Does Environmental Education Matter? Evidence from Provincial Higher Education Institutions in China

Yuan Ma, Jingzhi Men and Wei Cui
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Yuan Ma: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Jingzhi Men: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Wei Cui: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-13

Abstract: Environmental education pedagogy is divided into two categories: teacher-driven pedagogy and student-driven pedagogy. Their impacts on the environmental awareness of college students are analyzed using the propensity score matching method. The analysis results for 485 survey data points from college students show that both of these two pedagogies influence college students’ environmental awareness positively, and the effect of student-driven pedagogy is higher. The conclusion provides insight for the further development of college students’ environmental education.

Keywords: environmental awareness; teacher-driven pedagogy; student-driven pedagogy; propensity score matching; higher education institution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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