Comparative study of environmental ethics among teacher trainees for sustainable development with respect to their level of education and some family related variables

Environment consists of all the forces, which influences the growth and development of an individual. Our mother earth is the most precious gift of the universe. It is the sustenance of “Nature” that is key to the development of the future of mankind. It is the duty and responsibility of each one of us to protect nature. The degradation of our environment is linked with the development process and the ignorance of people about retaining the ecological balance. The amount of resources on the earth planet is limited. Each one of us is therefore duty bound to conserve the resources or all those systems that support our life. With increasing population and fast changing style, the sustainability of the resources base remains a question. Though the students have become aware of the environmental problems still they do not possess Ethics to protect the Environment. It is truly said if u want to introduce a change, introduce in Education and if you want to influence next generation influence would be teachers. The main objective of the study was to carry out comparative study of Environmental Ethics among Teacher Trainees for sustainable development with respect to their level of education and some family related variables. The study was conducted in B. Ed. colleges of Patiala District. The investigator used Environment Ethics Scale (EES) by Haseen Taj (2001). A sample of 200 Teacher Trainees was taken. Data of the study was gathered and analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t Test. The study indicated that Male Teacher Trainees are better placed as compared to the Female Teacher Trainees in the level of Environmental Ethics; Urban Teacher Trainees possess better Environmental Ethics in Comparison to Rural Teacher Trainees; Qualification does not have much impact on the level of Environmental Ethics; Urban Female Teacher Trainees have better Environmental Ethics as compared to Male Teacher Trainees; Rural Male Teacher Trainees possess better Environmental Ethics as compared to Rural Female Teacher Trainees; Graduates with Rural and Urban Settings are found to possess no significant difference in the Environmental Ethics; Urban Post Graduates and found to possess better Environmental Ethics as Compared to Rural Post Graduates. It can be concluded from above results that since teacher are the executers of the future programmes and play a significant role in the environmental conservation and sustainable development they should take due interest in all programmes in this respect. So, rural teacher trainees need to be informed and trained more about the sustainability of the environment than urban teachers and help future teachers to take positive environmental action for the purpose of achieving and maintaining a dynamic equilibrium between quality of life and quality of environment.