Environmental awareness may be understood as conceptual knowledge of problem situtations, while the second approach considers it as closely connected to the actions and system components, where intentions and values play an important role (Pata and Metsalu 2008).
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Pata, K., & Metsalu, E. (2008). Conceptualizing awareness in environmental education: An example of knowing about air-related problems. Science Education International, 19, 41–65.
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(2012). Environmental Awareness. In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_2151
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