A Study of Environment Awareness Among Secondary School Teachers in Chitoor District and Some Factors Affecting It Leelavathi K.1, Pragathi D.2, Reddy M. Sivarathnam3, Lakshmi G. Vijaya4 1Department of Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502 2Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502 3Department of Distance Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502 4Department of Education, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam, Tiruupati-517 502 Online published on 22 June, 2018. Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the environmental education awareness among Secondary Grade school teachers in Chitoor district relation to the Management, Subject of Teaching and Experience. Four hundred and eighty teachers took part in the study. Teachers were chosen using stratified random sampling technique. A 3-point scale questionnaire was used to collect data. Means, standard deviations, t-test, were used to analyze the results. The t-test showed no significant differences in teachers’ bases of Management and Subject of Teaching. Similarly, the f-test showed no significant differences in teachers’ Job Experience of below 5 years, 6–10 years, 11–15 years, 16–20 years and above 20 years with regard to the environmental awareness among secondary grade school teachers in areas of General, Sound and Thermal pollution components but showed significant differences in the areas of Air, Water and Industrial Pollution awareness Top Keywords Environmental awareness, Secondary Grade School teachers, Management, Subject of Teaching, Experience. Top |