Shaping the Environmental Attitude of Military Geography Students at the South African Military Academy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11954533 |
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| Authors | Hennie Smit (Stellenbosch University, corresponding author), Hennie A P Smit |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 225-240 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8265 • E-ISSN: 1466-1845 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03098260802276805 |
| OpenAlex | W1986194203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Globally there is a growing environmental awareness among all segments of society, but research on the effect of environmental education in shaping the attitude of military students is lacking. Tertiary environmental education to officers of the South African Department of Defence is seated in the Department of Military Geography at the South African Military Academy. A structured questionnaire was used in 2002 and 2005 to determine whether a difference in attitude towards environmental issues between geography and non-geography students could be found at the South African Military Academy (Stellenbosch University). The military geography students outperformed their non-geography peers in both surveys
Environmental education · Geography · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
| Highly cited | No |
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