A Study on Environmental Awareness among B.Ed. Students in Kolkata District, West Bengal

Environmental awareness

It is known to all that environment plays the most essential role in healthy living. But now the environment is under threat due to rapid industrialization, excessive use of non-environment friendly materials, urbanization and over exploitation of natural resources. Every human being living on this earth should be concerned about this situation. For this several campaigns are going on globally to create awareness amongst people to save our mother nature from destruction. B.Ed. trainees are the future makers of coming generations. So B.Ed. students should be properly aware about environment and environmental issues. They should have proper knowledge about environmental education only then they can inculcate environmental awareness amongst their students. The present study aims to assess the level of environmental awareness among B.Ed. students of Kolkata. The researcher selected 100 samples of B.Ed. students giving representation to gender (Female/Male), type of college (Self-financed/Government) they belong and type of trainees (In-service/Pre-service) they are. Environmental Awareness Test (EAWT) developed by Dr. K. Yeshodhara (2003) was used as the tool to measure the level of environmental awareness among B.Ed. students of Kolkata. Collected data were analysed with the help of Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test. The result revealed that there is no significant difference in awareness regarding environment between male and female B.Ed. students of Kolkata. There is no significant difference in awareness regarding environment between self-financed and government B.Ed. college students. But there is significant difference in awareness regarding environment between in-service and pre-service teachers

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