Author: Soroj Kumar
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/02070003
Abstract: The present study has been carried out to know about the level of environmental knowledge among prospective teachers and to find out the difference of environmental knowledge among prospective teachers in respect of gender, residence and stream of study. 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 Environmental knowledge of Prospective Teachers, a standardize 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, (ii) Knowledge scale of Prospective Teachers about Environment (consists of 50 items). The researcher used both the descriptive statistics and Inferential statistics to analyze the collected data. It has been indicated that environmental knowledge is moderate among the prospective teachers and there is significant difference in the environmental knowledge among prospective teachers in respect of their gender, residence and stream of study.
Keywords: Environmental, Teacher, Respect Of Gender, Population, Poverty, Based Education.
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