CORRELATION AND COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL

WORLDVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY BETWEEN

STATE UNIVERSITY OF MALANG AND POLINEMA COLLEGE
STUDENTS
Journal Article

To fulfill English for Biology’s assignment

Taught by Mr. Dr. H. Sueb, M.Kes

By :

Group 8 Offering C/2017

1. Fustatul Qur’ani Anam NIM : 170341615080

2. Mardianto Harefa NIM : 170341615009
3. Nur Athifah Aliah M. NIM : 170341615029

STATE UNIVERSITY OF MALANG

MATHEMATIC AND NATURAL SCIENCE FACULTY

BIOLOGY

BIOLOGY EDUCATION

November 2017
CORRELATION AND COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL WORLDVIEW AND
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY BETWEEN STATE UNIVERSITY OF MALANG
AND POLINEMA COLLEGE STUDENTS

Fustatul Qur’ani Anam, Mardianto Harefa, Nur Athifah Aliah M. and Dr. H. Sueb, M.Kes

Biology, FMIPA, State University of Malang

Email: mardiantoreva@gmail.com and sueb.fmipa@um.ac.id

ABSTRACT

Environmental worldview is the amount of information individuals has concerning

environmental issues and their ability to understand and evaluate its impact on society and the
environment. While environmental literacy is the desired outcome of environmental
education which strives to provide learners with sound scientific information, skills for
critical thinking, creative and strategic problem solving, and decision making. This study
aims to find out how the correlation between environmental worldview and environmental
literacy between state university of Malang students and POLINEMA students. The
populations are the college students in UM (Faculty of Technic) and POLINEMA (Faculty of
Chemical Engineering Industry), and its samples are the college students in UM (Faculty of
Technic) and POLINEMA (Faculty of Chemical Engineering Industry) numbering fifth teen
(15) for each. We are interviewing our entire sample and use a questionnaire method to
collect the data. The result showed that there is a correlation between the environmental
worldview and environmental literacy with the contribution factor are 53,33%,while the rest
(46,67%) are donated from other factor. Also showed that UM students have greater
endorsement of an environmental worldview and environmental literacy than POLINEMA
students.
Keywords: Environmental Worldview, Environmental Literacy, Correlation.

INTRODUCTION

Environmental worldview is the amount of information individuals have concerning

environmental issues and their ability to understand and evaluate its impact on society and the
environment (Oregon,2014).Knowledge environments are social practices, technological and
physical arrangements intended to facilitate collaborative knowledge building, decision
making, inference, or discovery, depending on the esthimological premises and goals.

While environmental literacy is the desired outcome of environmental education

which strives to provide learners with sound scientific information, skills for critical thinking,
creative and strategic problem solving, and decision making (Elsevier, 2017). The test of
environmental literacy is the capacity of an individual to act successfully in daily life on a
broad understanding of how people and societies relate to each other and to natural systems,
and how they might do so sustainably.
 The purpose of this research is to find out if there are correlation the environmental
worldview and environmental literacy between State University of Malang and POLINEMA
students.

METHOD

This research is correlational study. This research located at Faculty of Technic in UM

and Faculty of Chemical Engineering Industry in POLINEMA and the time is November
17th . The population the college students in UM (Faculty of Technic) and POLINEMA
(Faculty of Chemical Engineering Industry), and its samples are the college students in UM
(Faculty of Technic) and POLINEMA (Faculty of Chemical Engineering Industry) numbering
fifth teen (15) for each.

The instruments that we used to collect the data are questionnaire and interviewing all
of our samples. We’re also using correlation and regression method and r-table.

Figure 1. Location of Faculty of Technic UM in Google Map

Figure 2. Location of Faculty of Chemical Engineering Industry POLINEMA in Google Map

 RESULT AND DISCUSSION

In this research, we’re going to find out how the correlation between environmental
worldview and environmental literacy.

Result

Table 1. Descriptive of the samples collected

College Class Status Total Samples Males Females

Students of and Percentage (persons) (persons)
State University Freshmen 15 50 % 6 40% 9 60%
of Malang persons
POLINEMA Freshmen 15 50 % 3 20% 12 80%
(State persons
Polytechnic of
Malang)

Table 2. Calculation of the correlation between the environmental worldview and environmental
literacy

rxy rtable rxy (%) Conclusion

Environmental 0,533388789 0,3610 53,33
Worldview So, there is a
(X) correlation
Environmental between
Literacy the environmenta
(Y) l worldview and
environmental
literacy

Table 3. Comparison of Environmental Worldview between UM and POLINEMA students

College Students of Average Score Result

POLINEMA (State 51,87 UM students have greater

Polytechnic of Malang) endorsement of an
State University of Malang 62,27 environmental worldview.
Table 4. Comparison of Environmental Literacy between UM and POLINEMA students

College Students of Average Score Result

POLINEMA (State 80,20 UM students have greater

Polytechnic of Malang) endorsement of an
State University of Malang 84,13 environmental worldview.

Discussion

CONCLUSION

Based on our research, we’re know that there is a correlation between the
environmental worldview and environmental literacy with the contribution factor are
53,33%,while the rest (46,67%) are donated from other factor. We’re also know that UM
students have greater endorsement of an environmental worldview and environmental literacy
than POLINEMA students.
Table 5. Calculation of the correlation between the environmental worldview and
environmental literacy (We’re using correlation and regression method and r-table)

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57,07 82,17 4709,60

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rxy 0,533388789

rtable 0,3610