SRIWIJAYA JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT
Vol 7, No 2 (2022): ENVIRONMENTAL CARE AND PROTECTION

Evaluation of Students' Environmental Care Characters at Adiwiyata School (Case Study of SMPN 19 Palembang)

Dini Purwaningsih (Sriwijaya University)
Muhammad Faizal (Sriwijaya University)
Azizah Husin (Universitas Sriwijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Nov 2022

Abstract

Adiwiyata School program is unable directly build the student’s environmental care character. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the students’ environmental care character at schools that won the Adiwiyata Award. This study aims to evaluate the environmental care character of students at Adiwiyata School. This study used a mixed-method, which combines quantitative and qualitative descriptive methods. The research sample was taken using the purposive sampling technique where the researcher took 110 students as the research sample. There are 3 (three) indicators used to evaluate students' environmental care character. The first indicator is the environmental cleanliness concern which showed 89.88% of students gave a positive value response. The second indicator is the knowledge of waste management which showed 90.07% of students gave a positive score response, and the last indicator is the knowledge about reforestation and natural resource management which showed 82.62% of students gave a positive score response. Based on the three indicators used, the overall response was a positive value of 75%. In accordance, the results of the study show that the average value of positive responses was 88.08%. Thus, it can be said that the environmental care character of students at SMPN 19 Palembang is in the very good category.

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Journal Info

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ppsunsri

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Energy Environmental Science Public Health

Description

Sriwijaya Journal of Environment (SJE) publishes original research or theoretical papers, notes, and mini reviews on new knowledge and research or research applications on current issues in environmental sciences and related such as: Environmental Science, Environmental Technology, Environmental ...