本研究主要探討大學環境課程對於提升學生的環境行動、環境責任感、內控觀、及環境希望之成效。這環境課程整合了議題分析、生命故事、與自然體驗。本研究採不等控制組設計來收集量化資料,實驗組學生有40位,而對照組學生有43位。量化結果顯示此課程能有效提升環境行動、內控觀、與環境希望。此外,本研究亦採用半結構式訪談與文件分析來探索課程中有那些內容造成學生們環境責任感、內控觀、及環境希望的改變。質性資料顯示生命故事能喚醒學生去進行終極關懷的省思,而生命故事與自然體驗都有助於促進環境責任感、內控觀、及環境希望。最後,根據本研究結果,對於未來環境教育課程發展與教學策略提出建議。
The authors assessed the effects of an undergraduate environmental course on students' environmental action, environmental responsibility, internal locus of control, and environmental hope. This course incorporates issue analysis, life stories, and wilderness education. A nonequivalent control group design was used to collect quantitative data. Forty students received the experimental instruction and the other 43 students received the control instruction. The quantitative data showed that the course did significantly promote the students' environmental action, internal locus of control, and environmental hope. Semi-structured interviews and document analyses were conducted to determine what aspects of the course caused those changes in students' environmental responsibility, internal locus of control, negative experiences, and environmental hope. The qualitative data revealed that the awakening of the soul occurred as a consequence of life stories. In addition, life stories and wilderness education fostered the development of students' responsibility, internal locus of control, and hope. Based on this study, implications for program development and instructional practice were presented.