Environmental citizenship among pre-service teachers in Malaysian teachers training colleges
Environmental citizenship among Malaysians is generally known to be lacking. Thus, the implicit role of teachers as environmental citizenship role models implicates the need for pre-service teachers to acquire desirable characteristics of the model environmental citizen. The environmental educat...
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| description | Environmental citizenship among Malaysians is generally known to be
lacking. Thus, the implicit role of teachers as environmental citizenship role
models implicates the need for pre-service teachers to acquire desirable
characteristics of the model environmental citizen. The environmental
education (EE) program in the Malaysian Teachers Training Colleges is
expected to achieve the objective of molding model environmental citizens.
In this research, theories and concepts underlying environmental education
were integrated in a conceptual framework to contextualize environmental
citizenship. A descriptive survey was conducted to assess environmental
citizenship and its contributive factors among 2,728 pre-service teachers
from ten selected Malaysian Teachers Training Colleges throughout
Malaysia.
Environmental citizenship level among the pre-service teachers was found to
be moderate, with improvement needed for many of the environmental citizenship contributive variables. All the contributive variables, identified as
environmental behavior, environmental attitude, environmental knowledge,
sources from which information about the environment is obtained, and
participation in environmental activities were positively correlated with
environmental citizenship disposition. It was found that five of the factors
contributed significantly towards environmental citizenship. Comparison
made between pre-service teachers who were exposed and those not
exposed to the EE program during teacher training showed that the former
had significantly higher scores in environmental knowledge and
environmental behavior. Graduate pre-service teachers were found to fare
better in most variables compared to their non-graduate counterparts. Male
pre-service teachers were found to have higher scores in environmental
knowledge but lower in environmental attitude and behavior than their
female counterparts.
It is concluded that the EE Program implemented in the Malaysian Teachers
Training Colleges is effective in disseminating environmental knowledge but
not in developing environmental attitudes. The EE Program enabled preservice
teachers to source for information but did not empower them to
participate in decision-making nor to take action for a better environment. It
is suggested that the EE Program incorporates more participative activities
and experiential learning to inculcate desirable environmental citizenship
attributes among future teachers to empower them in the crusade towards a
better environment, and they in turn could empower the next generation of
environmental citizens. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-47662013-05-27T07:18:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4766/ Environmental citizenship among pre-service teachers in Malaysian teachers training colleges Ho, Yuek Ming Environmental citizenship among Malaysians is generally known to be lacking. Thus, the implicit role of teachers as environmental citizenship role models implicates the need for pre-service teachers to acquire desirable characteristics of the model environmental citizen. The environmental education (EE) program in the Malaysian Teachers Training Colleges is expected to achieve the objective of molding model environmental citizens. In this research, theories and concepts underlying environmental education were integrated in a conceptual framework to contextualize environmental citizenship. A descriptive survey was conducted to assess environmental citizenship and its contributive factors among 2,728 pre-service teachers from ten selected Malaysian Teachers Training Colleges throughout Malaysia. Environmental citizenship level among the pre-service teachers was found to be moderate, with improvement needed for many of the environmental citizenship contributive variables. All the contributive variables, identified as environmental behavior, environmental attitude, environmental knowledge, sources from which information about the environment is obtained, and participation in environmental activities were positively correlated with environmental citizenship disposition. It was found that five of the factors contributed significantly towards environmental citizenship. Comparison made between pre-service teachers who were exposed and those not exposed to the EE program during teacher training showed that the former had significantly higher scores in environmental knowledge and environmental behavior. Graduate pre-service teachers were found to fare better in most variables compared to their non-graduate counterparts. Male pre-service teachers were found to have higher scores in environmental knowledge but lower in environmental attitude and behavior than their female counterparts. It is concluded that the EE Program implemented in the Malaysian Teachers Training Colleges is effective in disseminating environmental knowledge but not in developing environmental attitudes. The EE Program enabled preservice teachers to source for information but did not empower them to participate in decision-making nor to take action for a better environment. It is suggested that the EE Program incorporates more participative activities and experiential learning to inculcate desirable environmental citizenship attributes among future teachers to empower them in the crusade towards a better environment, and they in turn could empower the next generation of environmental citizens. 2007 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4766/1/FPAS_2007_8.pdf Ho, Yuek Ming (2007) Environmental citizenship among pre-service teachers in Malaysian teachers training colleges. PhD thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Environmental education - Teacher centers - Malaysia - Case studies English |
| spellingShingle | Environmental education - Teacher centers - Malaysia - Case studies Ho, Yuek Ming Environmental citizenship among pre-service teachers in Malaysian teachers training colleges |
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| title_full | Environmental citizenship among pre-service teachers in Malaysian teachers training colleges |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental citizenship among pre-service teachers in Malaysian teachers training colleges |
| title_short | Environmental citizenship among pre-service teachers in Malaysian teachers training colleges |
| title_sort | environmental citizenship among pre service teachers in malaysian teachers training colleges |
| topic | Environmental education - Teacher centers - Malaysia - Case studies |
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