A Brave to Green: Are There Environmental Literacy Problems in Rural Areas Public Elementary Schools?

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Fanny Sumirat , Udin Syaefudin Sa’ud , Wahyu Sopandi , Nana Supriatna

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10.29303/jppipa.v9i5.3489

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2023-05-31

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Vol. 9 No. 5 (2023): May

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Environmental literacy, Public elementary schools, Rural areas

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Sumirat, F., Sa’ud, U. S. ., Sopandi, W. ., & Supriatna, N. . (2023). A Brave to Green: Are There Environmental Literacy Problems in Rural Areas Public Elementary Schools?. Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA, 9(5), 3758–3764. https://doi.org/10.29303/jppipa.v9i5.3489
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Abstract

This study aims to describe the actual condition of environmental literacy of public elementary schools students in rural areas. The research design uses a quantitative survey method. The research participants were 39 teachers in 15 public elementary schools in Sukabumi, West Java. The questionnaire used as an instrument to collect data. The results indicate that there are environmental literacy problems for public elementary schools students in rural areas. The results of this study found that there were factors causing low environmental literacy among students in public elementary schools in rural areas. Based on the data obtained, there are six causal factors regarding clean and healthy living, limited learning resources for students, lack of teacher approaches and strategies in introducing environmental education, low student concern for the environment, community involvement in protecting the environment, and the impact of natural disasters that occurred in the rural area.

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Author Biographies

Fanny Sumirat, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Udin Syaefudin Sa’ud, Indonesia University of Education

Wahyu Sopandi, Indonesia University of Education

Nana Supriatna, Indonesia University of Education

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