The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the environmental consciousness of elementary school students and the thrifty attitude in their consuming activities.
For the investigation are carefully selected and throughly anal...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the environmental consciousness of elementary school students and the thrifty attitude in their consuming activities.
For the investigation are carefully selected and throughly analysed the learning units concerning the environmental consciousness and the thrifty attitude which are presented in the practical arts textbooks of the 7th curriculum at the elementary school level. The subjects for the study are selected 550 students from six elementary schools in Pusan.
From the analysis of the textbooks and the survey, the following conclusions are reached :
First, according to the analysis of the 'resources for life and environment administration' field in the practical arts textbooks, learning points concerning the environmental consciousness include : promoting a sound consumer life and healthy environment, and recognizing the importance and limitedness of natural resources as well as the prevention of waste contamination, air pollution, soil contamination. The learning points concerning the thrifty attitude of natural resources can be grouped into four domains : the life of a nation, the life of a social member and the home life, and the individual life.
Second, the learning points of environment education prove to have close relationship with those concerning the content of consumer education.
Third, There was no significant difference by sex in their environmental consciousness and the thrifty attitude in their consuming activities. But the 4th students had higher environmental consciousness and thrifty attitude in their consuming activities than the 5th and 6th, and the 5th students higher than 6th. The environmental consciousness has a high positive correlation with the thrifty attitude, which means the stronger the students' environmental consciousness the more desirable their thrifty attitude in their consuming activities.