Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 Agenda: Awareness, Knowledge and Attitudes in Nine Italian Universities, 2019.
2030 Agenda
UN Sustainable Development Goals
University
first-year students
sustainability
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 12 2020
02 12 2020
Historique:
received:
28
10
2020
revised:
26
11
2020
accepted:
27
11
2020
entrez:
5
12
2020
pubmed:
6
12
2020
medline:
5
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 2030 Agenda represent global development programs. Education can widen the acknowledgement of their relevance and their applications. This survey aims to assess awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards SDGs and sustainability among first-year students in nine Italian Universities. A Likert scale-based online questionnaire of 70 items was compiled by students from March to July 2019. It examined knowledge and expectations referred to sustainable development concepts, indicators and documents/models accounting for sociodemographic variables. Statistical analyses performed were Chi-square test, Fisher's Exact test, Kendall's W correlation coefficient, univariate and multivariate analysis. The questionnaire was completed by 1676 students. A low percentage referred a good knowledge of SDGs and 2030 Agenda, most of them had never attended related educational activities previously. Better knowledge of SDGs and 2030 Agenda was observed in case of previous specific educational activities (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33276530
pii: ijerph17238968
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238968
pmc: PMC7730411
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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