The purpose of this study was to investigate thernintegration of environmental education into social studiesrncourse in the T. T. Is, through examining the trainees'rnenvironmental education competencies which involve changesrnin knowledge, attitudes and skills.rnTo achieve the objectives of the study 321 trainees fromrnfour T.T.Is were randomly selected. In addition to this,rnthe instructors of the course and the teaching materialsrnwere considered as sources of additional data.rnA 10-page questionnaire, which included: the test,rnattitude inventory and rating scale, was administered. Thernsyllabus and the textbook of the course were analyzed andrninterviews with the instructors were conducted. The datarncollected were statistically treated.rnThe results suggested that the course seems to have somernelements of environmental education, even though they dornnot measure up to the objectives and standards of thernpresent day environmental education program. The slightrnmajority of the trainees displayed mastery of environmentalrnknowledge as far as the test results are concerned.rnHowever, when seen from different directions it is found tornbe premature to generalize that the trainees havernfoundational competency in environmental knowledge. Evenrnthough the available information and findings alone are notrncomprehensive to provide conclusive results, the trainees'rnattitudes toward environmental problems, environmentalrneducation and environment in general found to be highlyrndesirable. Regarding environmental skills the traineesrnappeared to have a minimum competency in environmentalrnaction skills.rnIn all the three cases statistically significantrndifferences were observed among the T. T. Is considered.rnRelatively positive significant relationships were obtainedrnbetween the trainees' environmental knowledge andrnenvironmental attitudes. On the other hand, between therntrainees' environmental knowledge and environmental skillsrnand between the trainees' environmental attitudes andrnenvironmental skills no clear systematic correlations werernobtained.rnMany constraints and difficulties were reportedrnconcerning the integration of environmental topics andrnactivities into the course. In general a very modest andrnuncoordinated teacher training effort in the area ofrnenvironmental education seemed to be the rule at everyrninstitute studied in this inventory.rnThe practical implications of these findings to therndevelopment of environmental education in the coursernspecifically, and in the other courses in general arernindicated.