Jurnal Pendidikan Sains Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Science Education)
Vol 9, No 2 (2021): APRIL 2021

Environmental Literacy of Students in Al-Rifa'ie Modern Islamic Boarding School, Malang Regency-Indonesia Based on Gender Differences and Parents' Occupation

Nina Dwi Mardiani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Husamah Husamah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Diani Fatmawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Fuad Jaya Miharja* (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Ahmad Fauzi (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Mar 2021

Abstract

Many students in Indonesia are not responsive about the environmental problems around them. This study aimed to (1) analyze environmental literacy differences between male and female students, (2) analyze environmental literacy differences based on gender and parental occupations, and (3) analyze the influence of the interaction between gender and the parents’ occupations. This study used a quantitative approach. This study consisted of 70 students in 11th grade as a subjects. The subjects were determined randomly in three majors, i.e. multimedia, nursing, and pharmacy. Students' environmental literacy was measured using the MSELS instrument developed by McBeth, 2011. The results study showed that no significant difference in knowledge and cognitive skills between male and female students, but there were significant differences in attitudes and behavior. Moreover, there was no significant difference in knowledge, attitudes, and cognitive skills between students whose parents work. However, there were significant differences in behavior between students whose parents' jobs were different. There is a significant relationship between male students in the aspects of knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and cognitive skills, but not significantly related to female students' behavior. There was no significant interaction between male and female students and their parents' different environmental literacy occupations.

Copyrights © 2021






Journal Info

Abbrev

JPSI

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Jurnal Pendidikan Sains Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Science Education) offers an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of original peer-reviewed, contributed and invited research articles of the highest quality that address different topics of science education with implications for ...