The Effect of Environmental Education on Teachers Knowledge, Attitude and Skills (Case study:Primary School Teachers district 12, Tehran)

Zamani Moghadam, A; Saedi, M

The Effect of Environmental Education on Teachers Knowledge, Attitude and Skills (Case study:Primary School Teachers district 12, Tehran)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

A Zamani moghadam ¹
M Saedi ²

¹ Assistance Professor of Educational management,Science and Research branch of Islamic Azad University

² M.A in Educational Management, Science and Research branch Islamic Azad University

Abstract

This research is conducted to investigate the impact of environmental education on teachers knowledge, attitude and skills at Tehran district 12. The statistical population was all elementary school teachers. 60 teachers were chosen using simple random sampling; then the group was divided in to two 30 teachers subgroup. The data were collected using a questionnaire and the reliability coefficient was calculated through cronbach alpha. The information processed and analyzed by independent t-test. Result showed that there is a significant difference in teachers environmental knowledge, attitude and skills before and after work shop and environmental education has had a positive impact on teachers skills.

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