Environmental Literacy

Environmental Literacy Instrument for Adolescents

This tool measures four components of

An environmentally literate person [is] someone who, both individually and together with others, makes informed decisions concerning the environment; is willing to act on these decisions to improve the well-being of other individuals, societies, and the global environment; and participates in civic life (Hollweg et al., 2011).

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Multilogical thinking about physical and ecological systems. In this framework, Earth is both a physical system and living environment (Szcytko et al., 2019).

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Believing that you can achieve a goal and taking action to meet those goals (Szczytko et al., 2019).

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An action towards something. Environmental educators are often interested in human behaviors that have direct or indirect impacts on the environment (Marcinkowski, 1993).

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How well students can comprehend and analyze environmental issues (Szczytko et al., 2018).

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