Nowadays global warming is considered as a burning problem and it is being a challenge to the entire world and its scientific society. Global warming is a worldwide environmental problem by which there is an abnormal increase to the level of temperature, particularly in a natural environment. Global warming is not only affecting the nature, but it affects the life and homes of millions of people. The changes of global warming is visible from the highest mountains to deep in the oceans and it extinguished different parts of the earth and it's also creates rich bio-diversity. To identify the level of awareness global warming and to enhance the same among future secondary school teachers, the Authors decided to conduct the present research study of awareness on global warming among graduate Teacher trainees of college of education. Further, the study may also help the student teachers of secondary schools to create awareness on global warming among students studying in secondary schools in future. Keywords: global warming, climatic Change, green house effect, environmental refugees, and 3R

Fathima, M. Parimala

Sasikumar, N.

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Journal of Education and Practice    www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper)   ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol 2, No 9, 2011  1 | P a g e  www.iiste.org  An Overview Study on Awareness of Global Warming Among the Graduate Teacher Trainees N.Sasikumar*   Dr M. Parimala Fathima1 *Research Scholar, Center for Research in Education, Thava thiru Kundrakudi Adigalar College Campus,Kundrakudi, Sivagangai District - 630 206. Tamil Nadu, South India. Mobile Number: +91 9865705482  1Faculty, Center for Research in Education, Thava Thiru Kundrakudi Adigalar College Campus,Kundrakudi, Sivagangai District - 630 206. Tamil Nadu, South India. Mobile Number: +91 9842436239   *E-Mail: sasismile25@gmail.com                                                                                                             Abstract Nowadays global warming is considered as a burning problem and it is being a challenge to the entire world and its scientific society. Global warming is a worldwide environmental problem by which there is an abnormal increase to the level of temperature, particularly in a natural environment.  Global warming is not only affecting the nature, but it affects the life and homes of millions of people. The changes of global warming is visible from the highest mountains to deep in the oceans and it extinguished different parts of the earth and it’s also creates rich bio-diversity. To identify the level of awareness global warming and to enhance the same among future secondary school teachers, the Authors decided to conduct the present research study of awareness on global warming among graduate Teacher trainees of college of education.  Further, the study may also help the student teachers of secondary schools to create awareness on global warming among students studying in secondary schools in future.                      Keywords: global warming, climatic Change, green house effect, environmental refugees, and 3Rs  1. Introduction 1.1. Global Warming  Nowadays global warming is considered as a burning problem and it is being a challenge to the entire world and its scientific society. Global warming is a worldwide environmental problem by which there is an abnormal increase to the level of temperature, particularly in a natural environment. Global Warming is the observed and projected increase in the average temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans due to green house gas emissions like CFC, CH4, N2O, CO, Hydro carbons on account of human activities. The effects of Green house gas due to increase in Green House Gas warms the planet, decrease in Green House Gas cools the planet. Unfortunately there is a steep increase of the temperature in the last three decades.   Global warming is not only affecting the nature, but it affects the life and homes of millions of people. The changes of global warming are visible from the highest mountains to deep in the oceans and it extinguished different parts of the earth and it’s also creates rich bio-diversity. Because of this face weather, climate thermal condition gets totally change.  Human induced changes in global climate caused by release of green house gases into the atmosphere, largely from the burning of fossil fuels, have been correlated with global warming (encyclopedia McGraw hill science and technology (2001). Further there is a potential increase in average global atmospheric temperatures resulting from the green house effect”. Encyclopedia Britannica (2003)  Journal of Education and Practice    www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper)   ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol 2, No 9, 2011  2 | P a g e  www.iiste.org  1.2 Causes of Global warming: The global average temperature near earth’s surface has risen by 0.74 +- 0.18 C during the last 100 years.  The Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) (1988) in its climatic models has projected that global surface temperatures one likely to increase by 1.1 to 6.4C between 1990-2100.  Although most studies focus on period up to 2100, warming  and sea level rises are expected to continue for more than a millennium even if green house gas level are stabilized.  This reflects the large heat capacity of the oceans. Drastic increase in atmospheric temperature speeding up the melting of ice caps, glaciers & ice mountains which in turn will lead to increase in sea level which will eventually result in coastal areas going beneath water.  