Environmental Literacy of Biology Undergraduate Students in Jakarta: Profile and Comparative Analysis
Diana Vivanti Sigit*, Eka Putri Azrai, Desi Nur Setyawati, Ilmi Zajuli Ichsan
Biology Education Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author: dianav[at]unj.ac.id
Abstract
Environmental Literacy was the ability to interpret and take appropriate action on environmental systems that purpose to maintain, restore and improve the environment. This study aimed to determine the environmental literacy level of biology undergraduate students. The method was used a descriptive method. The three aspects of environmental literacy were cognitive, affective, and action. Data were obtained from 197 undergraduate students on biology science and biology education departments taken from 5 universities in DKI Jakarta. The result showed that the level of environmental literacy was in a very good category in which the cognitive aspects were the highest. Biology undergraduate students were good in the environment understanding but were still poor in the affective and action aspects. Based on the departments, the environmental literacy of students from biology science was higher than students from biology education. Based on gender, the female was higher in environmental literacy than male. In conclusion, the Biology undergraduate students environmental literacy varies from some aspects. This research recommended that institution has an important role to enhance the student environmental literacy, therefore, a student might increase the affective and the action of environmental literacy.
Keywords: Biology undergraduate student, education, environmental literacy, environmental quality
Topic: Biology