<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The research into the environmental education competency of secondary school teachers was conducted using mixed research methods. The data were collected using the questionnaire and the structured interview. The teachers of eco-schools completed the questionnaire and teacher advisors as well as mentor teachers of the eco-school project participated in the structured interview. The research findings revealed that most respondents had a moderate level of environmental education competency that involved six aspects: knowledge of the environment, basic understanding of the environment, responsibility for the environmental education of professional teachers, planning and practice with regard to the environmental education, promoting learning about the environmental education and evaluation of the environmental education. The approaches to enhance the environmental education competency of secondary school teachers should involve multidisciplinary instruction learning, community-based learning, project-based learning, happy teaching and learning, and holistic learning management.</p></abstract>

The research into the environmental education competency of secondary school teachers was conducted using mixed research methods. The data were collected using the questionnaire and the structured interview. The teachers of eco-schools completed the questionnaire and teacher advisors as well as mentor teachers of the eco-school project participated in the structured interview. The research findings revealed that most respondents had a moderate level of environmental education competency that involved six aspects: knowledge of the environment, basic understanding of the environment, responsibility for the environmental education of professional teachers, planning and practice with regard to the environmental education, promoting learning about the environmental education and evaluation of the environmental education. The approaches to enhance the environmental education competency of secondary school teachers should involve multidisciplinary instruction learning, community-based learning, project-based learning, happy teaching and learning, and holistic learning management.

Environmental Education Competency: Enhancing the Work of Teachers

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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The research into the environmental education competency of secondary school teachers was conducted using mixed research methods. The data were collected using...

Environmental Education Competency: Enhancing the Work of Teachers

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 140 - 152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2020-0021

Keywords
Environmental education, multidisciplinary instruction learning, community-based learning, project-based learning, holistic learning management

© 2020 Yodsaphon Wanchana et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Environmental Education Competency: Enhancing the Work of Teachers

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 140 - 152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2020-0021

KeywordsEnvironmental education, multidisciplinary instruction learning, community-based learning, project-based learning, holistic learning management

© 2020 Yodsaphon Wanchana et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Environmental education, multidisciplinary instruction learning, community-based learning, project-based learning, holistic learning management