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Volume 15:11 November 2015
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An Exploratory Study in Educating High School Children towards
Maintaining an Eco-Friendly Environment

Bhavya. N., M.Sc. Home Science, Ph.D. Scholar
Dr. K. Purnima, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Krishna Murthy K.N. M.Sc., M.Phil.

Abstract

An exploratory study in educating high school children towards maintaining an eco-friendly environment was conducted as a part of Bhavya’s Doctoral research by Dr. K. Purnima and Smt. Bhavya N. Children are the citizens of tomorrow and a great responsibility of protecting the environment rests on their young shoulders. Hence, this study evolved. The objectives were: To compare the pretest and posttest knowledge of the high school children about environment, its pollution and conservation; To compare the pretest and posttest attitude of the high school children about environment, its pollution and conservation; To compare the pre test and posttest practices of the high school children about environment, its pollution and conservation; To compare the knowledge, attitude and practices of the high school children of the five schools about environment, its pollution and conservation. Four hypotheses were formulated stating that there is no difference between the pre test and posttest knowledge of the respondents about environment, its pollution and conservation; there is no difference in the pre test and posttest attitude of the respondents about environment, its pollution and conservation; there is no difference in the pre test and post test practices of the respondents about environment, its pollution and conservation and there is no difference in the pre and post test knowledge, attitude and practices of the respondents of the five schools. The five schools taken for the study were Mangalavada, Mugadalabetta, CK Pura, Gujjanadu and KT Halli, which were randomly selected in Pavgada Taluk, Tumkur District, Karnataka. adolescent boys and girls studying in 9th standard, numbering 300 were selected using the Purposive Random Sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as tool, developed both in English and Kannada, which consisted of basic information about the respondents followed by five sections in which a total of 119 objective type questions were framed and distributed. The experimental group consisted of 152 children from all the five school together.

Very interesting results have been observed from the present study undertaken for 9th standard children from the five schools in Pavagada Taluk.

The mean scores and t value of the pre and post tests under different dimensions of the environment regarding the experimental group showed high significant difference in mean scores with regard to pre test and post test analysis under the five dimensions - eco-system and environment, air, water, land, energy and resource conservation and picture perception, and also attitude and practices towards the eco-friendly environment.

The overall mean scores were significantly much higher in the post test analysis than the pretest, showing that the intervention program was extremely useful and educative to the experimental group.

The standard deviation of almost all the dimensions and attitude and practices were significantly lesser in the post test, showing that the post test values were more homogenous, since they showed less variability than the pre test scores.

The t values were significant at 1% level for all the five dimensions as well as attitude and practices in all the five schools towards the eco-friendly environment.

The above study gives a clear picture of the improvement regarding knowledge, attitude and practices about the eco-friendly environment and has inculcated better knowledge, positive attitudes and better practices among the children.

Keywords: adolescents and knowledge of environment, eco-friendly concept of environment, attitude and practices towards eco-friendly environment.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Bhavya. N., M.Sc. Home Science Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Extension Education and Communication
Smt. V.H.D. Central Institute of Home Science
Bangalore University
Sheshadri Road
Bangalore-560001
Karnataka
India
bhavyakt85@gmail.com

Dr. K. Purnima, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Centre
Department of Extension Education and Communication
Smt. V. H. D Central Institute of Home Science
Bangalore University
Sheshadri Road
Bangalore-560001
Karnataka
India
drkpurnima@gmail.com

Krishna Murthy K.N. M.Sc., M.Phil.
Associate Professor
Department of Agriculture Statistics
University of Agricultural Sciences
Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra
Bangalore 560065
Karnataka
India
kkmurthy01@yahoo.com

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