PROVISION AND PRACTICES OF MAKING STUDENTS AWARE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Abstract

This research study has attempted to explore the provision and practices of making students aware on Climate Change in the context of Nepal. More specifically, this study has tried to explore the student’s process and sources of getting information on climate change, climate change curriculum and transfer of knowledge in students. Particularly, this has coupled the learning environment of the school. This study has tried to explore the impact of teacher and school environment in response to get information about climate change by the students. The research was conducted among the secondary level students and the teachers of respective subject to grasp the information about perceiving and delivering the knowledge of climate change respectively. To ensure equal representation of genders, I have chosen 3 boys and 3 girls. But regarding the teachers there were no female teachers to teach the respected subject. I have used in depth interview as the main tool of generating information in my query. The interviews are taken in a non- structured format, i.e. the interviews are more like conversation and sharing of experience. iv This study finds that the students of secondary level students are not made aware about climate change through the school curriculum, teachers and by participating in those programs. The only source of getting information is through textbook where there is no adequate information about climate change and only general information are provided which can’t provide the information even of national level. The teachers are also not trained about the issues of climate change and the transfer of knowledge is only through the means of lecture and teacher centered method. The student’s awareness on climate change is not seen as the necessity. The only means is textbook and the knowledge gained by the teachers. So the students are back warded in the recent issues of climate change.