The Handprint Initiative: Attitudes Towards the Environment in Mexican High Schools

Wendy Quetzal Morel Schramm, Pablo Andrés Ruz Salmones and Marcel Robischon
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Wendy Quetzal Morel Schramm: Wendy Quetzal Morel Schramm, Humboldt University, Berlin 10099, Germany. E-mail: morelque@hu-berlin.de
Pablo Andrés Ruz Salmones: Pablo Andrés Ruz Salmones, X eleva Group, Mexico City, Mexico.
Marcel Robischon: Marcel Robischon, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 18, issue 1, 77-92

Abstract: UNESCO’s new social contract for education states that we are at a turning point, facing multiple overlapping crises, and emphasizes the need to rebuild education so that it is relevant and adequate to meet today’s global challenges. According to Sustainable Development Goal 4.7, it is essential to have the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development. The Handprint Initiative was born out of this need. It is founded on the social responsibility of educators and learners to actively participate in the decision-making process of our society. The objective of this research was to present the results of a large-scale implementation of the Handprint Initiative Instrument to identify the attitudes towards the environment. A 19-item survey was used to determine five key attitudes in several high schools in Mexico City. Based on the statistical tools (including principal component analysis, Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin and others), it was possible to measure Environmental Sensitivity, Ecocentrism, Techno-hope, Eco-apathy and Eco-indifference attitudes.

Keywords: Handprint; attitudes towards environment; eco-apathy; sustainability; quality education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/09734082241282924

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