ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AMONG OSUN STATE CLASSROOM TEACHERS

Abstract

The paper investigated environmental education literacy among
Osun state primary school teachers. The study adopted
descriptive survey research design. Study population comprised
all primary school teachers in Osun State. The sample constituted
134 primary school teachers that were selected using multi stage
sampling procedure. One research instrument tag Questionnaire
on Environmental Education Awareness Campaign among Osun
State Primary School Teachers (QEEACOSPST) was used for the
study. The result showed that the primary school teachers' level of
awareness of environmental education in Osun State is high at
61.2%. The result also showed that seminars and conferences are
the predominant approach in sensitizing primary school teachers towards environment education in the State with 59.7%. Finally,
the result showed that environmental education awareness
workshop had impact on primary school teachers' knowledge on
environmental education in Osun State (t = 2.819; p < 0.05). The
study concluded that primary school teachers had adequate
knowledge of their environment in the state.