Open AccessEnvironmental attitudes among students of Early Childhood Education program in University of Jember
Author(s) -
Senny Weyara Dienda Saputri,
Luh Putu Indah Budyawati,
Laily Nur Aisiyah,
Retno Widiastuti,
Amelia Atika
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/485/1/012091
Subject(s) - psychology , data collection , medical education , descriptive statistics , mathematics education , scale (ratio) , environmental education , descriptive research , medicine , pedagogy , geography , sociology , mathematics , statistics , social science , cartography
This study aimed to describe the environmental attitudes of students of Early Childhood Education (ECE) program in University of Jember. Descriptive quantitative approach with survey method were employed. For data collection, the Environmental Attitude Scale were distributed to 102 students of ECE program in University of Jember from 2 nd , 4 th and 6 th semester, with age ranged from 19 – 23 years old. Analysis were done based on mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum score computation with N=101. The results of this study indicated that (1) Most students of ECE program in University of Jember have general positive environmental attitude, (2) The energy saving is the most concerned environmental issues among the students, and waste products get the least attention. Some additional findings and limitations are discussed.