Development of a Scale to Measure Environmental Consciousness of Pre-Service Teachers in Punjab, Pakistan

Authors

  • Muhammad Zeeshan PhD Scholar, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Naima Qureshi Assistant Professor, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54183/jssr.v3i1.199

Keywords:

Environmental Consciousness, Environmental Education, Pre-Service Teachers, Environmental Pedagogies

Abstract

This research aimed to design a scale for measuring pre-service teachers’ environmental consciousness. A systematic literature review was carried out to develop initial items for measuring pre-service teachers’ environmental consciousness. A total of 64 items were finalized for the scale under five parts, with seventeen items under knowledge, attitude, pedagogies, beliefs, and practices of pre-service teachers regarding environmental consciousness. Through a survey, this scale was administered to 362 pre-service teachers from public sector universities offering teacher education programs in Punjab. The validity of the scale is ensured through expert opinion, and reliability (inter-item consistency) is confirmed through Cronbach’s alpha test. The reliability value was found to be .863 for items on the scale. Validity and reliability were statistically tested by conducting exploratory factor analysis. Values of factor loading range from a maximum of .800 to .501. After exploratory factor analysis, a total of 23 items were removed, and the final scale consisted of 41 items. The final scale indicates appropriate reliability and validity regarding five factors related to environmental consciousness. Theoretically, this scale contributes significantly to identifying and measuring the environmental consciousness of pre-service teachers. The scale for environmental consciousness of pre-service teachers could be useful for understanding the environment and also helpful in investigating relation relationship among different variables regarding environmental consciousness.

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Published

2023-03-30

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Zeeshan, M., & Qureshi, N. (2023). Development of a Scale to Measure Environmental Consciousness of Pre-Service Teachers in Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Social Sciences Review, 3(1), 768–781. https://doi.org/10.54183/jssr.v3i1.199