A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE ON CLIMATE CHANGE WITH REFERENCE TO WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES AMONG B.ED. STUDENT-TEACHERS IN BANGALORE CITY

Bangalore is India’s IT capital and the most third important city next to New Delhi and Bombay. The rising temperature
due to climate change has touched 37-38 degree Celsius in 2014 and the city is experiencing an urban heat island effect. Due to
this the city is facing drinking water problem. B.Ed. student-teachers are the future secondary school teachers who have the big
responsibility in developing water conservation practices among the adolescent students who are future citizens. In the present
experimental study, an attempt was made to develop and find out the effectiveness of Instructional Package on Climate Change
(IPCC) with reference to water conservation practices among B.Ed. student-teachers in Bangalore. Pre-test, post-test parallel
group design was followed for collecting the data by administering Climate Change Practices Scale (CCPS) which also includes
also water conservation practices. The data was analyzed by using statistical techniques and interpreted.