Assessment of Climate Change Awareness among Secondary School Teachers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Abstract

Climate change is an area that is currently in dire need of a wide range of publicity especially among teachers in secondary schools. This is because teachers’ awareness of Climate Change may result to multiplier effects where families and communities benefit when students share what they have learned especially in relation to causes, adaptation and mitigation. The study was therefore carried out to assess the extent of climate change awareness among secondary school teachers in Ebonyi State. The researcher employed survey design for the stud. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. A 24 item self made questionnaire titled ““Climate Change Awareness Questionnaire” (CCAQ) were administered to a sample of 300 teachers from eight secondary schools from communities with visible impacts of climate change in Ebonyi State. The researcher employed purposive and random sampling methods in drawing the sample. Mean ( ) score was used to answer the research questions while t-test of difference between two means of independent samples was used to analyze the hypotheses. The findings revealed that the extent of awareness on the causes, impacts and adaptation/mitigation strategies of climate change among the secondary school teachers in Ebonyi State is very little. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended mainstreaming climate change throughout secondary education system in Ebonyi State among others.

Keywords: Climate change, awareness, teachers, students, Ebonyi State, School Administration

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-8-01

Publication date:March 31^st 2023