Abstract
A primary survey on the time-dependent influence of life cycle thinking-based environmental education (LCT-EE) on pro-environmental awareness and behavior was carried out for learners who took a class of LCT-EE for the detailed design of a survey on the education effects of LCT-EE. The present survey was performed by using a questionnaire form. In this form, survey respondents were asked three question items with respect to a change in pro-environmental awareness and behavior before and after the class. The reasons for their responses to the two items on pro-environmental behavior were also asked in a multiplechoice method on the basis of the other related research results. We sent a questionnaire to 96 learners and we had a response from 77 learners. The result suggested that the exposure to LCT-EE contributed to a positive change in pro-environmental awareness after the elapse of a certain period of time. We also obtained two important potentials with regard to the influence of the learning of LCT on pro-environmental awareness and behavior. We will continue this project towards the detailed survey on the education effects of LCT-EE in order to interpret the mechanism of a change in pro-environmental behavior based on the learning of LCT.
