1Research Scholar, Department of Education, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
2Research Guide, Department of Education, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
Online published on 10 September, 2019.
The study investigated secondary school teachers ’environmental awareness in Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu. Four hundred and fifty teachers were selected through the stratified random sampling technique from various secondary schools of Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu. Subjects consisted of 351 female and 99 male teachers. They were assessed using the Environment Awareness Ability (EAT) measure. Results indicate that there isno significant difference between government and private school teachers in their level of environmental awareness. Also there are no significant differences between them in environmental awareness across and within two groups with regard to their gender. Also the specialization area (science and arts) is a factor, which can affect teachers’ environmental awareness in Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu.
Environmental awareness, Secondary school teachers, Causes of pollution, t-test, Conservation of soil, Forest, Energy, Human health, Wild life
