Role of Media in Students' Life and Their Environmental Education: A Survey of Students Aged 13 to 17

• Authors: Ildikó Katona , Imre Kárász , Gabriella Leskó , Andrea Kosáros , Gyula Lakatos
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Finding solutions to the problems of environmental protection and nature conservation, developing and performing environmentally conscious behaviour have become the main task of recent decade, this equally involves political, economic and social spheres. Beyond networking between these spheres, the media have to undertake a specific role in solving the above-mentioned problems and also attaining sustainability. A survey was conducted among 234 students between the age of 13-17, searching for the answers what connections students have to the media and whether and to what extent they are reached by the thematic channels and television programmes related to the environment and nature. It is argued that to deal with the issues raised by the results of the survey, a module dealing with environmental protection and nature conservation based on the application of different elements of media should be created for Hungarian schools.

Keywords

EN

media; environmental education; students; role of television and Internet

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 10
• Pages: 79-90

Dates

published

2008-01-01

online

2009-05-04

Contributors

author

Ildikó Katona

• Eszterházy Károly College

author

Imre Kárász

• Eszterházy Károly College

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Gabriella Leskó

• Eszterházy Károly College

author

Andrea Kosáros

• University of Debrecen, Hungary

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Gyula Lakatos

• University of Debrecen, Hungary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10099-009-0027-0