المعلومات و التربية البيئية و علاقتهما بالمؤهل الأكاديمي و الخبرة لدى معلمي التخلف العقلي بالبحرين

Abstract EN

The study assesses the extent to which Bahraini mental retardation teachers have mastered 1) basic environmental information, and, 2) the levels of academic training, and years of teaching experience, and, how these two sets of information co-vary.

The data from an environmental information test taken by teachers were statistically analyzed by using ANOVA, t-test, chi-square test and confidence intervals.

To summarize the results, the teachers’ mastery level of basic environmental information fell short of the requirements of their role in environmental education.

In further comparisons, the differences in environmental knowledge between university graduates in general and the teachers specifically was so negligible to indicate the inadequacy of university course work in providing basic environmental literacy.

Vet, when compared to the less qualified teachers, the university graduates were more aware of the importance of environmental education.

Additionally, the mastery of environmental information and awareness of the importance of environmental education did not relate to years of teaching experience »