EFFECTIVENESS of A LEARNING PACKAGE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE COMPETENCY

Abstract

The present study entiteled EFFECTIVENESS OF A LEARNING PACKAGE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE COMPETENCY was undertaken with the following objectives such as (i) To develop and standardize a Sustainable Development Learning Package (SDLP) for elementary school students. (ii) To study the effectiveness of Sustainable Development Learning Package (SDLP) in developing sustainable competencies among elementary school students. (iii) To study the impact of Sustainable Development Learning Package (SDLP) on attitude of elementary school students towards sustainable development. The study was an experimental type of research, the sole purpose being the examination of the effectiveness of sustainable development learning package on developing sustainable competencies and attitude towards sustainable development of elementary students. In the intact situation the pre-assembled groups have been used by the researcher for assigning experimental and control groups. Hence a Quasi experimental design (Pre-test post-test control group design) has been followed in the study. For the present study the purposive sampling method had been used for selecting sample. One school i.e. Balia NHS, Kendrapara was purposively selected for the sake of convenience in conducting the experiment for the study. Two sections (Section-A and B) of class VIII of Balia NHS was selected as control group and experimental group respectively. Students of class VIII studying in Odia medium school follows the course prescribed by the BSE, Odisha, were the sample comprised of both boys and girls. newlineThe main findings of the study are: newlineSustainable Development Learning Package (SDLP) has significant effect on student s newline