Key Aspects of Adolescents’ Environmental Attitudes with a View to Transformative Education

The aim of this study is to gauge the environmental attitudes adolescents in order improve education plans. To end, Attitudes Towards Environment validated survey was applied 346 (51% boys and 49% girls, mean age = 15.05) at secondary schools Cordoba (Spain). A factor analysis (FA) carried out using FACTOR program, obtaining three factors: emotional, cognitive, behavioral. results FA exhibit excellent internal consistency, with an Omega coefficient 0.916 Cronbach’s Alpha 0.915, adequate goodness fit. emotional are good, as concern responsibility towards environment were notable. However, did not translate into motivation obtain further knowledge or become involved collective civic actions. findings line give us information review educational objectives methodologies, for which essential. Elements proposed encourage adopt more proenvironmental so that development awareness them undermined by frustration, peer learning present through dialogue cooperative work, promoting affinity nature participate activities.