Environmental Values of Secondary Teachers  And Their Problems Due to Implementation of  Enviromental Education

Mr. T. Ravichandran; Dr. A.R. Saravanakumar

Volume : I, Issue : VI, November - 2012

Environmental Values of Secondary Teachers And Their Problems Due to Implementation of Enviromental Education

Mr. T. Ravichandran, Dr. A. R. Saravanakumar

Abstract :

Environmental Education (EE) at school level has been accorded a higher priority in National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005. Environmental Education is an effective tool for developing environmental values. For the effective programme of environmental education is the process of recognizing values and classifying concepts in order to develop skills and attitudes necessary to understand the objectives. Recognizing the issue of environmental education of the National Policy on Education (1986) took a step and introduced the subject of environmental studies at school level. When this subject is made compulsory, there arise some problems regarding the teaching process of environmental education. Hence to find out the solutions for the same, the researcher framed some objectives for the study. In the present study, the random sampling was done for the selection of the sample. The samples were drawn from the various high schools and higher secondary schools of Devakottai Eduational District. Only 50 secondary teachers of various schools who taught environmental values among secondary teachers in the form of rating scale. Another questionnaire consists of list of various possible problems facing secondary teachers and remedies. To achieve the objectives of the study and to test the hypotheses, the data collected were codified, tabulated and means, SD and �t� values were calculated. Based on the data analysis, the environmental values of secondary teachers are in a positive direction. There are many problems faced by the secondary teachers in their teaching process. The remedies for the problems are also suggested by the secondary teachers. These can be solved with the help of government authorities.