TY - JOUR ID - 242021 TI - Evaluation of ecological awareness of sixth grade students of Tabriz elementary schools and the effective factors JO - Sociology of Education JA - IJES LA - en SN - AU - Shobeiri, Seyed Mohammad AU - Rezaei, Mahdieh AU - Ranjbari, Razieh AD - Professor, Department of Environmental Education, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Education, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. AD - M.A. in Environmental Education, Payame Noor University.Tehran, Iran. Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 156 EP - 168 KW - Ecological Awareness KW - Water cycle KW - Material Cycle KW - Biodiversity KW - pollution DO - 10.22034/ijes.2021.242021 N2 - Purpose: This study was conducted to study the level of ecological knowledge of sixth grade elementary school students in Tabriz and to study the role of gender and the level of education of parents in it. Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of data collection method. The statistical population was the sixth grade elementary school students in Tabriz in the academic year 1397-1397 that the sample size using Morgan table was 392 people. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose face and content validity was confirmed by consulting professors and experts and its reliability was confirmed by halving method. Data were analyzed using t-test, one-way analysis of variance and post hoc test using SPSS25 software at a significance level of 0.05. Results: Based on the results of one-group t-test at a significance level of less than 0.05, the amount of ecological knowledge and its dimensions in sixth grade elementary school students in Tabriz were significantly lower than average. The level of students' knowledge, except for the pollution dimension, was lower than average in other dimensions of ecological knowledge and was assessed at an unacceptable level. Also, the results of independent t-test showed that girls have more ecological knowledge than boys and only the knowledge of the material cycle in male and female students was not significantly different (p <0.05). The results of one-way analysis of variance also showed that the level of ecological knowledge and its dimensions are significantly different according to the education of parents (p <0.05). The results of Duncan's post hoc test showed that students' level of ecological awareness and its dimensions increase with increasing level of parental education. Conclusion: The process of ecological literacy is drawing and expressing students' progress; In other words, students can learn different subjects and subjects in ecology education in order to reach a defined level of understanding of ecology and ecological events. UR - https://www.iase-jrn.ir/article_242021.html L1 - https://www.iase-jrn.ir/article_242021_2918d57cff07bcca6a0b18362cd64f16.pdf ER -