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Sustainable development goals knowledge and sustainability behaviour: a study of British and Malaysian tertiary students
Zhou, Ronghui (Kevin)1, Nur Fadhlina Zainal Abedin2, Sheela Paramasivam3.
This paper explores Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) knowledge and behavioural
differences of university students in the United Kingdom and Malaysia. The researchers also explore
gender as an indicator of students’ SDG awareness and behaviours as few studies to date have explored
this area. This study employed a sustainability consciousness questionnaire (SCQ) that was developed
to measure SDG knowledge based on the UNESCO framework for sustainability behaviour.
Questionnaires were distributed to 156 university students in the UK and Malaysia. Malaysian
university students reported higher scores for understanding SDG content and scope and the specific
SDGs of their country compared to British students, although British students have been receiving
formal education on SDGs. University students in the UK were also unable to transform their SDG
knowledge into sustainability behaviours, although they had a certain level of understanding of the topic
covered by the SDGs. Malaysian university students exhibited a closer relationship between SDG
knowledge and sustainable behaviours given the sufficient institutional and policy support and
customised university programs. SDG knowledge and sustainability behaviours were the same for male
and female students in both countries. In conclusion, integrating SDG knowledge into university
education will inevitably lead students to work towards SDG goals in the future. This can be achieved
with proper planning of the university curriculum and the enforcement of educational policies.
Affiliation:
- University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seremban Campus, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seremban Campus, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, Malaysia
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