Environmental concern and environmental training in university students

Abstract

The research is based on the doctoral thesis environmentalization of the José Faustino Sánchez Carrión National University, which assesses the environmental dimension from an integral point of view, addressing the problem of the perception that university students have of their professional training in environmental matters (plan curriculum, proffesor methodology, content) aside from their professional training in relation to self-assessment of their pro-environmental attitudes (environmental concern). Through stratified probability sampling, the sample size of each professional career selected intentionally to meet the objective of the research was determined. A questionnaire based on the proposal of Melania Coya was applied to students from the III to the V Semester of 10 professional career , who valued their training in environmental matters, and the scale of environmental concern. The surveyed students obtained a score of environmental concern of 44.02 points out of 65, qualifying in the medium grade, with a regular level of training in environmental matters. There is no significant correlation between environmental training and environmental concern, with the exception of professional careers with a professional profile related to environmental issues, concluding that the environmental concern of students is influenced by the cultural and social environment.