THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON A SAMPLE OF SOME OF CAIRO'S YOUTH CENTERS

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University

2 Directorate of Youth and Sports.

Abstract

This present study purpose is to design a program for political participation for increasing political awareness among youth which necessitates supporting change in environmental attitudes and checking efficacy of this program; From this major objective, there are minor objectives stated a follows: Working on assisting the experimental group to change attitude towards concerning in protection of the environment, population growth, environmental equilibrium, environmental development, and the aesthetic face.- of environment. It also drives at identifying the differences between the two experimental groups in their different samples (urban – rural) post application of the program. The researcher uses a number of instruments, using the experimental method for checking the efficacy of the program and for achieving study targets, namely, a program for political participation, Scale of Environmental attitudes. The study sample is consistent of a simple random sample of (60) male/female youth, divided equally into (30 males – 30 females).  The study comes to these results: That the program of political participation has proved its efficacy in changing environmental attitudes. There are also significant statistical differences between the two study groups due to difference of environments (slum – urban) post application of the program on scale of environmental attitudes, in favor of the experimental group in the urban area; while there are no significant statistical differences between males and females post application of the political participation program in both sample the slum as well as the urban.
 
 
 
 

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