Filipino Student Teachers‘ Environmental Competencies: Basis for Development of a Training Module

Teachers serve as the main element in achieving environmentally literate populace which the country needs. Hence, this study reported a comprehensive account on the level of competency on Environmental Education Content (EEC) of 21 Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEEd) pre-service teachers in one state university in the Philippines during the Academic Year 2015-2016. By employing the survey type of descriptive research with an adapted questionnaire, the study found out that the respondents are least competent on ecological foundations while they agreed that they are competent on conceptual awareness, investigation and evaluation and environmental action skills. Further, this study also revealed that the training module developed based on the findings of the study was highly valid, acceptable, and functional. With these, uplifting the environment instruction in the Teacher Education Institutions is highly recommended in this study.

Keywords- Elementary Education, Environmental Education Content, Environmental Competency, Teacher Education, Natural Science