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ISSN: 2454-2415 Volume 2, Issue 1, January, 2016 International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts A study of Environmental Awareness among High School Teachers in relation to their Stream and Locality Dr. Sarita1 Sonia2 and Pinki Singh 3 1 Assistant Professor – II, Department of Education, M. D. U. Rohtak, Haryana 2 Research Scholar, Department of Education, M.D.U. Rohtak, Haryana 3 Research Scholar, Department of Education, M.D.U. Rohtak, Haryana ABSTRACT: The present study is intended to examine the environmental awareness among high school teachers in relation to their stream & locality. The variables included for the study are Environmental awareness, Stream & Locality. The study was conducted on a sample of 200 high school teachers (100 science high school teachers, 100 non-science high school teachers). Stratified random sampling technique was used to select the sample from Delhi. Environmental Awareness Ability Measures (EAAM) by Praveen Kumar Jha was adopted for this study. The data were analyzed using mean, S.D. & z test to study the environmental awareness among high school teachers in relation to their stream & locality. Results revealed that high school teachers have high knowledge of environmental awareness. Teachers of both the areas i.e. urban & Rural do not differ in their environmental awareness. Urban science teachers are more aware than urban non-science teachers about the environment. KEYWORDS: Environmental Awareness, Locality, Stream INTRODUCTION Environment is the sum total of all social, economic, biological, physical or chemical factors which constitute the surrounding of man which is both creature and modular of the environment. In the modern era of technology and development and with the progress of industrialization, urbanization and adoption of modern technologies in agriculture, environmental problems have become a concerning issue for human society. By considering the importance of environmental conservation, most developed countries also have included the issue of environmental protection in their political agenda. It has been widely accepted that to conscientious the human society about the environmental issues and to make perspective plans for mitigation of environmental problems, Environmental Education is an important tool though which the goals for awareness can be achieved easily. In order to protect and conserve the environment, enabling people to lead quality life, emphasis has been given to environmental education in both formal and non formal system of education. Environmental Education acts as an indispensable tool in the battle against the degradation of living environment. Shahnawaj (1990), in a study on environmental awareness and environmental attitude of secondary and higher secondary teachers and students in Rajasthan, found that female students possessed significantly more awareness than males. The preservice teachers distinctly had poor knowledge regarding the environment while in-service teachers moderately know about it (Praharaj, 1991). Urban teachers differed significantly from rural and tribal teachers on their awareness of environmental problems. No difference was observed between rural teachers and the tribal teachers (Sabhlok, 1995). On the contrary, Dinakara (2000) reported significant difference between urban and rural school teachers in environmental awareness. Also, government and private school teachers differed significantly in their environmental awareness. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The present study is entitled as “A Study of Environmental Awareness among High School Teachers in Relation to their Stream and Locality”. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY To study the environmental education among high school teachers To study the environmental awareness among high school teachers To study the difference of environmental awareness between rural and urban high school teachers To study the difference of environmental awareness between urban science teachers and non- science teachers To study the difference of environmental awareness between rural science teachers and non-science teachers Available online at www.ijikc.co.in 65 A study of Environmental Awareness among High School Teachers in relation to their Stream and Locality HYPOTHESES OF THE STUDY There is no significant difference between the environmental education among high school teachers There is no significant difference between the environmental awareness among high school teachers There is no significant difference of environmental awareness between rural and urban teachers There is no significant difference of environmental awareness between urban science teachers and non-science teachers There is significant difference of environmental awareness between rural science teachers and non-science teachers METHOD USED : Descriptive Survey method was used. SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE: To comply with the objectives of this study, 200 high school teachers were selected from different high schools of Delhi. The Stratified sampling technique was employed in selecting the sample. TOOL USED: Environmental Awareness Ability Measures (1998) by Dr. Praveen Jha was used to test the environmental awareness. The items are multiple choice types. There are 51 items in this test. STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES USED: Mean, S.D. and t test were the statistical techniques used for carrying out the analysis and interpretation of the data collected. ANALYSIS AND THE DATA INTERPRETATION OF Table No. 1 Mean of environmental education of High school Teachers Group N Mean High School Teachers 200 46.34 From Table 1 it is found that the calculated mean value of knowledge of environmental education among the teachers is 46.34, which lie in the higher range of environmental educational knowledge. It shows there is high environmental education knowledge among high school students. Hence the Hypothesis, "There is no significant difference between the environmental education among high school teachers” is accepted. Table No. 2 Mean of environmental awareness score of High school Teachers Group N Mean High School Teachers 200 45.34 From Table 2 it is found that the calculated mean value of environmental awareness score of teachers is 45.34, which lie in the higher range of environmental awareness. It shows that teachers have higher level of environmental awareness. Hence the Hypothesis, "There is no significant difference between the environmental awareness among high school teachers” is accepted. Table No. 3 Values of Mean, Standard Deviation (S.D.) And ‘t’ ratio of Urban & Rural Teachers Locality N Mean S.D. t value Level of Significance Rural 100 39.7 4.42 0.66 Not Significant Urban 100 39.3 4.17 From Table 3 it is found that „t‟-value is 0.66 which is not significant at 0.05 & 0.01 level of significance. Hence the Hypothesis, "There is no significant difference of environmental awareness between teachers of rural and urban area” is accepted. Table No. 4 Values of Mean, Standard Deviation (S.D.) And ‘t’ ratio of urban science teachers and urban non-science teachers Stream N Mean S.D. t value Level Significance Urban science 100 42.61 8.63 4.16 Significant Urban non- 100 38.15 6.47 science From Table 4 it is found that „t‟-value is 4.16 which is significant at 0.05 and 0.01 level of significance. Hence the Hypothesis, "There is no significant difference between environmental awareness of urban science teachers and urban non-science teachers” is rejected. International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts, 2(1) January, 2016 66 of A study of Environmental Awareness among High School Teachers in relation to their Stream and Locality Table No. 5 Values of Mean, Standard Deviation (S.D.) And ‘t’ ratio of Rural science teachers and Rural non-science teachers Teachers N Mean S.D. t value Rural Science Teachers Rural Nonscience Teachers 100 31.5 2.34 8.0 100 34.7 3.32 From Table 5 it is found that „t‟-value is 8.0 which is significant at 0.05 and 0.01 level of significance. Hence the Hypothesis, "There is no significant difference between environmental awareness of rural science teachers and rural non-science teachers” is rejected. FINDINGS There is high Environmental education among high school teachers. 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