TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effectiveness of Science and Society (SCE552) Course in Instilling
Environmental Knowledge and Awareness to Pre-Service Science
Teachers in Faculty of Education, UiTM
AU - Salleh, Muhamad Furkan Mat AU - Mazli, Fatin Fareeha AU - Ismail, Mohamad Hisyam AU - Aris, Sharipah Ruzaina Syed 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SP  - 73
EP  - 78
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.73.78
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.73.78
KW  - Pre-service science teachers
KW  -environmental knowledge
KW  -environmental awareness
KW  -active learning approach
KW  -knowledge and awareness
AB  - Teachers are vital agent of a nation in order to instil and enhance student’s environmental knowledge
and awareness. To produce teachers who are capable to carry out such role, teacher training institutions should
provide mechanisms for the future teachers to learn and improve their content knowledge and related skills. This
is to ensure effective delivery of environmental knowledge and inculcation of environmental awareness. This
study was conducted mainly to investigate the Effectiveness of the Science and Society (SCE552) course in
instilling the environmental knowledge and awareness to pre-service science teachers by examining the Faculty
of Education UiTM’s pre-service science teacher’s level of knowledge and awareness of the environment. The
study employed qualitative research design which semi-structured interviews, observation and document
analysis were carried out for data collection purposes. Three groups of students were involved in the
observation while 21 pre-service science teachers from the three groups were randomly selected for interviews.
The study found that the SCE552 course is effective in instilling the environmental knowledge and awareness
among the pre-service science teachers as they reflected their sound understanding of the environmental terms,
issues and also their high level of awareness. However, the results suggest further improvement need to be
done on the course in order to help the pre-service teachers to translate the knowledge and awareness into
practice. The study found that the active learning approach that has been practiced by the instructor of the
course as well as the nature of the course that requires the pre-service teachers to look up for more information
for presentation and class discussion are among the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of the course.
The study urges teacher training institutions to produce more prospective teachers with sound environmental
knowledge, improve the effectiveness of the environmental-related courses as well as to adapt active learning
approach in order to enhance future teacher’s environmental knowledge and awareness.
ER  -