Senior Secondary School Students Knowledge of Topical Environmental Issues in Delta State
- April 2, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Education, IJRISS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Senior Secondary School Students Knowledge of Topical Environmental Issues in Delta State
Ukala, Geoffrey1, A.M. Osuafor2, Amaka, Nwankwo Loretta3
1,2,3Department of Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Abstract: The study focused on determining Biology students’ knowledge of topical environmental issues in Delta state. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 19,845 SS2 Biology students’ in 310 public secondary schools in Delta state. The sample for the study comprised 992 Biology students which represent 5% of the population. Researcher’s developed instrument termed Students Environmental Knowledge Test (SEKT) was used for data collection and were validated by three experts. The research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while z-test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. The major finding of the study based on the analyzed data showed that SS2Biology students have low level of environmental knowledge and there is no significant different between male and female students’ environmental knowledge level. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were drawn, recommendations made and suggestions for further studies were given.
Keywords: Environment, Environmental Knowledge, Knowledge and Topical Environmental Issues.
I. INTRODUCTION
An outstanding feature of our environment today is the speed at which it is deteriorating. One of the most important characteristics of this environmental deterioration is that it affects all mankind regardless of country, region, or race. As a result of this, environmental issues have become increasingly important for human beings throughout the world. The whole world therefore, is a stakeholder and this raises issues on who should do what to combat environmental deterioration (Zulfequar, 2013). The cause of this new development in our environment could be traced to unplanned development in every part of the country, rapid industrialization, emission of atmospheric warming gases or greenhouse gases (GHG) especially carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, unprecedented growth in population and lack of proper environmental knowledge especially among the youth on how to protect and conserve the environment (Pant, Guttikunda & Peltier, 2016).