Sea warming leads to wind warming Wind Warming will make cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons more violent and frequent. The Consequences in a nutshell  drastic increase in atmospheric temperature is speeding up the melting of ice caps, glaciers & ice mountains which in turn.  Will lead to increase in sea level, Result in coastal areas going beneath water, Land and water becoming saline. Cyclones, Tornadoes, Typhoons & Earth Quakes becoming more frequent and intense. Cultivable lands becoming barren, resulting in drought. Steep reduction in agricultural yield due to Soil Warming & sea produce due to Sea Warming. Pandemic diseases wiping out huge chunk of population. Steep Price Rise of all commodities including consumables. Civil Wars between residents and migrating environmental refugees. The teachers working in secondary schools are unaware of global warming and at the same time, even if they are aware of global warming, they are not involving in the measures that prevent the global warming in the earth at some extent.  In order to indentify the level of awareness on global warming and to enhance the some among future secondary school teachers, the Authors decided to conduct the present research   study of awareness on global warming among graduate Teacher trainees of college of Education located in and around Karaikudi Town which is located in Sivagangai district, Tanil Nadu state, South India. Further, this study may also help the teachers and secondary schools to create awareness on global warming among students studying in secondary, schools in future.  2. Significance of the study Lack of awareness on effect of the global warming is an essential problem. This problem should be solved by the future teachers at some extent by increasing the level of awareness, in this way the study is considered as needful one. Little knowledge on an environmental problems and global warming will affect the student-teachers and society to suffer a lot. Particularly by increasing the knowledge about global warming may help the society and students to know how to survive. The knowledge based related on global warming is needed for the survival of the present society and hence the study is a need one. Attitudes and values of concern for the environment and motivation to participate in its production are essential aspects.  Every student-teacher must change the attitudes, values and motivate them to be aware of global warming.  In this aspect the study is considered as a needful one. The study may reveal the cause, effectiveness and awareness on global warming of the student-teachers as well as future generation.  This study is concluded an important ongoing change in the atmosphere must be known by the future teachers and students.  By knowing about global warming, they can have a better survival in near future. In this way the study has its own importance.  3. Objectives of the study • To identify the level of awareness on global warming among student-teachers who are undergoing training at various colleges of education.   •  To identify the level of awareness among student-teachers in each and every aspect of global warming. • To identify the significant difference if any between the different groups of biographical variables such as location of the college, sex and subjects in global warming.   • To suggest some practical solution to reduce or to avoid the dangerous effect of global warming  Journal of Education and Practice    www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper)   ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol 2, No 9, 2011  3 | P a g e  www.iiste.org  4. Sampling technique The Authors used purposive sampling and samples are collected only from the graduate Teacher trainees who are undergoing training in various colleges of education located in and around Karaikudi area which is located in Sivagangai district, Tanil Nadu state, South India.  .  5. Data collection The Authors visited each and every college of education which is located in and around Karaikudi area. The total respondent of the graduate Teacher training colleges is 300. Out of 300 the Authors selected only 290 samples from the respondent of graduate Teacher trainees studying in and around the Karaikudi area.  6. Data analysis After collecting the data from the respondents, the Authors gave scores for the correct responses and then the Authors calculated the percentage scores. The percentage scores were used to identify the level of awareness on global warming.  The Authors also used the test of significance to find out the significant difference of awareness on global warming in related to various groups of biographical variables, such as the location of the college, sex and subjects in global warming awareness among graduate Teacher trainees. Distribution of overall, Male and Female graduate Teacher Trainees and their percentage scores in awareness on global warming.     S.No Category Sex  Maximum Scores Obtained Scores Percentage 1. Male  5200 3422 65.80 2. Female 6400  4264 66.62 3. Overall 11,600 7686 66.25   The above table reveals the percentage scores of graduate Teacher Trainees and their awareness on Global Warming. FINDINGS: Female graduate Teacher Trainees awareness on global warming is slightly higher than the Male graduate Teacher Trainees. However the percentage scores of Male (65.80) and Female (66.62) are more or less equal.   Distribution of rural and urban graduate Teacher college percentage scores in awareness on global warming.  