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ERIC Number: EJ1284601
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 12
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ISSN: EISSN-1305-8223
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Parents' Daily Household Activities on Child Litter Awareness: An Action Research Case
Matsekoleng, Tsebo Kgoto
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, v16 n12 Article em1924 2020
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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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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