Bijan Sarkar

Environmental Variables: a Study in West Bengal, India Bijan Sarkar

Environmental Variables: A study in West Bengal, India is primarily a research thesis, which considered environmental knowledge, environmental attitude and psychosocial development as the variables of concern among the target group - the secondary school students of the study area. The study revealed several knowledge gaps among the students with regards to environmental knowledge, in spite of the efforts that go into including such studies within their curriculum framework. The study also highlighted the correlation between environmental knowledge and attitude and also with psychosocial development in the studied groups. The findings point towards the fact that the efforts of increasing environmental knowledge being restricted to simple inclusion within the syllabus does not really reflect in the attitude and behavior of the students, instead attempts to increase their participation in environmental matters or activities can influence their attitude and behavior towards a more pro-environmental inclinations.