A Study on the Teachers’ Professional Knowledge and Competence in Environmental Education

Abstract

The rapid development of technology and economy has largely enhanced the quality of life. Nevertheless, various social and environmental problems have emerged. It would be the key solution to develop environmental education in order to have people present the environmental knowledge and the attitudes and value to concern about the environment and develop the skills and action to solve environmental problems. Environmental education teachers in 25 colleges and universities in central and southern Taiwan are researched in this study. Total 250 copies of questionnaires are distributed, and 224 valid copies are retrieved. The research results conclude the significant positive correlations 1.between professional development and professional knowledge & competence, 2.between teacher belief and professional knowledge & competence, and 3.between teaching efficacy and professional knowledge & competence. According to the research result, suggestions are eventually proposed in this study. It expects to arouse the public cognition of environment to care for the environment through curriculum instruction of environmental education teachers and have people present the environmental knowledge and the attitudes and value to concern about environment.

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“…Aside from this advancement they had, results revealed that they already had a particular interest in the care for the environment, and it is further enhanced as they became a member of the organization. This result is in consonant with the study of Yuan et al (2017). Their research revealed that there is a positive correlation between care for the environment and environmental sustainability.…”

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“…Another study which agrees with the above correlation is that of Yuan et al (2017) on environmental education teachers from 25 colleges and universities in central and southern Taiwan. Data were collected from 224 valid questionnaires received from 250 distributed.…”

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“…The empirical research method of accounting mainly including the variable definition, model contribution, data collection and so on (Rebele & Pierre, 2015;Yuan et al, 2017). The authenticity of the data collection, the rationality of the model construction directly determines the objective and fairness of the follow-up empirical research conclusion (Gassen, 2014).…”