Environmental Ethics of Prospective Elementary Teachers of Nagaland

The world is undergoing a sea of change with globalization and technological advancements leading to global warming and environmental exploitation and depletion. In this context, it is pertinent to inculcate sensitization among the societies towards our environment in adopting responsible environment oriented actions. Realizing the importance of protecting and conserving our environment, this study was undertaken to know the environmental ethics level of elementary prospective teachers as they hold responsibility to educate the students from the grass root level. The study revealed the elementary teachers to have average Environmental Ethics level; it was also found that male teachers and first year elementary prospective teachers had higher Environmental ethics; whereas, no significant difference was found based on educational qualification and stream of study. Keywords: Environmental Ethics, Gender, Educational Qualification, Academic level, Pedagogy