The Trend of the High School Students’ Level of the Environmental Knowledge in the Republic of Macedonia

AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the level of students’ environmental knowledge in the Republic of Macedonia. We used two instruments of the random sample of 972 students from 19 secondary schools. The research was conducted in the period 2002-2009. The research has shown that in the research period there is a downward trend of the students’ level of environmental knowledge. Average level of environmental knowledge is 39.19% of the answers right in 2002, and 34.71% in 2009. Students’ environmental knowledge is usually on the level of recognition. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd