International Journal in Management & Social Science
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 7

A Study of Environment Awareness Among Secondary School Teachers in Chitoor District and Some Factors Affecting It

  • Author:
  • K. Leelavathi1, D. Pragathi2, M. Sivarathnam Reddy3, G. Vijaya Lakshmi4
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 35 to 46

1Department of Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502

2Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502

3Department of Distance Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502

4Department of Education, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam, Tiruupati-517 502

Online published on 22 June, 2018.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the environmental education awareness among Secondary Grade school teachers in Chitoor district relation to the Management, Subject of Teaching and Experience. Four hundred and eighty teachers took part in the study. Teachers were chosen using stratified random sampling technique. A 3-point scale questionnaire was used to collect data. Means, standard deviations, t-test, were used to analyze the results. The t-test showed no significant differences in teachers’ bases of Management and Subject of Teaching. Similarly, the f-test showed no significant differences in teachers’ Job Experience of below 5 years, 6–10 years, 11–15 years, 16–20 years and above 20 years with regard to the environmental awareness among secondary grade school teachers in areas of General, Sound and Thermal pollution components but showed significant differences in the areas of Air, Water and Industrial Pollution awareness

Keywords

Environmental awareness, Secondary Grade School teachers, Management, Subject of Teaching, Experience