Degree of Knowledge on Ecological Consciousness Among Secondary Education Teachers in the Northeast of Spain

Author(s): Meritxell Notari Llorens, Francisco Pardo Fabregat, Africa Martínez-Poveda, Manuel Miguel Jordán Vidal

Since the early sixties, national and international organizations have increased their efforts to provide better environmental education and ecological consciousness, although despite these efforts, a lack of attitudes and concepts was detected among students from secondary education of Spain. This lack of attitudes among students may be due to deficient concepts passed on from their teachers. Within this framework, the objective of this study is to evaluate the ecological consciousness level possessed by the teachers. The results of this study show that over 97% of the teachers possess enough knowledge on ecological consciousness concepts related to the syllabus from secondary education. It is essential to facilitate the evolution of society and its future generations, those on which the future and the development of nature and the world depend.