Effectiveness of Climate Change Awareness Education in Secondary School Students
12 juni 2026 bijgewerkt door: 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.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Voltooid
Conditie
Interventie / Behandeling
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
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.
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Werkelijk)
54
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
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Studie Locaties
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Istanbul
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Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkije (Türkiye)
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
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Deelname Criteria
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Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
- Kind
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Ja
Beschrijving
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
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Preventie
- Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Geen (open label)
Wapens en interventies
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Experimenteel: 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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Geen tussenkomst: 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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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
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Change in Climate Change Awareness Score
Tijdsspanne: 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
Tijdsspanne: 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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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
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Sponsor
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Aynur Aytekin Özdemir, Istanbul Medeniyet University
Studie record data
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Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start (Werkelijk)
1 november 2025
Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)
16 januari 2026
Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)
16 januari 2026
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
12 juni 2026
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
12 juni 2026
Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)
17 juni 2026
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)
17 juni 2026
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
12 juni 2026
Laatst geverifieerd
1 juni 2026
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Trefwoorden
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- 2025/020-1570
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Beschrijving IPD-plan
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