S.No Location College Maximum scores Obtained scores Percentage 1. Rural 5480 3563  65.01 2. Urban 6120 4123 67.36   The above table reveals the percentage scores of Rural and Urban graduate Teacher trainees and their awareness on global warming. FINDINGS: Journal of Education and Practice    www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper)   ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol 2, No 9, 2011  4 | P a g e  www.iiste.org  Urban graduate Teacher trainees are slightly higher than that of rural graduate Teacher trainees in awareness on global warming. Distribution of Government and Private College graduate Teacher trainees and their percentage scores in awareness on global warming.  S.No Type of college Maximum scores Obtained scores Percentage 1. Government College 3640 2520 69.23 2. Private College 7960  5166 64.89  The above table revealed that the percentage scores of Government and private college of education graduate Teacher trainees and their awareness on global warming. FINDINGS: Graduate Teacher trainees of Government College of education have awareness on global warming which is more than the Private college graduate Teacher trainees.  7. Educational implication The Authors suggested that the following recommendations for NCTE, NCERT, and educational bodies to enhance the global warming awareness among graduate Teacher trainees. (i) Theoretical aspects of environmental awareness strategies on global warming can be introduced as a unit of core subjects in the graduate Teacher Training curriculum. (ii) The practical inputs regarding environmental awareness strategy should be taken up through subject specific programmes such as lesson plan writing, observation classes and practice teaching.  8. Preventive measures on global warming:  “Prevention is better than cure”.   To prevent the Global Warming the following   steps should be taken care. o Emphasis on decentralized industries o Encouragement for free forming or afforestrations o Preservation and management of forest o Water management o Dusting the nature by using appropriate technology o By using 3Rs approach as Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, the problem may be minimized. o Resource utilization as per carrying capacity o Developing awareness on environment education may reduce all the problem related to earth and its atmosphere  o Developing a life style on harmony with nature.  9. Suggestion for further research It is suggested that the above study may be undertaken with all the Government Colleges of Education graduate Teacher trainees. The same present study can be conducted to high school students and Diploma teacher trainees.   Conclusion  The Authors felt that the students belong to arts group graduate trainees have low awareness on global warming than the students of graduate trainees. This is because, the knowledge of awareness on global Journal of Education and Practice    www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper)   ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol 2, No 9, 2011  5 | P a g e  www.iiste.org  warming is low among student’s society –knowledge about environmental awareness and the dangerous effect on global warming are considered as essential aspects for the student-teachers who are undergoing training in the college of education. If they have the awareness in the above areas they can enhance the awareness on global warming for future generation. Particularly students may learn and follow preventive meanings to prevent the problem of global warming.  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He was completed his M.Sc., and M.Phil., in Zoology from Madurai Kamarajar University,  Madurai and Periyar University, Selam  respectively.  He holds his M.Ed., from Alagappa University, Karikudi in the year of 2008.  His research area is Cognitive Neuroscience. He was attended several workshops and seminars. He was presented three research papers in International conferences and five research papers in National level conferences. His interested areas are Students guidance service and counseling   Dr M. Parimala Fathima1 is presently working as Faculty in Center for Research in Education, Thava Thiru Kundrakudi Adigalar College Campus,Kundrakudi, Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu, South India. She holds her M.Ed and M.Phil degrees from Alagappa University, Karaikudi. The farther of her career, she completed her P.hD on Cognitive Psychology from Alagappa University, Karakudi.  Her thesis was an improving the Teaching Competency of Teachers using Meta cognitive strategies. Now she is guiding eight research scholars for the doctorial degree. She is a vibrant involver in real time research projects. She was acted as principal investigator for more than two research projects from IGNOU, DST as sectioned amount of twenty five lacks. She was Authored more than four books with ISBN related with Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive neuroscience. She was published two research papers in reputed International journals. She was presented more than ten research papers in International conferences and more than fifteen research papers in National level Conferences. She was act as a resource person in several workshops and Seminars. She is an active member of several technical societies.  This academic article was published by The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE).  The IISTE is a pioneer in the Open Access Publishing service based in the U.S. and Europe.  The aim of the institute is Accelerating Global Knowledge Sharing.  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