A key to successful environmental education: Teacher trainees' attitude, behaviour, and knowledge

A key to successful environmental education: Teacher trainees' attitude, behaviour, and knowledge

環境教育成功的關鍵：師範學員之態度、行為及知識

• Lui, Kevin Chung Wai Dept. of Science, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Tsang, Eric Po Keung Dept. of Science, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Chan, Sing Lai Dept. of Science, Hong Kong Institute of Education

New Horizons: The Journal of Education, Hong Kong Teachers' Association, (41), 1-18, 2000

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Teachers' Association

2000

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GJ Interdisciplinary

Environmental Education Teacher Trainees Attitudes Worldview

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The present study is unique in being one of the few conducted with the teacher trainees in Hong Kong to gather and analyze relevant data related to environmental education. In this regards, this study aims to investigate (i) the environmental worldviews, (ii) the environmental dispositions, (iii) the perception on the urgency of major local and global issues, (iv) perception towards various environmental protection issues, (v) various aspects of green behavior, (vi) environmental knowledge and (vii) the related academic background, of the teacher trainees of the Hong Kong Institute of Education. The research method adopted is basically quantitative, in which a set of questionnaire serves as the measuring instrument to access the teacher trainees' environmental attitudes, behavior and knowledge. These findings will provide useful information for curriculum development purposes such as developing relevant and appropriate teaching content, strategies and methods for new and existing environmentally related modules.
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2010-12-02