Analyzing the viewpoints of teachers on the status of environmental education currently applied in secondary school curriculum

 Environmental education which has a direct and positive effect on environmental protection and the official educational system of the country can play a decisive role in this regard.The aim of this research: The purpose of this study is to investigate teachers' viewpoints on the status of environmental education currently applied in school curriculum.

This study is an applied and survey research. The statistical population of this study was a sample of 329 public school teachers in Isfahan selected using stratified random sampling. A researcher-made 41 items questionnaire based on the results of document analysis was used to collect the data, which was obtained by higher-level documents. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the professors and the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated to be 0.89 by Cronbach's alpha. The results were analyzed through both descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (univariate t-test, Friedman test, and t-test with two independent groups).

the current status of environmental education in the secondary school curriculum in terms of curriculum elements (purpose, content, teaching-learning method, evaluation) from the teachers' point of view is higher than the average level, and the average rating of curriculum elements Shows that curriculum content is highest and evaluation is the lowest rank in this group. The results are significant between the four levels of the current status of environmental education in the current curriculum in different dimensions in the teachers' group (P≤0.05).

To achieve sustainable development, environmental education is essential in the current curriculum.