The role of environmental knowledge among secondary school students in Czechia

Understanding how secondary students value environmental knowledge, especially in the context of sustainable development, is one of the keys to addressing current and future environmental challenges. The aim of the study is to evaluate the significance of environmental knowledge among secondary school students. This study employed a quantitative research approach, with a total of 147 students participating. Environmental knowledge has been found to be crucial for students, as it helps them understand their personal responsibility toward the environment. Moreover, they view it as an essential knowledge base that every individual in society should possess. The interviewed students fully recognise the role of school as an important source of environmental knowledge. However, they consider the more dynamic sources to be the most influential, such as social networks and the internet. Their own observations in nature and insights from family and environmental centres are also perceived as very important.