FUTURE PRIMARY TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ISSUES - A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

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HERO ID

3019536

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

FUTURE PRIMARY TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ISSUES - A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY

Author(s)

Papanastasiou, DK; Avgoloupis, S; Melas, D; Ikonomidis, S

Year

2014

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Journal

Global NEST Journal
ISSN: 1790-7632
EISSN: 1108-4006

Volume

Issue

Page Numbers

929-937

Web of Science Id

WOS:000352253900013

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate students awareness regarding the factors that affect the environmental quality in university classrooms. For this purpose a questionnaire survey was conducted, in which 314 undergraduate students of the School of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, participated. The questionnaire was developed for this survey and includes questions related to indoor thermal comfort (ITC) conditions and indoor air quality (IAQ). The analysis revealed that the vast majority of the students were aware that temperature and humidity are the two factors that mainly determine the ITC levels. In general, they are also aware that the ITC levels are affected by classrooms and individuals characteristics. The most accepted factors considered by the students to affect the IAQ were smoking (95%) and dust (90%), while the less accepted factors were furniture (17%), wallpapers (21%) and use of printer, photocopier (29%). The results underline the need to improve students knowledge about the factors that affect IEQ and that measures can be taken to improve it.

Keywords

Indoor thermal comfort; indoor air quality; questionnaire; student awareness