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A Study on Environmental Attitude of Undergraduate College Teachers in Kolkata:Effects of Stream and Gender


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An individual's choice of action, responses to challenges, incentives and rewards are influenced by Attitude. Here, attitude means evaluation of the respondents in the context of environment related aspects of social and physical world. The teachers play a very important role in developing the value system of the students which in turn mould their approach to environment. The teachers are able to influence students' attitude while interacting with them which underpins the role of social learning as one of the sources of attitude. As teachers are the key factors in the whole teaching-learning process in education, so this study has been taken up for analysis. The study examines the effects of stream and gender on environmental attitude of undergraduate college teachers in Kolkata. The data was analyzed by employing quantitative research approach by using survey method and 3X2 factorial designs. The subjects were chosen from the undergraduate college teachers (n=400) affiliated to the University of Calcutta belonging to three different streams i.e., arts, science and commerce. In the study we have considered stratified purposive sampling due to short time period. The tool was standardized on a separate sample group (n=80). A two-way ANOVA was conducted to determine the effect of stream and gender on environmental attitude questionnaire. The result indicated that, stream and gender has a significant effect on the level of environmental attitude of undergraduate college teachers in Kolkata.

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Environmental Attitude, Undergraduate College Teachers, Stream, Gender.
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Radha Ghosh
Department of Education, Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Howrah, West Bengal, India

Abstract


An individual's choice of action, responses to challenges, incentives and rewards are influenced by Attitude. Here, attitude means evaluation of the respondents in the context of environment related aspects of social and physical world. The teachers play a very important role in developing the value system of the students which in turn mould their approach to environment. The teachers are able to influence students' attitude while interacting with them which underpins the role of social learning as one of the sources of attitude. As teachers are the key factors in the whole teaching-learning process in education, so this study has been taken up for analysis. The study examines the effects of stream and gender on environmental attitude of undergraduate college teachers in Kolkata. The data was analyzed by employing quantitative research approach by using survey method and 3X2 factorial designs. The subjects were chosen from the undergraduate college teachers (n=400) affiliated to the University of Calcutta belonging to three different streams i.e., arts, science and commerce. In the study we have considered stratified purposive sampling due to short time period. The tool was standardized on a separate sample group (n=80). A two-way ANOVA was conducted to determine the effect of stream and gender on environmental attitude questionnaire. The result indicated that, stream and gender has a significant effect on the level of environmental attitude of undergraduate college teachers in Kolkata.

Keywords


Environmental Attitude, Undergraduate College Teachers, Stream, Gender.

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