Daniel Olsson|Niklas Gericke|Jelle Boeve?de Pauw|Teresa Berglund|Tzuchau Chang
Green schools in Taiwan – Effects on student sustainability consciousness
Karlstad University|Karlstad University|Karlstad University|University of Antwerp|Karlstad University|National Taiwan Normal University
recent decades taiwanese government worked actively implement concept sustainable taiwan important step strategy ministry education decided promote green school partnership project taiwan gppt however academic research critical reflection effects environmental sustainability education initiative lacking therefore study focuses filling gap means nationwide generalizable effect study sampling allowed comparisons sixth ninth twelfth grades gppt nongppt schools considered geographic location north center south taiwan well socioeconomic area schools total 1741 students participated answering questionnaire focused student sustainability consciousness sc components ie knowingness attitudes behaviors relation sustainability data analyzed structural equation modeling findings make important empirical contribution indicating gppt schools nongppt schools similar effect sc students ie schools engaged gppt enhance student sc addition gender gap regarding sc increased consistently increasing grade level yielding higher mean values girls boys furthermore adolescent dip occurred student sc especially regard student sustainability behavior given findings implications developing gppt discussed research could provide valuable information educational transformation process enhance environmental sustainability behavior among students taiwan