واقع التربية البيئية في رياض الأطفال بدولة الكويت من منظور المعلمات

الملخص EN

The study aims to identify the reality of environmental education in kindergartens in the State of Kuwait from the perspective of female teachers, and the effect of the variables of the academic qualification, years of experience and the educational region on this.

This study adopts the descriptive and analytical approach, and the study sample consists of (875) teachers in kindergartens in the State of Kuwait, a questionnaire includes (40) statements distributed on four axes was applied electronic.

The results of the study concluded that environmental education in kindergartens aims to enhance the child's respect for the rights of others in the environment in which he lives, and to develop proper behavioral patterns among children, individually and collectively recognize the environment.

Also, the results show that environmental education helps children acquire some basic skills necessary for life in society.

Among the methods of environmental education is the use of environmentally oriented stories, and direct children to proper behavior to preserve the environment around them.

Among the problems of environmental education in kindergartens is the failure to involve the concepts of environmental education in the curricula in a suitable manner.

Furthermore, results indicate that there are statistically significant differences among the averages of the study sample regarding the objectives and problems of environmental education due to the variable of academic qualification, while there are no differences concerning the importance and methods of environmental education.

There are differences regarding environmental education problems due to years of experience variable, while there are no differences on other axes.

The results display that there are differences concerning the objectives and importance of environmental education due to the variable of the educational region, while there are no differences regarding its methods and problems.