ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to analyze the Self-Perceived Action Competence for Sustainability (SPACS) of Indonesian biology teacher candidates. This study was a cross-sectional survey. The data collection process is carried out in June-August 2022. The target respondents are students of education study programs in the field of biology from various institutions in Indonesia. Gender, GPA, college status, and college status are positioned as respondents’ characters whose impact on students’ SPACS is analyzed in this study. The target population size for this survey is 1300 people, the minimum sample size with 95% confidence level and 5% margin of error is 1235 students. The inclusion criteria of respondents in this study were prospective biology teacher students, came from universities in Indonesia, Indonesian citizens, still active as students, and voluntarily wanted to be involved as research respondent. To determine the effect of gender, university status, and student status on SPACS, the Mann Whitney test was carried out. On the other hand, to determine the effect of GPA on SPACS, the Kruskal-Wallis test was carried out. The results show significant differences occur in the variables that have a p-value (Sig. value) below 0.05. It can be concluded that significant differences in SPACS scores occur in gender differences to KAP, differences in university status to COI and WTA, and differences in study status to COI and WTA.
