Singh, Aileesha
Received: July 16, 2016 Accepted: September 02, 2016 Online: December 31, 2016
Abstract
Environmental issues have become a subject environmental concerns like- pollution,
of due importance because of increasing conservation, recycling, protection, along
interaction between population and its with higher and qualitative qualifications and
environment. The rise in pollution in an trainings were seen having more positive
alarming rate has given birth to various attitude towards their active responsibility in
health problems influencing the economical delivering the environmental content by
growth of a country. The root cause of this adopting possible strategies and models for
problem is the low level of awareness among making the connections and satisfying the
people towards environment. cognitive and affective domains of
environmental education thus successfully
From the survey of the literatures on
strengthening their learners in psychomotor
environmental awareness and its education, it
domain.
can be concluded that for a successful green
movement, the planning and execution of the Thus it confirms that the level of
awareness programmes in the education environmental understanding among children
sector of a country is important. Thus, the is high when teachers realize their conscious
subject about a teacher’s attitude towards role-playing towards the importance of
environmental awareness becomes important environmental awareness. If the teachers
to promote environmental education at all themselves are highly active in getting aware
educational levels-primary, secondary, senior towards such issues, only then, they will be
secondary. Some studies also concluded in able to kindle the flame among their students.
their brief reports about differences in So it becomes important to have a planned
teachers’ attitude in environmental awareness environmental educational curriculum and
in accordance with teachers’ qualification, training both pre-service and in-service, for
gender, school boards, rural and urban teacher educators for educational levels, as it
setups. It was generally observed that is a chain reaction spinning and working in
teachers showing knowledge towards the the whole educational system within a
For Correspondence: country.
Susana Methodist Girls’ B.Ed College, Roorkee
E-mail: singh.aileesha@gmail.com
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more aware and held positive attitude For a successful green movement, the
towards both the environment and planning and execution of the awareness
environmental education (Kumari, Gangwar, programmes in the education sector of a
Jaspal Singh, A.P. Singh, 2012) . a well country is important. Teachers who are the
trained teacher can effectively apply the key elements of this socialization as the
acquired philosophy into practice, by practitioners of the education in schools are
developing strategies for both general and of great importance, because the teachers,
environmental education goals and will performing the educational goals of schools,
successfully be able to bring the contents in play an important role in shaping the future
the “cognitive”, “affective” as well as of the society (Berns, 2009:233). So if the
“psychomotive” domain of learning in teachers themselves are motivated and aware
students (Sahay, Singh, IGNOU). Awareness towards the various environmental
creation is a key measure to address the challenges, then only they can positively
impact of climate change. In the educational raise and transfer the knowledge to the
sector, teacher can play an important role in society.
educating the students about climate change, As we enter a new millennium, equipped
related issues and solutions. This is possible with all kinds of scientific and digitized
only when teachers themselves have the system it becomes, important to create the
necessary level of awareness. This therefore surge of interest, enthusiasm and activities to
necessitates the need for introducing climate awake and make them vigilant towards its
change programme into education reforms environment. Thus, helping its nation to
(Ekpoh, Uduak, Imo, Jackson). overcome and grow- social, economic and
Thus the above mentioned report findings culturally.
suggest that the level of environmental References
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