Pengetahuan Murid dan Perkaitan Ibu Bapa Terhadap Kesedaran Alam Sekitar: Satu Kajian Awal

Abstract

This is a preliminary research on primary school science curriculum with regards to pupil's knowledge and awareness on environment in a national primary school. Environment knowledge in this research is focused mainly on Waste Management Unit for the topic of Waste, The Effect of Waste, Waste Decomposition/Decay, and The Destruction of Environment under the Unit of Interaction Between Living Things based on year 6 Science curriculum. Data collected using survey method, consist of 2 sets of questions, set A (72 items) and set B (28 items) on samples of 31 pupils and 30 parents. The obtained data was analyzed using percentages to determine the level of knowledge, t test analysis to determine differences between the gender and the chi square to determine correlation between parental employment sector with pupils' environment behavior. Research findings shows that pupil's knowledge on environment are high and their level of awareness is moderate. Year 6 Science teachers were found instilling environment moral values in their teaching. There is relevance between the father's occupation with the pupil's behaviour towards the environment that is in the value of χ2 = 27.871 (p=.000) but none with the mothers' occupation. Parents felt that they were responsible for the child's environment awareness and school is the most appropriate medium for the purpose. In conclusion, other than school and teachers, parents are also playing important roles in enhancing pupil's environment awareness. None the less, for further research a bigger sample in determining the relevance between parents' influence on pupil's environmental awareness is proposed.