新環境典範量表之驗證與應用

Confirmation and Application of the New Environmental Paradigm Scale

黃文雄(Wen-Shiung Huang) ； 黃芳銘(Fang-Ming Hwang) ； 游森期(Sen-Chi Yu) ； 田育芬(Yu-Feng Tian) ； 吳忠宏(Homer C. Wu)

《環境教育研究》 6卷2期 (2009/08) Pp. 49-75

https://doi.org/10.6555/JEER.6.2.049

摘要

一般而言，環境教育將態度改變與價值觀建立視為重要的推動工作之一，本研究採用張子超(1995)所翻譯之新環境典範量表中文版，並以某科技大學幼兒保育系學生為樣本，以期瞭解大專生在修過環境教育相關課程後，其環境態度是否有所差異。在回收的789份有效問卷中，先以驗證性因素分析(CFA)進行各種競爭模式的假設檢定，結果發現一階三因素斜交模式B為最佳之模式。將此最佳模式運用多群體分析後可發現，曾修過環境教育相關課程的學生，不論在「自然界的平衡」、「成長的極限」或「反人類中心主義」的構念中，其潛在構念平均數均比沒有修過該類課程的學生要來的高，根據此結果提出具體建議，以利後續環境教育相關課程規劃與修正時之參考。

關鍵字

多群體分析 ； 新環境典範 ； 競爭模式 ； 驗證性因素分析

並列摘要

Generally speaking, attitude shifts and the cultivation of core values are two of the most important elements in promoting environmental education. This research investigated the attitudes of Taiwanese university students toward the natural environment. The Chinese version of the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale, as translated by Tzu-Chau Chang (1995), was used to investigate the environmental attitudes of university students in central Taiwan. A total of 789 valid questionnaires were collected. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was applied to find the best model for the NEP scale among various competing models. The results of the CFA showed the first-order three-factor oblique Model B was the best model. To investigate the effectiveness of environmental education courses, the total sample was divided into Group One (the students who had not taken the relevant environmental education courses) and Group Two (the students who had taken the relevant environmental education courses). The analytical results of the multi-group analysis revealed that the latent mean of the NEP (”balance of nature”, ”limits to growth” and ”anti-anthropocentrism”) of Group Two was significantly higher than Group One. That is, the effectiveness of environmental education courses was validated. Suggestions for environmental education course design and modification were provided for future reference.

並列關鍵字

multi-group analysis ； New Environmental Paradigm ； competing models ； confirmatory factor analysis

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