This piece of research aims to identify the environmental tendencies and practices of
secondary school students throughout the schools of the City of Lattakia. To achieve this,
the researcher prepared a questionnaire of of 40 points in order to mea
sure them; this
follows the confirmation of the tool's authenticity and loyalty. The study specimen includes
200 fe/male students over two study groups: the 10th calss and the 11th class (scientific and
literary branches) and the 12th class (scientific and literary branches) to trace the disparity
among averages, and their various inherent levels. The adopted law of t-test is the Analysis
of Variance Tests. Research findings verify: the existence of a statistical difference
between male students' orientations and female students' orientations toward environment
where females score higher; the existence of statistical difference between the
environemental tendencies and practices where tendencies are higher. Findings also reveal
the absence of a significant difference between tendencies and practices of secondary
school students toward environment and the environmental education due to the variance
of the teaching class; however, the scientific or literary specialization affects the
environmental tendencies and practices to the benefit of the literary branch students. This
can be ascribed to the apparent shortage of students' information and cognizance about
environment and the current status of the environmental education in addition to the
increase of the environmental problems and their effect on human health. Thus learning is
viewed as the right entrance to education in general and to environmental education in
particular, and one basis for achieving the environmental awareness, and the change of
behaviour and values to cope with the demands of sustainable development.
This piece of research tends to acknowledge the degree of sufficiency that
environment and material needs of the students of education at the Facutly of Education
are met. It adopts the analytical and descriptive method. Thus, a special questionnai
re
including (66) points distributed over many significant fields: public location of the
building, public safety, public health, public services, pollution, academic spaces and
specialist environment to each student, special lecturehalls and seats, projectors and
library—has been prepared and targeted a selected specimen of students. This
questionnaire has been targeted a randomly selected specimen that included 150 students
(fe/males) divided between the two divisions: the educational (Classromm Tutor and
Methods), and the psychological (Pschological Monitoring), with special reference to
variants of gender and teaching unit.
This study concludes with the fact that the extent of meeting the environmental and
material expectations of the students of Faculty of Eduation, University of Tishreen has
been medium; there exist no statistical differences among the respionses of the specimen
students with reference to the variants of gender and teaching unit. In the light of the
findings, it seems that the material environment plays a key role in formulating the
personality of students, and shaping their future. Undoubtedly, this is so important since it
stands as one basic input in the teaching process, and contributes to providing knowledge
to mankind, and investing in man as human capital who participates in progessing and
improving society, and having an acess to the welfare of human being.
Henceforward, with the progess of the theories of education, it is so essential to adapt
the academic career to the latest teaching requirements, and the modern eduation
tendencies including various activities, improving the teacher-students relationship and
opening channels with the outer world.
