University students’ perception of the factors affecting preschool and primary students’ recycling behaviour as a tool to improve environmental education in the university curriculum

• Thomas M. Koutsos ^[1] ; Georgios C. Menexes ^[1] ; Evangelia I. Balampekou ^[1] ; Andreas Oikonomou ^[1]
  1. [1] School of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, A.U.Th., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki;b Department of Pedagogy, School of Pedagogical & Technological Education (ASPETE)
• Localización: PsyEcology: Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology / Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental, ISSN-e 1989-9386, ISSN 2171-1976, Vol. 12, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 125-176
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2021.1888607
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Percepción de los estudiantes universitarios de los factores que influyen sobre la conducta de reciclaje de los estudiantes de educación infantil y primaria como herramienta para mejorar la educación ambiental en el currículum universitario
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  • español

    El propósito de este trabajo de síntesis es examinar la percepción de los estudiantes universitarios de los factores relevantes a la conducta de reciclaje, con el fin de mejorar su currículum universitario. La idea principal era centrar el análisis sobre estudiantes de la Facultad de Educación, ya que serán los futuros educadores que aportarán el conocimiento medioambiental básico a los estudiantes en educación infantil y primaria. Se llevó a cabo una revisión sistemática para desvelar potenciales factores que influyan sobre la conducta de reciclaje en los niños, y a continuación se llevó a cabo una nueva encuesta, mediante cuestionario, para evaluar la percepción de 320 estudiantes universitarios de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Aristóteles de Salónica de los factores que afectan la conducta de reciclaje en los estudiantes de infantil y primaria. Los resultados indican que la percepción de los estudiantes universitarios coincide con la bibliografía encontrada, y muestran que, según los estudiantes, el entorno familiar es el factor más importante en la conducta de reciclaje de los niños.

  • English

    The purpose of this synthetic work is to examine university students’ perception of children’s relevant factors for recycling behaviour aiming to improve their university curriculum. The main idea of this analysis was to focus on faculty of education students, as they will be the future environmental educators that will provide the basic environmental knowledge to students in preschool and primary education. A systematic review was performed to reveal potential factors influencing the recycling behaviour of children, and then a new survey was conducted through a questionnaire to evaluate the 320 university students’ perception of the Faculty of Education of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the factors affecting the preschool and primary school students towards recycling. The findings indicated that university students’ perception is in line with the bibliography and show that according to students, the family environment is the most important factor affecting children’s recycling behaviour.

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