Environmental Knowledge and Values among High School Students

An investigation on environmental knowledge, attitude towards environment and values of high school students of Bathinda district was undertaken. The objectives of the study were to find out the differences between boys and girls with respect to environmental knowledge, attitude towards environment and environmental values; to explore the relationship between the environmental knowledge, attitude towards environment and environmental values of high school students. Stratified random sampling technique was used to collect data from four government high schools of Bathinda district of Punjab. The total sample size was 152 and the proportion with respect to number of boys and girls in each school was 76. This was calculated with the help of Rao software sample size calculator. survey method was followed. Self-made tools like environmental knowledge test, environmental attitude scale and environmental value scale were administered to collect the data. T-value was calculated to find out the significant differences among boys and girls with respect to environmental knowledge, environmental attitude, and environmental values. The main results of the study revealed that, there is significant difference at 0.05 level between boys and girls with respect to environmental knowledge. It was also revealed that environmental attitude and environmental values between boys and girls do not differ significantly.