Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees

Even though Environmental Education has been implemented since 1990s in national curriculum, still some researchers finding indicated that more people believed and care of their environment but not reflected to their daily behaviour. Some researchers also stated that this is because of our psychol...

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Main Authors:	Tiwi Kamidin, Azizi Muda, Samsilah Roslan, Mohd Majid Konting, Jamaluddin Md Jahi, Noriati A. Rashid
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Language:	English
Published:	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/1/MJEM_2010_2__7_Tiwi__ok_.pdf

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spelling	ukm-23632016-12-14T06:31:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/ Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees Tiwi Kamidin, Azizi Muda, Samsilah Roslan, Mohd Majid Konting, Jamaluddin Md Jahi, Noriati A. Rashid, Even though Environmental Education has been implemented since 1990s in national curriculum, still some researchers finding indicated that more people believed and care of their environment but not reflected to their daily behaviour. Some researchers also stated that this is because of our psychological and spiritual (psyche) is split from the natural world. So, we need to heal our mental health especially our psychological and re-embed psyche (spiritual) in the natural world. This study assessed the impact of inception ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education among trainee teachers on attitudes toward environment (ATE), ecopsychological and spiritual values. A mixed methods design was used to evaluate the effect of inception ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education on ATE, ecopsychological and spiritual values. Initial findings showed that there are significant differences on ATE, ecopsychological and spiritual values between experimental and control groups. Experimental groups who was taught with ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education teaching and learning activities showed slightly higher on ATE, ecopsychological and spiritual values mean scores. Qualitative findings also showed that the respondents from experimental groups believed they considered changing their attitudes, ecopsychological and spiritual values toward environment after participated in the class. Findings from this study suggested the implementation of EE should incept ecopsychology elements in order to strengthen internal motivation and sensitivity toward environments. Therefore, suggested activities should be incepted in Environmental Education without denying existing activities and syllabus Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/1/MJEM_2010_2__7_Tiwi__ok_.pdf Tiwi Kamidin, and Azizi Muda, and Samsilah Roslan, and Mohd Majid Konting, and Jamaluddin Md Jahi, and Noriati A. Rashid, (2010) Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 11 (2). pp. 79-94. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description	Even though Environmental Education has been implemented since 1990s in national curriculum, still some researchers finding indicated that more people believed and care of their environment but not reflected to their daily behaviour. Some researchers also stated that this is because of our psychological and spiritual (psyche) is split from the natural world. So, we need to heal our mental health especially our psychological and re-embed psyche (spiritual) in the natural world. This study assessed the impact of inception ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education among trainee teachers on attitudes toward environment (ATE), ecopsychological and spiritual values. A mixed methods design was used to evaluate the effect of inception ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education on ATE, ecopsychological and spiritual values. Initial findings showed that there are significant differences on ATE, ecopsychological and spiritual values between experimental and control groups. Experimental groups who was taught with ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education teaching and learning activities showed slightly higher on ATE, ecopsychological and spiritual values mean scores. Qualitative findings also showed that the respondents from experimental groups believed they considered changing their attitudes, ecopsychological and spiritual values toward environment after participated in the class. Findings from this study suggested the implementation of EE should incept ecopsychology elements in order to strengthen internal motivation and sensitivity toward environments. Therefore, suggested activities should be incepted in Environmental Education without denying existing activities and syllabus
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author	Tiwi Kamidin, Azizi Muda, Samsilah Roslan, Mohd Majid Konting, Jamaluddin Md Jahi, Noriati A. Rashid,
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author_facet	Tiwi Kamidin, Azizi Muda, Samsilah Roslan, Mohd Majid Konting, Jamaluddin Md Jahi, Noriati A. Rashid,
author_sort	Tiwi Kamidin,
title	Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees
title_short	Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees
title_full	Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees
title_fullStr	Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees
title_full_unstemmed	Inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees
title_sort	inception of eco-psychology elements in environmental education among teacher trainees
publisher	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2363/1/MJEM_2010_2__7_Tiwi__ok_.pdf
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