Measurement of environmental awareness among the students of the University of Koya and its relationship to the existence of material environment in the curriculum and some other variables

Abstract

One of the objectives of this research was to measure the level of environmental awareness among the students in Koya University, and to find a relationship between the environmental awareness with the existence of environmental education in the curriculum, also to find a relationship between the environmental awareness with several demographic variables. Researcher used the descriptive and Relation methods. The final research sample formed of (1461) Koya University students for the academic year 2009-2010. The researcher used the questionnaire as a tool to collecting data. The validity was found, and also the reliability of the questionnaire through Cronbach's Alpha of the statistical package (SPSS) was (0.91). The results showed that the students in Koya University have a high level of environmental awareness, also there was no relationship between environmental awareness and presence of the environment subject in the curriculum according to the students of the University of Koya. Based on the results of this research, the researcher presented a number of recommendations and suggestions.