Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice

ISSN: 2630-5984

A Model of Critical Consideration of Environmental Education: Concepts, Contexts, and Competencies

Mamik Suendarti
Master Program of Natural Sciences Education, Universitas Indraprasta PGRI, Jakarta 12530, Indonesia

Abstract

Recently, environmental education is the essential element to avoid environmental degradation around the globe that needs new articles and policymakers’ emphasis. Hence, the present article examines the impact of environmental education on environmental knowledge, environmental behavior, and environmental attitude in Indonesia. The present research also investigated the moderating role of government support among environmental education, environmental knowledge, environmental behavior, and environmental attitude in Indonesia. A questionnaire was used as the primary data collection method. The smart-PLS was utilized to test the association among variables and the hypotheses of the study. The results revealed that environmental education had a significant and positive linkage with environmental knowledge, environmental behavior, and environmental attitude in Indonesia. The findings also exposed that government support significantly moderated among environmental education, environmental knowledge, and environmental behavior in Indonesia. The findings of this research would provide help to the policymakers in establishing the policies related to environmental education and reduce environmental degradation.

Keywords
Environmental education, environmental knowledge, environmental behavior, environmental attitude, government support.