Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION AND ROLES REGARDING GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Raja Nur Amirah Raja Abu Bakar, Sharifah Zarina Syed Zakaria, Nasharudin Mat Isa, Nuriah Abd. Majid and Muhammad Rizal Razman

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the perceptions and role of primary school teachers in the implementation of global citizenship education (GCE) in Malaysia. GCE is something new in the country. There are three main aspects of the study - teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of the GCE and their views on what is needed and what prevents them from implementing the GCE. The respondents of this study were 108 teachers from 11 selected primary schools in Peninsular Malaysia. The research instrument used was the questionnaire survey. The data obtained were then analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science softwares “version 23 and is expressed in percentages for each answer to the question provided. The study found that 55.6% of the total number of respondents in the GCE had to be educated in school. The study also found that the main barriers to implementing the GCE were the teachers lacking knowledge and skills about the GCE. Therefore, training and mentoring should be provided to teachers to help them implement GCE in learning activities in schools.