International Association of Educators   |  ISSN: 1308-951X

Original article | International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 2017, Vol. 8(2) 12-27

Effects of Digital Environmental Photography and Video on the conceptual Knowledge, Skills and Eco-friendly Habits of Students

Ananta Kumar Jena, Rajib Debnath, Joy Das, Somnath Gupta & Satarupa Bhattacharjee

pp. 12 - 27   |  Manu. Number: MANU-1710-31-0001

Published online: December 12, 2017  |   Number of Views: 247  |  Number of Download: 905


Abstract

The study aimed to assess the effects of digital environmental photography and video on the conceptual knowledge, skills and eco-friendly habits of the elementary students over the traditional approach. 30 students of Class VIII of school I participated in the control group, and 20 students of class VIII students of school II assigned for digital environmental photography and video treatment. Non-equivalent pre-test posttest quasi-experimental design used and the effects of digital environmental photography and video on the conceptual knowledge, skill and habit of students over traditional approach assessed through ANCOVA and regression analysis. It resulted that there was statistically significant difference in the mean conceptual knowledge, skill and competency, and eco-friendly habit score of the participants of digital environmental photography and video group over the traditional group. 

Keywords: conceptual knowledge, digital environmental photography, skills eco-friendly habits, video


How to Cite this Article?

APA 6th edition
Jena, A.K., Debnath, R., Das, J., Gupta, S. & Bhattacharjee, S. (2017). Effects of Digital Environmental Photography and Video on the conceptual Knowledge, Skills and Eco-friendly Habits of Students. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 8(2), 12-27.

Harvard
Jena, A., Debnath, R., Das, J., Gupta, S. and Bhattacharjee, S. (2017). Effects of Digital Environmental Photography and Video on the conceptual Knowledge, Skills and Eco-friendly Habits of Students. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 8(2), pp. 12-27.

Chicago 16th edition
Jena, Ananta Kumar, Rajib Debnath, Joy Das, Somnath Gupta and Satarupa Bhattacharjee (2017). "Effects of Digital Environmental Photography and Video on the conceptual Knowledge, Skills and Eco-friendly Habits of Students". International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 8 (2):12-27.

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