Young People and the Environment

An Asia-Pacific Perspective

• Author(s): John Fien, David Yencken, Helen Sykes,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 182
• ISBN_10: 1402009445
  ISBN_13: 9781402009440
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / General , Education / Schools / Levels / Elementary , Education / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology , Education / Comparative , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection ,

Description:... The book analyses the knowledge, beliefs and behaviours that comprise the environmental attitudes of young people in the Asia-Pacific region and the cultural, political and educational contexts that have shaped them. The findings are based upon a questionnaire survey of over 10,000 young people together with focus group studies in India, South China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and the west coast of the USA.