Proceedings of the First International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Industrial Revolution (ICSTEIR 2020)

Effect of Gender on Environmental Literacy of High School Students in Bali, Indonesia

Authors
Ni Putu Ayu Parwati, I Wayan Redhana, I Nyoman Suardana
Corresponding Author
I Wayan Redhana
Available Online 13 March 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210312.055How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Environmental literacy, Human behaviour, Education, T-test analysis
Abstract

Environmental problems are one of the concerns of the world community. Environmental problems can be overcome if people have literacy toward the environment. The environmental literacy can be influenced by a variety of demographic variables. The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of gender on students’ environmental literacy. This study is an ex post facto research. The population of this study was the twelfth-grade students majoring in Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Public High School 1 Melaya Jembrana Bali Indonesia. The number of samples in this study was 140 students consisting of 54 male and 86 female students. The instrument used in this study was an environmental literacy inventory consisting of five dimensions, including knowledge, attention, sensitivity, attitudes, and behavior toward the environment. The environmental literacy inventory was created in Google forms and distributed to students online. Students’ environmental literacy data were analyzed using the independent sample t-test. The results showed that the environmental literacy of male and female students is still low category and there was no difference in environmental literacy between male and female students.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Industrial Revolution (ICSTEIR 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 March 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.210312.055
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210312.055How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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