Environmental literacy of biology undergraduate students in Jakarta: Profile and comparative analysis

Environmental Literacy (EL) was the ability to interpret and take appropriate action on environmental systems that purpose to conserve, restore and improve the environment. This study aimed to determine the EL level of biology undergraduate students. The method used the descriptive method. There was...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2019-12, Vol.1402 (3), p.33048
Main Authors: Sigit, D V, Azrai, E P, Setyawati, D N, Ichsan, I Z
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology
College students
Colleges & universities
Education
Literacy
Physics
Students
Undergraduate study
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Environmental Literacy (EL) was the ability to interpret and take appropriate action on environmental systems that purpose to conserve, restore and improve the environment. This study aimed to determine the EL level of biology undergraduate students. The method used the descriptive method. There was 6 indicators in EL. Data were obtained from 197 samples of the 4th semester of biology undergraduate students in the 2017-2018 from 5 universities in Jakarta which consists of Biology Science program and Biology Education program. The results were level EL of biology undergraduate student in the high category. Based on their majors, the EL of undergraduate students in biology science was higher than undergraduate students in biology education. Differences in EL levels based on gender, female was higher than Male. In conclusion, the Biology undergraduate student's EL varies from various aspects. The institution has an important role to enhance the student EL. Therefore, a student should increase the EL.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/1402/3/033048