Young People and the Environment: An Asia-Pacific Perspective

✍ Scribed by David Yencken (auth.), John Fien, David Yencken, Helen Sykes (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 188
Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 1
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The book analyses the knowledge, beliefs and behaviours that comprise the environmental attitudes of young people in the Asia-Pacific region and the cultural, political and educational contexts that have shaped them. The findings are based upon a questionnaire survey of over 10,000 young people together with focus group studies in India, South China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and the west coast of the USA.

✦ Table of Contents

Young People and the Environment....Pages 1-8
Japan....Pages 9-22
China-Guangzhou....Pages 23-37
China-Hong Kong....Pages 39-52
Thailand....Pages 53-63
India....Pages 65-77
Singapore....Pages 79-92
Brunei Darussalam....Pages 93-101
Australia....Pages 103-114
Aotearoa-New Zealand....Pages 115-125
Fiji....Pages 127-137
United States of America....Pages 139-150
Synthesis: A Cross-Cultural Reflection....Pages 151-171

✦ Subjects

Comparative Education

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