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RESEARCH PAPER
Sustainable environmental education using virtual reality: A module for improving environmental citizenship competences in secondary schools
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Department of Curriculum & Instructional Technology, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Online publication date: 2024-09-19
Publication date: 2024-10-01
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2024;20(10):em2511
KEYWORDS
sustainable environmental educationenvironmental educationenvironmentalcitizenshipsecondary school science
ABSTRACT
Sustainable environmental education (SEE) can develop global citizens. However, environmental
education in schools does not develop environmental citizenship (EC). Virtual reality (VR) could
provide authentic immersive experiences to evoke emotions for positive action for EC. A SEE
module, designed to include VR experiences, was evaluated at a secondary school to determine
if it could improve students’ EC. A quasi-experimental single-group pre-test post-test design was
conducted with 30 students, followed by focus group interviews with the students. The findings
indicated the module was effective in improving EC scores. Analysis of interview transcripts
indicated students were engaged and motivated to learn with VR and improved in EC
competences. However, the future actions for EC were limited to individual actions and not
community-based actions. Although there was some potential in the SEE module, some
improvements are needed. Future studies could investigate strategies for making students agents
of change in the community.
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