25-01-2013, 10:01 AM
AN INVESTIGATION INTO STUDENT TEACHERS VIEWS ON THE INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INTO THE NIGERIAN SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
ABSTRACT
Investigated student teachers views on the introduction of environmental education in Nigerian Schools. One hundred and My (150) Sandwich Social Studies Students of the Institute of Education, University of llorin were selected for the study using researcher-designed questionnaire to collect relevant data. Their responses were analyzed using simple percentage. The finding of the study showed that majority of the trainees had a wrong conception of environmental education because they were not exposed to it. However, majority of the respondents agree that environmental education should be introduced into the Social Studies Curriculum. A recommendation deriving from the study is that environmental education should be introduced as a matter of urgency at a level of our education: it should be infused into the Social Studies Curriculum.