ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE AND ECO - LITERACY AMONG UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS.

Science Education

The research study was undertaken to investigate the Environmental attitude and Eco-literacy among UG students. Sample of 60 UG students from Mysuru city was selected by adopting stratified random sampling technique based on independent variables namely gender and stream. Environmental attitude and Eco-literacy of UG students was measured with the help of Taj Environmental Attitude scale (TEAS) and Eco-literacy test constructed by the investigator. Specific objectives formulated were: 1. To find whether there is significant difference in Environmental attitude of UG students from Arts and Science stream 2. To find whether there is significant difference in Eco- literacy of UG students from Arts and Science stream. 3. To find whether there is significant difference in Environmental attitude of male and female UG student. 4. To find whether there is significant difference in Eco- literacy of male and female UG students. 5. To find whether there is significant relationship between Environmental attitude and Eco- Literacy of UG students. Descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. The data obtained from the survey was analyzed using t-test and Pearson Product moment correlation. Findings of the study were: 1.There is no significant difference in Environmental attitude of male and female UG students. 2. There is no significant difference in Eco- literacy of male and female UG students. 3. There is a significant difference in Environmental attitude of UG students from Arts and Science stream. The mean score of UG students from Arts and Science stream indicates that, the Science students have a more favorable Environmental attitude than their counter parts from the arts stream 4. There is a significant difference in Eco- literacy of UG students from Arts and Science stream. The mean score of UG students from Arts and Science stream indicates that, the Science students have significantly higher with respect to Eco- literacy 5. There is a significant relationship between Environmental attitude and Eco- literacy levels than Arts UG students.

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