Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development

Environmental education (EE) is gaining attention among educators as it is an important approach to raise awareness on sustainability. According to a survey, students’ environmental awareness needs to be moulded from school. The main purpose of this study is to examine the ability of Form Four stude...

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Main Authors: Cha, Jeongho, Ruslan, Nur Aimi Aqilah, Rose, Laili Che, Chua, Kah Heng, Alias, Zainab, Hashim, Hasmimah, Rashid, Nur Raihan Mohd, Chani, Nora Abdul, Daud, Ummi Siti Zaharah Zubaidah, Chia, Poh Wai
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spelling my.um.eprints.435952023-10-30T02:55:23Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/43595/ Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development Cha, Jeongho Ruslan, Nur Aimi Aqilah Rose, Laili Che Chua, Kah Heng Alias, Zainab Hashim, Hasmimah Rashid, Nur Raihan Mohd Chani, Nora Abdul Daud, Ummi Siti Zaharah Zubaidah Chia, Poh Wai L Education (General) Environmental education (EE) is gaining attention among educators as it is an important approach to raise awareness on sustainability. According to a survey, students’ environmental awareness needs to be moulded from school. The main purpose of this study is to examine the ability of Form Four students to identify some air pollution-based socio-scientific issues (SSI) that occur daily through comics. This study was carried out during the 2021 academic year and about 34 students from five schools in Terengganu participated in this activity. Based on the collected data, four main types of air pollution were identified from the comics, namely local area, stationary, mobile and natural sources. The paired t-test revealed there was statistical differences in the students’ awareness shift towards air pollution-based SSI (p<0.000). In addition, students showed high degree of satisfaction towards the activity based on their reflective essays. Based on their comic drawings, participants showed understanding that humans are part of the environment and they are affected by the air pollution as other living organisms and anthropogenic activities are the main cause of air pollution © Penerbit UMT Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2022 Article PeerReviewed Cha, Jeongho and Ruslan, Nur Aimi Aqilah and Rose, Laili Che and Chua, Kah Heng and Alias, Zainab and Hashim, Hasmimah and Rashid, Nur Raihan Mohd and Chani, Nora Abdul and Daud, Ummi Siti Zaharah Zubaidah and Chia, Poh Wai (2022) Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 17 (4). 247 – 259. ISSN 1823-8556, DOI https://doi.org/10.46754/jssm.2022.4.018 <https://doi.org/10.46754/jssm.2022.4.018>. 10.46754/jssm.2022.4.018
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topic L Education (General)
spellingShingle L Education (General)
Cha, Jeongho
Ruslan, Nur Aimi Aqilah
Rose, Laili Che
Chua, Kah Heng
Alias, Zainab
Hashim, Hasmimah
Rashid, Nur Raihan Mohd
Chani, Nora Abdul
Daud, Ummi Siti Zaharah Zubaidah
Chia, Poh Wai
Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development
description Environmental education (EE) is gaining attention among educators as it is an important approach to raise awareness on sustainability. According to a survey, students’ environmental awareness needs to be moulded from school. The main purpose of this study is to examine the ability of Form Four students to identify some air pollution-based socio-scientific issues (SSI) that occur daily through comics. This study was carried out during the 2021 academic year and about 34 students from five schools in Terengganu participated in this activity. Based on the collected data, four main types of air pollution were identified from the comics, namely local area, stationary, mobile and natural sources. The paired t-test revealed there was statistical differences in the students’ awareness shift towards air pollution-based SSI (p<0.000). In addition, students showed high degree of satisfaction towards the activity based on their reflective essays. Based on their comic drawings, participants showed understanding that humans are part of the environment and they are affected by the air pollution as other living organisms and anthropogenic activities are the main cause of air pollution © Penerbit UMT
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author Cha, Jeongho
Ruslan, Nur Aimi Aqilah
Rose, Laili Che
Chua, Kah Heng
Alias, Zainab
Hashim, Hasmimah
Rashid, Nur Raihan Mohd
Chani, Nora Abdul
Daud, Ummi Siti Zaharah Zubaidah
Chia, Poh Wai
author_facet Cha, Jeongho
Ruslan, Nur Aimi Aqilah
Rose, Laili Che
Chua, Kah Heng
Alias, Zainab
Hashim, Hasmimah
Rashid, Nur Raihan Mohd
Chani, Nora Abdul
Daud, Ummi Siti Zaharah Zubaidah
Chia, Poh Wai
author_sort Cha, Jeongho
title Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development
title_short Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development
title_full Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development
title_fullStr Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development
title_full_unstemmed Air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development
title_sort air pollution-based socio-scientific issues situated in tetrahedral chemistry education framework for form four students learning about environmental education and sustainable development
publisher Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/43595/
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