Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior in Dutch Secondary Education.

In a national assessment program, 57% of Dutch ninth-grade students had a positive attitude towards the environment and 35% were prepared to make sacrifices for the environment. Student knowledge about environmental problems, however, was fragmentary and often incorrect. Environmentally responsible behavior was more strongly connected with the willingness to make sacrifices than with attitude toward the environment. Contains 38 references. (Author/PVD)