The Practice of Design and Technology Teachers in Pahang towards Green Technology

Abstract

Design and Technology subject is the new subject implemented in 2017 to replace Kemahiran Hidup or the Integrated Living Skills subject which had been established over the last 29 years. The purpose of Design and Technology subject were introduced is for the students to practice and apply relevant moral values when designing a more ergonomic and user-friendly product, able to produce a high- quality product with cost-effective, and able to create Green Product Designs. In order to produce students that are capable of producing a product with the concept of Green Technology or Green Product Designs, the teachers should first and foremost be competent and fully understand about Green Technology. Therefore, Design and Technology teachers need to adopt green practices or ‘Going green’ in their everyday life. Thus, this study is conducted with the aims of identifying the practices among Design and Technology teachers in national schools located in Pahang state on Green Technology. This study is carried out by using a quantitative approach in which a questionnaire that consists of 23 items would be distributed to 210 of Design and Technology teachers as a research instrument. Based on the descriptive statistics analysis obtained by the researchers, it is found that the practice of Design and Technology teachers is high towards Green Technology. This matter is proven when the respondents that answered the questionnaire in the practical domain obtained a total mean score of 4.28 and with the standard deviation of 0.419.