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RESEARCH PAPER
Parents’ Daily Household Activities on Child Litter Awareness: An Action Research Case
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University of South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA
Publication date: 2020-12-28
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2020;16(12):em1924
KEYWORDS
behaviourism theoryenvironmental educationhousehold activitieslitteringprogressive environmental action research activities
ABSTRACT
This study emanates from behaviorism theory and cooperative paradigm, which evaluates the
effects of parents’ daily household activities regarding littering on children through participatory
action research approach. Litter is a socio-cultural environmental issue that degrade environment.
Additionally, pre-packed foods and other disposable items contribute to littering as people
discard covering items on the ground after consumption. Three children from three families were
case studied at home. Semi-structured interviews, pictures, questionnaire and participant
observation were used to collect data. Coding process was used to analyse data. The results of
the study show that parents’ daily household activities has minimal effect on children’s awareness
of littering. The researcher recommends further studies to explore the impact of parents’ daily
household activities on children’s understanding of environmental issues.
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