Journal of Climate Change and Pollution

ABSTRACT

The literature review investigates how secondary school teachers use their classroom activities to develop student environmental awareness and sustainability knowledge. The review analyzes ten peer-reviewed studies about environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). The study shows that teachers who model particular behaviors together with interactive teaching methods and environmental content in their lessons improve students' environmental knowledge. The study shows that teacher assistance programs and training sessions for educators function as essential components that enable effective environmental education delivery. The review emphasizes that community participation needs to occur together with classroom teaching which should address actual environmental challenges; the study recommends improved teacher training programs together with curriculum development and supportive educational policies and ongoing long-term studies to improve environmental education methods.

Keywords: Environmental Education (EE); Environmental Awareness; Teacher Training; Sustainability; Curriculum Integration; Secondary Education; Community Education.