World Applied Sciences Journal 14 (Exploring Pathways to Sustainable Living in Malaysia: Solving the Current Environmental Issues): 107-113, 2011 ISSN 1818-4952; © IDOSI Publications, 2011 Corresponding Author: Prof. Dr. Azizi Muda, Department of Geography and Environment, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia. Tel: +605-4505151, Fax: +605-4598606. 107 Inception of Ecopsychology Elements as to Strengthen Spiritual Values among Teacher Trainees Azizi Muda, Tiwi Kamidin, Samsilah Roslan, Mohd Majid Konting, 1 2 3 4 Jamaluddin Md Jahi and Noriati A. Rashid 5 6 Faculty of Human Sciences, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia 1 Institute of Teacher Education, Batu Lintang Campus, Kuching, Malaysia 2 Faculty of Educational Studies, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 3 Higher Education Leadership Academy, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia 4 Institute of Malay World and Civilization, UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia 5 Institute of Teacher Education, Ministry of Education, Cyberjaya, Malaysia 6 Abstract: This study assessed the impact of incepted ecopsychology elements on spiritual values among teacher trainees. A modified pretest - posttest was used to evaluate the effect of incepted ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education as a quantitative portion. Triangulation with embedded design was used as qualitative portion. Findings showed that there is a significant differences on spiritual values between experimental and control groups. Respondent from experimental groups believed they considered strengthen their spiritual values toward environment after participated in the class even though after four month the treatment activities. Findings from this study suggested the implementation of Environmental Education should incepted ecopsychology elements in order to strengthen spiritual values toward environment. Key words: Ecopsychology Environmental Education Spiritual Values Teacher Trainee Psychotherapy INTRODUCTION should incorporate with aesthetic, spiritual, social, politic Environmental Education (EE) has been implemented the purely scientific. Our ecological health is rooted by in Teacher Training Institute since 1998 as an avenue for our psychological and spiritual health. We need to deeply enhancing teacher trainee’s understanding of the issues feel that responsibility to take care of the environments and the commitment needed for action. However, past EE are something like we take care of ourselves, our beloved research has indicated that even if teachers have strong family and siblings to secure divine pleasure and fulfilled intention to teach or integrate EE, the actual behavior may responsibility given by God. For that purposes, this study not occur because of existing barriers [1]. Other researcher assessed the impact of ecopsychology inception in EE on finding also indicated that even though teachers agree spiritual values among the trainees. that EE is very important but still not reflected in their Figure 1 illustrates how the inception of commitment into action [2-4]. Studies also keep revealing ecopsychology elements in Environmental Education. In that Malaysian has not reached a certain desired level of an effort to strengthen the spiritual values on the commitments towards our environment even though after environment, ecopsychology focus on the development years of effort to try and integrated environmental of intimacy in the relationship between humans and the education [5]. environment through three key concepts. In the first Some researchers stated that the violence we do to concepts, the ecopsychology activities emphasize goals the ‘natural world’ results from our psychological and for each individual to feel again that through participation, spiritual separation from nature [6-9]. That’s why Palmer involvement or using any kind of relationship with nature [10] stated that content in Environmental Education will result in an individual’s return noting the existence of and economic dimensions alongside (not separate from)