Purpose

This study aimed to understand university students' knowledge, attitude and behavior (KAB) toward sustainable development.

Design/methodology/approach

A sample of 567 students studying humanities, agriculture or engineering at public universities of Iran participated in this study. A survey was administered to investigate KAB of the respondents according to their gender, membership in academic associations, academic major, educational and informing activities and social units; abbreviated as GAMES.

Findings

The results indicated that students had a medium level of KAB, with mean scores of 55.15 out of 75 (for knowledge), 45.68 out of 65 (for attitude) and 36.03 out of 50 (for behavior). Differences and similarities were found on students' KAB by GAMES. The results suggest that education and social units are useful to improve individuals' KAB toward sustainable development. In addition, positive correlations were identified between knowledge, attitude and behavior toward sustainable development.

Originality/value

The findings confirmed the key role of education for sustainable development in addressing sustainable development (SD).

中文翻译：

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大学生对可持续发展的知识、态度和行为水平：GAMES的比较研究

目的

本研究旨在了解大学生对可持续发展的知识、态度和行为（KAB）。

设计/方法/方法

567 名在伊朗公立大学学习人文、农业或工程学的学生参加了这项研究。进行了一项调查，根据受访者的性别、学术协会成员、学术专业、教育和信息活动以及社会单位来调查受访者的 KAB；缩写为 GAMES。

发现

结果表明，学生的KAB水平中等，平均分为75分（知识）、45.68分（65分）和36.03分（50分）。GAMES对学生的KAB有异同。结果表明，教育和社会单位有助于提高个人的 KAB 以实现可持续发展。此外，在可持续发展方面的知识、态度和行为之间存在正相关关系。

原创性/价值

调查结果证实了教育促进可持续发展在解决可持续发展（SD）方面的关键作用。