IDL - International Digital Library Of Education & Research Volume 1, Issue 2, Mar 2017
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International e-Journal For Education And Research-2017
A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER AND INSTITUTION TYPE Dr. Rajinder Singh Asstt. Professor, Department of Education Tezpur University
ABSTRACT This research is an examination of the environmental attitude of higher secondary school teachers in relation to their gender and institution type. In the present investigation a representative sample of 250 teachers in government and private higher secondary schools was drawn from Sonitpur district of Assam. The research showed that there is no significant difference in mean scores of health and hygiene, wild life, forests, polluters and population explosion areas of environmental attitude of male and female senior secondary school teachers. Female and male higher secondary school teachers have almost same overall environmental attitude. There is no significant difference in overall environmental attitude of private and government higher secondary school teachers. Key Words: environmental attitude, higher secondary school teachers, gender and institution type. INTRODUCTION
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A deep harmonious relationship exists between man and environment. Human interaction with the environment started from the moment when he appeared on the earth. The early man afraid of lightening, thunder, dense forests and darkness. His activities and interaction with the environment had very little impact on it. Gradually, he started making radical changes to suit his needs. The failures to understand the place and the role of man in the environment, the absence of elementary knowledge of the biosphere among the people in most countries of the world and the booming scientific revolution created serious imbalances. The modern development of science and technology leads to a wasteful intensification of the exploitation of natural resources. Human being is in constant interaction with several components of environment including the biological, which is concerned with the conditions exist within the body. The interplay between man and his surroundings is a dynamic process in which each is influencing, moulding and interacting with each other. Man draws upon 1|P a g e
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