Investigating the effect of teaching of the high school “Man and the environment” curriculum on environment related attitude of the 11th grade teachers of Kerman high schools in the academic year 2023-2024
Journal of Behdasht dar Arseh (i.e., Health in the Field),
Vol. 13 No. 3 (1404),
10 June 2026
,
Page 82-89
https://doi.org/10.22037/jhf.v13i3.50511
Abstract
Background and Aims: Environmental education is considered the most fundamental approach to environmental protection, which is one of the key determinants of health and sustainable development. Teachers play a vital role as attitudinal and behavioral role models for students, who are the future builders of every country. This study aimed to determine the effect of teaching the textbook “Human and Environment” on the environmental attitudes of eleventh-grade teachers in Kerman during the 2023–2024 academic year.
Materials and Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional descriptive–analytical study. The study population consisted of all eleventh-grade teachers in Kerman. The sample included 73 teachers with experience teaching the Human and Environment textbook and 67 teachers without such teaching experience. Data were collected using a researcher-made environmental attitude questionnaire whose validity and reliability (above 0.7) had been confirmed. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the independent t-test in SPSS software version 25. Ethical considerations were observed throughout all stages of the research.
Results: The mean environmental attitude score of teachers with experience teaching the Human and Environment textbook was significantly higher than that of teachers without such (94.52±6.56 vs. 89.96±6.05; P<0.001). The lowest impact of teaching the textbook on improving teachers’ environmental attitudes was observed in the topics of waste management and biodiversity.
Conclusion: Teaching the Human and Environment textbook has a positive effect on improving teachers’ environmental attitudes. It is recommended that strengthening in-service training programs and revising the textbook content to enhance its effectiveness be considered by educational policymakers.
- Environmental education
- Attitudes
- Teachers
- Iran
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