The Efficacy of a Training Program Based on the Environmental Education in Developing the Environmental Literacy and Positive Attitudes Towards the Environment for Faculty of Education, Science and Arts (FESA) Students,UNRWA, Jordan

The study aimed to find out the efficacy of a training program in the Environmental Education in developing the environmental literacy and positive attitudes towards the environment for FESA students, UNRWA, Jordan. The study sample amounted to (74) female sophomore students randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group which included (37) female students and a controlled group which incorporated the same number of female students, (37). Both groups used to study a life-science course. The said study training program was implemented on the experimental group and received (12) study hours divided into (4) weeks, (3) hours per week. The training program prepared by the two researchers was used in the study and was taught to the experimental group. An achievement test and attitude scale prepared by the researchers were also employed in the fore-mentioned program. The validity and reliability of the test were also calculated in addition to a result analysis. The results showed that the experimental group excelled the controlled group in the achievement test and attitudes scale. So the mean for the environmental literacy test for the experimental group was (21.95 ) while the mean for the same test for the controlled group was (16.32). According to the ANCOVA test applied in this study, the differences between the two groups were significant in favour of the experimental group; moreover, the mean for the environmental attitudes scale for the experimental group was (174.74), and the mean for the same scale for the controlled group was (130.68). These differences were significant in favour of the experimental group, so these results pointed out the efficacy of the applied training program in increasing the environmental literacy and positive environmental attitudes.