Effectiveness of Climate Change Awareness Education in Secondary School Students
12 de junio de 2026 actualizado por: Aynur Aytekin Ozdemir, Istanbul Medeniyet University
The Effect of Climate Change Awareness Education on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Secondary School Students: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a climate change awareness education program on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among secondary school students.
The study was conducted as a cluster randomized controlled trial in a public secondary school in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
This completed cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of a climate change awareness education program on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among seventh-grade secondary school students.
The study was conducted in a public secondary school in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Two classrooms were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups.
The intervention group received a structured, multi-component education program including classroom-based educational sessions, visual reminder posters, interactive quizzes, and eco-friendly reinforcement materials.
The control group continued routine education during the data collection period.
Outcomes were assessed at baseline and two weeks after completion of the intervention.
After post-test measurements, the education program was also provided to the control group.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
54
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
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Ubicaciones de estudio
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Istanbul
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Istanbul, Istanbul, Turquía (Türkiye)
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Niño
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Sí
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being enrolled in the seventh grade of the secondary school where the study was conducted
- Being able to speak and understand Turkish
- Having written informed consent from a parent or legal guardian
- Being willing to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Having a physical or cognitive impairment that prevents communication, watching the educational materials, or completing the measurement tools
- Having long-term absenteeism that would prevent regular participation in the education sessions during the study period
- Not having written informed consent from a parent or legal guardian
- Not being willing to participate in the study
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Prevención
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)
Armas e Intervenciones
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Experimental: Climate Change Awareness Education Group
Participants in the intervention group received a structured climate change awareness education program delivered in the classroom setting.
The program included three educational sessions supported by visual educational materials, reminder posters, interactive quizzes, and eco-friendly reinforcement materials.
The intervention aimed to improve secondary school students' climate change awareness, environmental attitudes, and environmentally responsible behaviors.
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The intervention consisted of a structured, multi-component climate change awareness education program developed for seventh-grade secondary school students.
The program included classroom-based educational sessions, visual reminder posters, interactive quizzes, and eco-friendly reinforcement materials such as pencils, cloth bags, and flower seeds.
Educational topics included the definition and causes of climate change, the difference between weather and climate, the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, environmental and human impacts of climate change, climate change effects in Türkiye, zero waste, carbon footprint, water and energy conservation, recycling, and individual actions to combat climate change.
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Sin intervención: Control Group
Participants in the control group continued their routine education and did not receive any climate change awareness education during the data collection period.
After completion of the post-test measurements, the education program was also provided to the control group.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Change in Climate Change Awareness Score
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and two weeks after completion of the intervention
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Students' climate change awareness was assessed using the Climate Change Awareness Scale for Secondary School Students.
The scale consists of 16 items and two subdimensions: cognitive awareness and behavioral awareness.
Items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale.
Total scores range from 16 to 80, with higher scores indicating higher climate change awareness.
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Baseline and two weeks after completion of the intervention
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Change in Environmental Attitude Score
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and two weeks after completion of the intervention
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Students' environmental attitudes were assessed using the Environmental Attitude Scale for Secondary School Students.
The scale consists of two subscales.
The first subscale includes 14 items measuring environmental behaviors, and the second subscale includes 21 items measuring environmental feelings, thoughts, and willingness to act.
The total score ranges from 35 to 175, with higher scores indicating more positive environmental attitudes and environmentally responsible behaviors.
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Baseline and two weeks after completion of the intervention
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.
Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Aynur Aytekin Özdemir, Istanbul Medeniyet University
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
1 de noviembre de 2025
Finalización primaria (Actual)
16 de enero de 2026
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
16 de enero de 2026
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
12 de junio de 2026
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
12 de junio de 2026
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
17 de junio de 2026
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
17 de junio de 2026
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
12 de junio de 2026
Última verificación
1 de junio de 2026
Más información
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Palabras clave
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Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 2025/020-1570
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?
NO
Descripción del plan IPD
Individual participant data will not be shared due to the involvement of minor participants and confidentiality restrictions.
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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