Environmental edutainment games and pro-environmental behavior of primary school students: Evidence from a field experiment
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study explores the effectiveness of behavioral interventions, specifically edutainment rooted in environmental education, in fostering pro-environmental behavior (PEB) among primary school students. Through a lab-in-the-field experiment, the research focuses on the impact of an environmental edutainment game on children's monetary donations to environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) as PEB. Findings suggest that having played an environmental edutainment game does not significantly affect the amount donated, though it appears to influence the likelihood of making a donation, particularly among male and students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Besides, female participants and students with a higher socio-economic and cultural profile exhibit higher likelihood to donate and higher effective donations, regardless of the edutainment intervention.
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme SUD, Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages, University of Pretoria, Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Center for Environmental Economics - Montpellier
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,830
Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
OpenAlex ID: W4407803169