New Horizons in Education


No. 41, Pages 1 - 18, 2000

A Key to Successful Environmental Education: Teacher Trainees' Attitude, Behaviour, and Knowledge

Kevin Chung-Wai LUI, Eric Po-Keung TSANG, & CHAN Sing-Lai

Abstract

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 traine es' 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 environmental ly related modules.

Keywords: environmental education; teacher trainees; attitudes; worldview

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