on the environmental awareness of adolescents. Questionnaire survey method was adopted, T test and variance analysis were used to obtain the results. In addition, relevant sample T test was conducted for the first and second post-test results of the experimental group to verify the durability of environmental education effect. Result shows that: (1) the environmental awareness of adults was slightly higher than that of adolescents; (2) short-term environmental education played an obvious role in improving young people’s environmental awareness in a short time. This study updated the conclusion that the environmental awareness of teenagers was higher than that of adults, indicating the achievement of environmental education in China over the past 20 years. It can be also concluded that the short-term environmental education had a certain effect on improving the environmental awareness of youth, but it couldn’t last long. Short-term environmental education can be regarded as a supplement in present environmental education curriculum. Moreover, environmental education should be continuously.