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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
Teachers’Training Needs in Environmental Education: The Impact of a Contextual Training Action
Stavros Stavrinoudis
(School of Secondary Grade of Education, Greek Ministry of Education, Greece)
Abstract: The Environmental Education (EE) is seen as a means of shaping free and responsible citizens with knowledge, skills, values and behaviors that will enable them to cope with contemporary environmental problems (Vassala, 2005). Given that the teachers have the responsibility of educating the younger generation, the role of their education is crucial for equipping them with knowledge and skills that are appripriate for the EE. The purpose of this pilot empirical research is to record the teachers’ experiences from training activities in the EE, the impact the experiences had on the teachers’self-perception of their abilities, and subsequently the exploration of their training needs in the EE. The investigation of the research questions was supported by the development of a quantitative research in a sample of 30 secondary school teachers in Chios that came from a target population of 143 people who implemented a questionnaire-based EE program. Their training needs mainly focus on issues related to pedagogical approaches, methodology, design and implementation of an EE program through mainly experiential actions. Also, the percentage that states that they want the mixed training model is notable, as well their preference in CCIs and Academic Institutions as training providers is clear.
Key words: environmental education, training
