Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia

Environmental problems cannot be solved by law alone. One of the effective ways to overcome environmental crisis is by developing environmentally literate society. Education is claimed to be the most promising measures in developing any society. Thus, teachers themselves have to be environmentally l...

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Main Authors: Muda, Azizi, Shaik Ismail, Nazifah, Suandi, Turiman, A. Rashid, Noriati
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Language:English
Published: IDOSI Publications 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16738/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16738/1/16738.pdf
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author Muda, Azizi
Shaik Ismail, Nazifah
Suandi, Turiman
A. Rashid, Noriati
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Shaik Ismail, Nazifah
Suandi, Turiman
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description Environmental problems cannot be solved by law alone. One of the effective ways to overcome environmental crisis is by developing environmentally literate society. Education is claimed to be the most promising measures in developing any society. Thus, teachers themselves have to be environmentally literate and competent enough in producing informed learners who can make environmentally responsible decisions and portrays environmental responsible behavior. In coherent with the need to produce environmentally literate teachers, Environmental Education course was introduced in the Institutes of Teacher Education in 2001 and was fully implemented by 2003. This aim of this paper is to present the preliminary analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers who have undergone the environmental education course. This preliminary research utilizes quantitative research design. The descriptive survey method was used to gather required information from the respondents. The respondents were 254 pre-service teachers enrolled under post-graduate program from 12 Institute of Teacher Education of Malaysia. The findings were tabulated using descriptive statistics.
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spelling upm-167382020-06-02T03:07:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16738/ Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia Muda, Azizi Shaik Ismail, Nazifah Suandi, Turiman A. Rashid, Noriati Environmental problems cannot be solved by law alone. One of the effective ways to overcome environmental crisis is by developing environmentally literate society. Education is claimed to be the most promising measures in developing any society. Thus, teachers themselves have to be environmentally literate and competent enough in producing informed learners who can make environmentally responsible decisions and portrays environmental responsible behavior. In coherent with the need to produce environmentally literate teachers, Environmental Education course was introduced in the Institutes of Teacher Education in 2001 and was fully implemented by 2003. This aim of this paper is to present the preliminary analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers who have undergone the environmental education course. This preliminary research utilizes quantitative research design. The descriptive survey method was used to gather required information from the respondents. The respondents were 254 pre-service teachers enrolled under post-graduate program from 12 Institute of Teacher Education of Malaysia. The findings were tabulated using descriptive statistics. IDOSI Publications 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16738/1/16738.pdf Muda, Azizi and Shaik Ismail, Nazifah and Suandi, Turiman and A. Rashid, Noriati (2011) Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia. World Applied Sciences Journal, 14. pp. 114-118. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj14(UPM)2011.htm
spellingShingle Muda, Azizi
Shaik Ismail, Nazifah
Suandi, Turiman
A. Rashid, Noriati
Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia
title Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia
title_full Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia
title_fullStr Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia
title_short Analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia
title_sort analysis of cognitive and affective component of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers from institute of teacher education malaysia
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16738/1/16738.pdf