The Role of the School in Developing Environmental Awareness Among elementary School Students in Light of the Saudi Green Initiative

Abstract

This research aimed to identify the reality of the role of the school in developing environmental awareness among elementary school students in light of the Saudi Green Initiative from the point of view of teachers. The research relied on the descriptive survey approach, and the research community included all elementary school teachers in the city of Abha during the second semester of the academic year 1445 AH, numbering (2748) teachers. The questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting data. The number of teachers who responded to the questionnaire was (359), and they represent the current research sample. The research concluded several results, the most important of which are: that the reality of the school's role in developing environmental awareness among elementary school students in light of the Saudi Green Initiative, it got a weighted average of (3.20) and a relative weight of (64), where the role of curricula in developing environmental awareness among elementary school students in light of the Saudi Green Initiative came in first rank, while the role of teachers in developing environmental awareness among elementary school students in light of the Saudi Green Initiative came in second rank, and the role of activities in developing environmental awareness among elementary school students in light of the Saudi Green Initiative came in third and last rank. The results also showed the presence of a number of obstacles that prevents the school from playing its role in developing environmental awareness among elementary school students, and the obstacles got weighted average of (3.36) and a relative weight of (67.2).