International Journal of Education and Psychological Research

(Print and Online Peer Reviewed Journal)


Print - ISSN: 2349 - 0853
e - ISSN: 2279 - 0179

VOLUME 8 - ISSUE 1

(March 2019)

A Study on Awareness of Ecopedagogy Among Higher Secondary Students


Authors: Dr. Fathima Jaseena M. P. M.

Pages: 67-69

Abstract:

In India today, there has been a growing realization of the impact of the increasing population and accelerated development strategies of the quality of the environment. The increasing human demand has been exerting a great pressure on the natural resource base, agricultural land, energy source, vital watersheds, forests, etc. resulting in environmental degradation. The rapid growth of big towns and cities situated on the banks of most of the rivers has led on their over exploitations, leading to rapid degradation of the river water quality. In Bombay, Delhi and Calcutta, about 30-40 percent of the population resides in slums. In this context, now the harsh reality of the environmental crisis- shrinking of forests, increasing desertification, degradation of critical resources, loss of agricultural land, alkalization and water logging acidification of the environment and release of hazardous waste has created an urge for environment awareness among people, planners and policy makers all over the world and specially in India. In such a situation it is relevant to analyze the level of knowledge of younger generation in environmental conservation. This paper try to know the depth of knowledge of new generation in ECOPEDAGOGY.