EFFECTS OF VIDEOS ON ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Over many centuries, the issue of environmental preservation has been on the top of the agenda of global and international concerns as one of the most important issues at both the nat ional and international levels. As we look around at the area in which we live, we see that our surroundings were originally a natural landscape such as a forest, a river, a mountain, a desert, or a combination of these elements. Most of us live in landsca pes that have been heavily modified by human beings, in villages, towns or cities. But even those of us who live in cities get our food supply from surrounding villages and these in turn are dependent on natural landscapes such as forests, grasslands, rive rs, seashores, for resources such as water for agriculture, fuel, wood and fish. Thus our daily lives are linked with our surroundings and inevitably affects them. Because of this problem all living and Non ? living things are affected and demolished day ? by ? day. So, it is the need of present scenario to create knowledge and Awareness about the e nvironment. As we know that childhood stage is the base of a human person. If our early stage is safe and perfect then our future will also automatically safe an d perfect. We never forget the things which we learn in our childhood stage. In this study investigators have made an attempt to study the knowledge and awareness about the Environment of Primary level students and also find out the effect of videos on the knowledge and awareness of students. The Environmental Knowledge and Awareness Scale (EKAS) was administered on 120 primary school students. Results indicate that videos play a significant role to enhance the environmental knowledge and awareness of prima ry school students