Students’ understanding of a groundwater system and attitudes towards groundwater use and conservation
Students’ understanding of a groundwater system and attitudes towards groundwater use and conservation
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学生对地下水系统的理解以及对地下水利用和保护的态度
DOI：
10.1080/09500693.2018.1435922
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Shu
中科院分区：
文献类型：
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作者：
Yi;Shu
摘要本研究的目的是调查学生对地下水作为一个系统的理解，并进一步考察他们的理解是否以及如何与对地下水的利用和保护的态度有关。共有676名初中生完成了一项地下水调查，包括绘画活动和问卷调查。另一组环境科学专业的大学生被招募参加调查，目的是确定合理的预期，并验证对结果的解释。对学生图画的分析表明，学生们对地下水系统的了解普遍不完整和不相关。相关分析表明，学生的理解水平与他们对环境影响的感知以及对地下水问题的环境关注有关。这些发现再次强调了促进学生对环境系统的理解以及系统思考能力的重要性。
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ understanding of groundwater as a system, and to further examine whether and how their understanding is related to attitudes towards groundwater use and conservation. A total of 676 junior high school students completed a groundwater survey including a drawing activity and a questionnaire. An additional group of university students with environmental science majors were recruited for the survey for the purpose of determining reasonable expectations and validating interpretations of the results. Analysis of student drawings indicated that students generally held an incomplete and unconnected understanding of the groundwater system. Correlation analysis showed that student levels of understanding were associated with their perceptions of environmental impacts as well as environmental concern regarding groundwater problems. These findings re-emphasised the importance of promoting students’ understanding of environmental systems, as well as their ability to think systemically.