A Study of Attitude and Awareness of Pupil Teachers towards Environmental Pollution

Environmental Pollution

Teachers can play a significant role in making our environment pollution free by changing the attitude of students and society towards the environment. The pupil teachers are the prospective teachers of the nation. So it is the time for the great concern for protection and preservation of natural resources which can only be possible if we have a right type of attitude towards proper awareness in the related matters. Teachers can bring awareness and attitude which can be possible through environmental education. The goal of environmental education in schools and colleges is to acquaint and sensitize the students towards environmental problems and concerns, to inculcate in them healthy personal and social attitude and behaviour towards environment. Hence, it is necessary to know how far the Pupil Teachers are aware about environment and environmental problems. A pilot study was carried out selecting 120 pupil teachers studying in teacher education colleges located at Faridabad district of Haryana. “Environmental pollution Attitude Scale” developed by Dr. M. Rajamanickam and “Environmental awareness ability measures (EAAM)” developed by Praveen Jha were used for the collection of data. The findings show that the female pupil teachers were found to be more positive in their attitude towards environmental awareness than the Male pupil teachers. Environment Education should enable students to analyze, evaluate and draw inferences about problems and issues related to environment.

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