Pengetahuan Murid dan Perkaitan Ibu Bapa Terhadap Kesedaran Alam Sekitar: Satu Kajian Awal

This is a preliminary research on primary school science curriculum with regards to pupil s knowledge and awareness on environment in a national primary school. Environment knowledge in this research is focused mainly on Waste Management Unit for the topic of Waste, The Effect of Waste, Waste Decomposition/Decay, and The Destruction of Environment under the Unit of Interaction Between Living Things based on year 6 Science curriculum. Data collected using survey method, consist of 2 sets of questions, set A (72 items) and set B (28 items) on samples of 31 pupils and 30 parents. The obtained data was analyzed using percentages to determine the level of knowledge, t test analysis to determine differences between the gender and the chi square to determine correlation between parental employment sector with pupils environment behavior. Research findings shows that pupil s knowledge on environment are high and their level of awareness is moderate. Year 6 Science teachers were found instilling environment moral values in their teaching. There is relevance between the father s occupation with the pupil s behaviour towards the environment that is in the value of χ2 = 27.871 (p=.000) but none with the mothers occupation. Parents felt that they were responsible for the child s environment awareness and school is the most appropriate medium for the purpose. In conclusion, other than school and teachers, parents are also playing important roles in enhancing pupil s environment awareness. None the less, for further research a bigger sample in determining the relevance between parents influence on pupil s environmental awareness is proposed.