شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

استهدف البحث التعرف علي مستوى المعارف والممارسات البيئية لدى عينة من طلاب جامعة الاسكندرية، وعلاقة ذلك بترشيدهم لإستهلاك المياه والطاقة، تكونت عينة البحث الأساسية من (200) طالب وطالبة من طلاب جامعة الأسكندرية تم اختيارهم بالطريقة الصدفية، استخدم المنهج الوصفي التحليلي. وتكونت أدوات البحث من إستمارة إستبيان لجمع البيانات. أظهرت نتائج البحث: أن مستوى المعارف البيئية لدى ما يقترب من نصف أفراد العينة البحثية (48.5%) متوسطا، في حين أن (21.5% و30.0 على التوالي) مستواهم منخفضاً ومرتفعاً، كذلك وجد أن مستوى الممارسات البيئية متوسطا لدى حوالى (50.0%) من الأفراد، مقابل (20.0%) و(30.0) مستوى ممارساتهم البيئية منخفضا ومرتفعا على التوالي، كما وجد أن (36.0%) من أفراد العينة البحثية مستواهم جيدا بالنسبة لإستهلاك المياه والطاقة، بينما كان المستوى متوسطاً ومنخفضاً لدى ما يقترب من ثلثي أفراد العينة البحثية (42.5%،21%، على التوالي). أسفرت النتائج عن: 1) وجود إرتباط طردي دال بين مستوى المعارف البيئية للمبحوثين ومستوى ممارساتهم البيئية، 2) ووجود إرتباط طردي دال بين مستوى كل من المعارف والممارسات البيئية ومستوى ترشيد استهلاك المياه والطاقة للطلاب المبحوثين. وأوصت الدراسة بالمطالبة بضرورة تضمين البرامج التعليمية المختلفة في الجامعات مقررات دراسية حول البيئة ومشكلاتها على أن يكون لهذه المقررات جانبا تطبيقيا أو عمليا. (الملخص المنشور)

The research aimed to identify the level of environmental knowledge and practices of a sample of Alexandria University students, and its relationship to their rationalization of water and energy consumption. A questionnaire that included (the social and economic characteristics of the respondents and their families - the students' environmental knowledge and practices with regard to "water, air, food, noise" - rationalizing the consumption of water and energy for the surveyed students). The results of the research showed that the level of environmental knowledge for nearly half of the research sample members (48.5%) is average, while (21.5% and 30.0, respectively) have low and high levels. It was also found that the level of environmental practices is average for about (50.0%) of the individuals, compared to (20.0%) and (30.0) their environmental practices are low and high, respectively. It was also found that (36.0%) of the research sample had a good level in terms of water and energy consumption, while the level was medium and low for nearly two-thirds of the research sample (42.5%, 21.0%, respectively). The results indicated that: 1) there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the respondents on the scale of environmental knowledge and rationalization of water and energy consumption according to (place of residence, quality of study, gender of the questioned student, study group). 2) There were also statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the respondents on the scale of environmental practices and rationalization of water and energy consumption according to (number of family members, parents' educational level, average monthly income of the family). Environmental, and there is a positive direct correlation between the level of each of the environmental knowledge and practices and the level of rationalization of water and energy consumption for the studied students. The participation rates of some social and economic variables in the interpretation of the variance ratios in each of (environmental knowledge, environmental practices, rationalization of water and energy consumption) among the studied students differed according to the weights of the regression coefficient and the degree of variance. The study recommended the necessity of including various educational programs in universities with courses on the environment and its problems, provided that these courses have an applied or practical aspect, as well as activating the role of home management specialists by providing educational programs to raise awareness of the negative environmental and economic effects caused by the current patterns of water and energy consumption and the need to go to more rational patterns. (Published abstract)