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ClearVocational School Student’ Perception on Plastic Waste Management: the role of Recycling Education
This Indonesian study surveyed vocational school students' perceptions of plastic waste recycling and how recycling education influenced their attitudes and behaviors. Early education about plastic waste management is important for building the next generation of environmentally responsible consumers and policymakers.
Knowledge of ecological concepts, environmental concern, and ecological behavior: A multiple correlation analysis
This education study examined the relationship between ecological knowledge, environmental concern, and pro-environmental behavior in students. Environmental education that increases knowledge about plastic pollution and microplastics is associated with greater concern and more sustainable behaviors.
The role of youth adventure programs for shaping a conservation ethic
This research examined how youth outdoor adventure programs foster conservation ethics and pro-environmental behaviors in participants that persist into adulthood. Environmental education that builds emotional connections to nature is important for developing the next generation of advocates for reducing plastic and microplastic pollution.
Effect of Design Thinking to Develop Marine and Coastal Environmental Attitudes
This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it evaluates a design thinking educational approach for improving marine and coastal environmental awareness among students, focused on teaching sustainability concepts.
Outdoor environmental education as a nature-based solution for “education” and “environment”: a new conceptual framework and its pilot application in a coastal community case study in Taiwan
This study developed a framework for outdoor environmental education focused on coastal conservation in Taiwan, including topics like marine pollution and land crab protection. While not directly about microplastics, the educational approach addresses broader environmental awareness that includes plastic pollution in oceans. Building environmental literacy in young people is one strategy for reducing the plastic waste that eventually becomes microplastic contamination.
Wilde Nachbarschaft, Wildnisbildung im Kontext einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
This paper explores wilderness education in the context of sustainability, examining how contact with natural areas can foster environmental awareness. Environmental education efforts increasingly address plastic pollution and microplastics as key concerns for younger generations.
Waste Education in Teacher Training: Exploring the Role of Context in Shaping Perceptions and Didactic Approaches
This study examined how 130 future teachers perceived and approached waste issues when framed through two socio-environmental contexts: international waste export and microplastic pollution in nature. Both contexts fostered systemic thinking, but each shaped distinct attributions of responsibility and different pedagogical approaches, highlighting the importance of context in environmental education design.
Promoting sustainability and conservation practices through environmental education in Aceh, Indonesia
This paper is not about microplastics; it is a mixed-methods study examining how environmental education programs in Aceh, Indonesia influence sustainability practices and conservation awareness.
GenZs environmental attitudes and ecology behavior nexus: Urgent education message
Researchers examined the environmental attitudes and ecological behaviors of Generation Z high school and undergraduate students. The study suggests that environmental education in schools is critical for reducing plastic litter pollution, which the authors identify as potentially one of the most significant health challenges of the 21st century.
Educating for environmental transition: the summer school on microplastics
Researchers developed a summer school curriculum on micro- and nanoplastics to train students at the intersection of environmental science, toxicology, and sustainability. The program used MNPs as a case study for interdisciplinary education about complex environmental challenges requiring both scientific and policy responses.
The Effect of Environmental Values on German Primary School Students’ Knowledge on Water Supply
This German education study examined how environmental values affect primary school children's knowledge about water supply and conservation. While focused on environmental education rather than microplastics directly, building environmental literacy in children is important for long-term behavior change to reduce plastic pollution.
The effect of environmental health education on microplastic pollution awareness
This study found that environmental health education significantly increased students' awareness of microplastic pollution. The results suggest that incorporating microplastic-related topics into school curricula could help young people understand the health and environmental risks of plastic pollution. Raising awareness early is an important step toward reducing microplastic exposure at the individual and community level.
Microplastics in the Environment: Raising Awareness in Primary Education
This study developed and evaluated a microplastics education program for primary school children, finding that age-appropriate lessons about plastic pollution could meaningfully increase students' environmental awareness. The authors argue that early education is a key component of long-term plastic pollution reduction strategies.
Impacts of Education and Perception on Vietnamese High School Students' Behaviors Regarding Plastic Waste : The Mediating Role of Attitude
A study in Vietnam analyzed how education and perception influence plastic waste behaviors among high school students, with environmental attitude serving as a mediating factor. The findings suggest that improving environmental knowledge and attitude formation is key to changing plastic disposal behaviors in young people.
How Marine Plastic Pollution Education Develops Secondary School Students’ Sustainability Competences
Researchers investigated how marine plastic pollution education affects Norwegian secondary school students' sustainability competences, knowledge, and attitudes toward biodiversity protection using pre- and post-test questionnaires with 50 students. Results showed that structured marine plastic pollution curricula can improve students' understanding of ecosystem impacts and motivate protective behaviors.
Analysis of Students' Sustainability Awareness of the Environment
This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it assesses the environmental sustainability awareness of high school students in West Java, Indonesia, using a descriptive quantitative educational research approach.
Sustainability Matters
This paper is not about microplastics; it is a longitudinal study of engineering students' evolving awareness of and engagement with sustainability issues during their studies.
Embodied eco-embroidery
This paper is not about microplastics; it reports on a transdisciplinary arts-and-crafts embroidery project as a model for sustainable STEAM education, exploring how creative craftsmanship can foster environmental awareness in students.
Environment education: A first step in solving plastic pollution
This perspective argues that environmental education including school curricula, sustainable consumption guidance, and public awareness programs represents a feasible, low-cost, and permanent solution to plastic pollution that complements technical and regulatory approaches.
What Kind Of World Do I Want To Live In?
Researchers document student participation in marine conservation service-learning activities including microplastics research, mangrove planting, and oyster reef census work in the Indian River Lagoon, examining how community engagement shapes perspectives on the kind of world students wish to inhabit.
Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Plastics and Microplastics Pollution: Implications for Vietnam
This Vietnamese study applied the Theory of Planned Behavior to survey students' attitudes and intentions regarding plastic and microplastic pollution. Attitude was the strongest predictor of pro-environmental behavioral intention (β=0.411), suggesting that awareness and attitude change through education are more effective levers than appeals to subjective norms.
Do future teachers’ sustainability commitments really relate to action-oriented educational approaches?
Researchers analyzed educational proposals designed by 130 future secondary school teachers addressing the socioecological problem of microplastic pollution, examining the relationship between teachers' own sustainability perceptions and their selection of action-oriented educational approaches through mixed qualitative and quantitative methods.
Students’ attitudes towards the environment and marine litter in the context of a coastal water quality educational citizen science project
Middle school students who participated in a citizen science project monitoring coastal water quality and microplastic pollution showed significantly more positive environmental attitudes afterward compared to a control group. The study suggests that hands-on engagement with real microplastic research can be an effective way to build environmental awareness in young people.
Microplastics Outreach Program: A Systems-Thinking Approach To Teach High School Students about the Chemistry and Impacts of Plastics
An outreach program for high school students used a systems-thinking approach to teach the chemistry of plastics, microplastic pollution, and environmental impacts. Student participants showed improved understanding of how plastic production and disposal connect to ocean ecology and human health.