25-01-2013, 10:00 AM
Environmental Awareness among Secondary School Teachers in Iran and India
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted on secondary school teachers to study their environmental awareness with respect to their residential background, subject specialization and teaching experience in India and Iran. One thousand and four teachers were selected through the stratified random sampling technique from 103 secondary schools of Mysore city (India) and Tehran city (Iran). Subjects consisted of 505 male and 499 female. They were assessed using the Environmental Awareness Test (EAT) (Shabina Jinaraja, 1999). Results revealed that there are significant differences between them in environmental awareness across and within two groups with regard to their subject specialization (science and arts). Also in overall lengths of teaching experience is not a factor, which can affect teacher's environmental awareness.