The Development of an Instrument to Assess Ecological Literacy of High School Students for Sustainable Landscape Planning: A Case Study of Cha-am Beach, Phetchaburi Province
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Cha-am Beach is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty as well as historical and local identity. As a popular tourist destination, Cha-am Beach has been rapidly developed in to support tourism. The use of beach areas for parking and the domination of beachfront by beach umbrellas and deck chairs for dining certainly cause adverse impacts on landscape beauty and coastal ecosystems. Ecological literacy has been widely promoted as a factor contributing to people's environmental awareness and, ultimately, the bond between people and nature which can lead to the achievement of sustainable development. Ecological literacy in people can be advanced through environmental education. As it is found that contents in the biology course of school in the Cha-am district cover basic knowledge about coastal ecosystems, this research aims to develop an instrument to assess the ecological literacy of Cha-am’s high school students. The instrument is developed in the form of an online questionnaire which consists of 4 sections: (1) the level of basic knowledge about coastal ecosystems, (2) the ethics, attitudes, and behaviors related to coastal ecosystems, (3) the interest in learning about coastal ecosystems and (4) the demographic information of the respondents. This questionnaire has been approved by Chulalongkorn University Institutional Review Board. It would be effective for collecting data useful to the promotion of environmental education in the sustainable landscape planning of Cha-am Beach, which could result in the advancement of ecological literacy among local youths and the public.
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