Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to investigate attitudes and knowledge levels of pre-service teachers in Social Sciences Education and Science and Technology Education department towards environment in terms of different variables. The data was gained from 323 pre-service teachers as 171 female and 152 male during 2012-2013 academic year. Environmental Attitude Scale and Environmental Knowledge Test developed by Uzun and Sağlam (2006) were used in order to obtain data of the study. According to the results, teacher candidates are found to be very positive in terms of environmental thought, average level in terms of environmental literacy, and close to negative level in terms of their behaviors towards environment. Meaningful in average level relationship was detected between environmental knowledge and thought points. No significant difference was found statistically among teacher candidates' environmental thought, behavior and knowledge points according to parents' occupations, number of family members, socio-economic level, taking environmental course in secondary school and being a member of an environmental association.
Highlights
PŒƌĞƚŵĞŶ ĂĚĂLJůĂƌŦŶŦŶ ĞǀƌĞƐĞů dƵƚƵŵ PůĕĞŒŝ ŶĞ ǀĞƌĚŝŬůĞƌŝ ĐĞǀĂƉůĂƌ ŝŶĐĞůĞŶĚŝŒŝŶĚĞ ĞǀƌĞƐĞů ƺƔƺŶĐĞ ůƚ PůĕĞŒŝ ŶĞ Ăŝƚ ƉƵĂŶůĂƌŦŶ ŽƌƚĂůĂŵĂƐŦ ; сςϯρϮ ďƵůƵŶŵƵƔƚƵƌ Ƶ ĚĞŒĞƌ ŵĂĚĚĞ ƐĂLJŦƐŦŶĂ ďƂůƺŶĚƺŒƺŶĚĞ ĞůĚĞ ĞĚŝůĞŶ κρϯ ĚĞŒĞƌŝŬĂƚŦůŦLJŽƌƵŵŝůĞƚĂŵĂŵĞŶ ŬĂƚŦůŦLJŽƌƵŵ ƐĞĕĞŶĞŬůĞƌŝ ĂƌĂƐŦŶĚĂ ŬĂůŵĂŬƚĂĚŦƌ Ƶ ƐŽŶƵĕ ƂŒƌĞƚŵĞŶ ĂĚĂLJůĂƌŦŶŦŶ ĕĞǀƌĞƐĞů ĚƺƔƺŶĐĞ ĂĕŦƐŦŶĚĂŶ ĕŽŬ ŽůƵŵůƵ ďŝƌ ƚƵƚƵŵ ƐĞƌŐŝůĞĚŝŬůĞƌŝŶŝ ŐƂƐƚĞƌŵĞŬƚĞĚŝƌ PŒƌĞƚŵĞŶ ĂĚĂLJůĂƌŦŶŦŶ ĞǀƌĞƐĞů ƺƔƺŶĐĞ ůƚ PůĕĞŒŝ ŶĞ ŵĂĚĚĞ ďĂnjŦŶĚĂ ǀĞƌĚŝŬůĞƌŝ ĐĞǀĂƉůĂƌŦŶ ŽƌƚĂůĂŵĂůĂƌŦ bĞŬŝů ϭ ĚĞ ŐƂƌƺůŵĞŬƚĞĚŝƌϭϬϬ ΘεϬϬ ςϳϬϬ κρϬϬ ϮϯϬϬ ϭϬ Ϭϭϯρϳε ϭϭ ϭϯ ϭρ ϭϳ ϭε Ϯϭ Ϯϯ Ϯρ ^ŽƌƵůĂƌ bĞŬŝů ϭ ĞǀƌĞƐĞů ƺƔƺŶĐĞ ůƚ PůĕĞŒŝŶĞ ŝƚ DĂĚĚĞůĞƌŝŶ KƌƚĂůĂŵĂůĂƌŦbĞŬŝů ϭ ŝŶĐĞůĞŶĚŝŒŝŶĚĞ ĞŶ LJƺŬƐĞŬ ŽƌƚĂůĂŵĂLJĂ ƐĂŚŝƉ ŽůĂŶ ŵĂĚĚĞůĞƌŝŶͻ EĞƐůŝ ƚƺŬĞŶŵĞŬƚĞ ŽůĂŶ ĐĂŶůŦůĂƌ ĕŽŬ ĂďĂƌƚŦůŦLJŽƌnjĂƚĞŶ ĚŽŒĂĚĂ ĕŽŬ ƐĂLJŦĚĂ ǀĂƌďŝƌ ŬĂĕŦ ƚƺŬĞŶƐĞ ƂŶĞŵůŝ ĚĞŒŝůĚŝƌ ;ϭŵĂĚĚĞͿ
ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ͗ DĂŶĚĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶͲŵĂŶĚĂƚĞĚ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƚŝŽŶ ƐƚĂƚĞƐdŚĞ :ŽƵƌŶĂů ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶϯϮ ;ϮͿ ϮΘͲϯς WŽǁĞƌƐ >͕͘ ͘ ;ϮϬϬκͿdĞĂĐŚĞƌ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĞĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ &ĂĐƵůƚLJ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƚŝǀĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĞĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐdŚĞ :ŽƵƌŶĂů ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶϯρ ;ϯͿϯʹϭϭ ZŽƚŚ ͘ ͘ ;ϭεεϮͿ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJŝƚƐ ƌŽŽƚƐ ĞǀŽůƵƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŝŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭεεϬƐ Z/ͬ^D WƵďůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ ϯκΘ Ϯϯρ ^ĂĚŦŬ &͘ ǀĞ ĂŬĂŶ ,͘ ;ϮϬϭϬͿ ŝLJŽůŽũŝ ďƂůƺŵƺ ƂŒƌĞŶĐŝůĞƌŝŶŝŶ ĕĞǀƌĞ ďŝůŐŝƐŝ ǀĞ ĕĞǀƌĞ ƐŽƌƵŶůĂƌŦŶĂ LJƂŶĞůŝŬ ƚƵƚƵŵ ĚƺnjĞLJůĞƌŝ ƵŬƵƌŽǀĂ mŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚĞƐŝ ^ŽƐLJĂů ŝůŝŵůĞƌ ŶƐƚŝƚƺƐƺ ĞƌŐŝƐŝϭε ;ϭͿϯρϭͲϯςρ ^ĂŒŦƌ b͘ ƐůĂŶ K ǀĞ ĂŶƐĂƌĂŶ ;ϮϬϬΘͿ 7ůŬƂŒƌĞƚŝŵ ƂŒƌĞŶĐŝůĞƌŝŶŝŶ ĕĞǀƌĞ ďŝůŐŝƐŝ ǀĞ ĕĞǀƌĞ ƚƵƚƵŵůĂƌŦŶŦŶ ĨĂƌŬůŦ ĚĞŒŝƔŬĞŶůĞƌ ĂĕŦƐŦŶĚĂŶ ŝŶĐĞůĞŶŵĞƐŝ 7ůŬƂŒƌĞƚŝŵ KŶůŝŶĞϳ;ϮͿκες ρϭϭ ^ĂŶĚĂů ͘ ;ϮϬϬρͿ
Summary
ĞƔůŝ >ŝŬĞƌƚ ƚŝƉŝŶĚĞ ƚŽƉůĂŵ Ϯϳ ŵĂĚĚĞĚĞŶ ŽůƵƔĂŶ ƂůĕĞŬĞǀƌĞƐĞů ĂǀƌĂŶŦƔ ;ϭϯ ŵĂĚĚĞͿ ǀĞĞǀƌĞƐĞů ƺƔƺŶĐĞ ;ϭκ ŵĂĚĚĞͿ ŽůŵĂŬ ƺnjĞƌĞ ŝŬŝ Ăůƚ ďŽLJƵƚƚĂŶ ŽůƵƔŵĂŬƚĂĚŦƌ PůĕĞŒŝŶ ƌŽŶďĂĐŚ ůĨĂ ŐƺǀĞŶŝƌůŝŬ ŬĂƚƐĂLJŦƐŦĞǀƌĞƐĞů ĂǀƌĂŶŦƔ Ăůƚ ƂůĕĞŒŝŶĚĞ ϬΘΘ ͞ĞǀƌĞƐĞů ƺƔƺŶĐĞ Ăůƚ ƂůĕĞŒŝŶĚĞ ϬΘϬ ƂůĕĞŬ ŐĞŶĞůŝŶĚĞ ŝƐĞ ϬΘϬ Ěŝƌ PůĕĞŬƚĞŶ ĂůŦŶĂďŝůĞĐĞŬ ĞŶ ĚƺƔƺŬ ǀĞ ĞŶ LJƺŬƐĞŬ ƉƵĂŶůĂƌ ĞǀƌĞƐĞů ĂǀƌĂŶŦƔ ůƚ PůĕĞŒŝ ŝĕŝŶ ϭϯ Ͳ ςρ ĞǀƌĞƐĞů ƺƔƺŶĐĞ ůƚ PůĕĞŒŝ ŝĕŝŶ ϭκ Ͳ ϳϬ ƂůĕĞŬ ŐĞŶĞůŝŶĚĞ ŝƐĞ ϮϳϭϯρĚŝƌ Ƶ ĂƌĂƔƚŦƌŵĂ ŬĂƉƐĂŵŦŶĚĂ ƂůĕĞŒŝŶ ŐƺǀĞŶŝƌůŝŒŝ LJĞŶŝĚĞŶ ŚĞƐĂƉůĂŶŵŦƔ ǀĞ ƌŽŶďĂĐŚ ůĨĂ ŐƺǀĞŶŝƌůŝŬ ŬĂƚƐĂLJŦƐŦĞǀƌĞƐĞů ĂǀƌĂŶŦƔ Ăůƚ ƂůