Barsanti, Matilde (2022) Pro-Environmental Education in Tajikistan: Peer-to-Peer Approach as Key to Unlock the Change. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Nowadays, it is crucial to motivate human pro-environmental behaviour worldwide. Pro-environmental social identities can motivate people’s pro-environmental action, but research on how to foster the creation of such pro-environmental social identities has almost entirely neglected Central Asian countries. This study tests whether peer-to-peer environmental education can help create a shared pro-environmental social identity that motivates pro-environmental behaviour among youth in Tajikistan. Ten interns from the University of Central Asia held environmental workshops for their high school pupil peers (N=298) from rural towns. As expected, climate change awareness and pro-environmental group norms among high school pupils increased significantly after the workshop. Peer trainers were generally perceived as identity leaders, and higher perceived identity leadership was correlated with an increase in youth identification, though unexpectedly not related to an increase in environmental group norms or climate change awareness. Although this study has limitations and further research is needed, it provides initial evidence of the effectiveness of peer-to-peer environmental education in raising awareness on environmental problems among youth in Central Asia, and, importantly, in fostering the creation of pro-environmental social identities, which could help mobilise Tajik youth as a group for pro-environmental action.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jans, L. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Environmental Psychology (EP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2022 07:24 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2022 07:24 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/425 |
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