Author: Soroj Kumar
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/020100005
Abstract: As environmental issues become increasingly critical, understanding how future educators perceive and approach these challenges is essential for effective environmental education. This survey aims to assess the environmental attitudes of prospective teachers, evaluating their perceptions, beliefs, and readiness to incorporate environmental issues into their teaching practices. For this purpose the researcher has used the descriptive survey research design. In this study the population consists of the B. Ed and D. El. Ed college students studying in different colleges (Govt, Govt. Aided and Self Finance) of Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur districts of West Bengal. Out of the population a sample 500 students including male (230) and female (270) were selected by following purposive sampling method for the purpose of the study. To assess the attitude towards Environment of Prospective Teachers, a standardise questionnaire was developed by the researcher with the help of her supervisor that was administered and applied uniformly to different students of above mentioned disciplines. The questionnaire consisted of two parts (i) Demographic Data Sheet, and (ii) Attitude scale of Prospective Teachers towards Environment (consists of 100 items). The researcher used both the descriptive statistics and Inferential statistics for analyzing the collected data. The study reveals that The prospective teachers have a favorable attitude towards environment and there is significant difference in the environmental attitude among prospective teachers in respect of their gender, residence and stream of study.
Keywords: Environmental, Prospective Teachers, Disciplines, Attitudes, Awareness, Knowledge.
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