THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING VIRTUAL STUDIO IN DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND SKILLS AMONG MIDDLE STAGE STUDENTS IN KUWAIT STATE

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

2 Faculty of Basic Education, The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait

3 The Ministry of Justice, Kuwait

Abstract

The research aims to development of environmental awareness and environmental skills among middle school students in Kuwait through the proposed program included some urgent issues and problems in the State of Kuwait, and prepare a list of issues and environmental problems, namely through the literature and previous research and studies and experts and specialists: issues and problems of environmental pollution (air, water), the issue of maintaining the “biodiversity”, the issue of maintaining the “energy”' and its development.
Then prepare and Design Studio based in learning, and includes pre-production, production, post production, and contains four issues (air pollution, water pollution, biodiversity, energy) and that have been identified and their knowledge through their survey researchers to identify pressing environmental issues and problems in the State of Kuwait, Scales were also prepared for environmental awareness and environmental skills, be a measure of environmental awareness 24 words about issues and problems; environmental skills scale 34 words and attitude through three skills are: recognize and identify environmental problem. Organize information and environmental data. Solutions to environmental problems.
Research group consisted of 30 students in the ninth grade in middle school in the  Kuwait. Search results: referred to the effectiveness of the program and had an impact on the development of environmental awareness and environmental skills for these pupils.

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