Environmental Education and Pro-Environmental Behavior Among Um Peñaplata College Students
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https://doi.org/10.55677/CRAJ/03-2024-Vol01I4Keywords:
environmental education, pro-environmental behavior, and students, descriptive-correlational design, PhilippinesAbstract
This study aimed to determine the level of environmental education, the level of pro-environmental behavior, and to examine the relationship between environmental education and pro-environmental behavior among UM Peñaplata College students. The research approach was quantitative, a descriptive-correlational design was employed. Thus, the researchers used mean, Pearson Product Moment Correlational, and regression for data analysis and interpretation. The results revealed that environmental education and students’ pro-environmental behavior is high. Further, there is a moderate correlation between environmental education and pro-environmental behavior among students. It underscored that students who applied an environmental value tends to be aware of how their behaviour affects the environment. The more the school integrates environmental education, the more it fosters pro-environmental behavior. Therefore, incorporating environmental education into schools enhances students’ sustainable actions towards the environment.
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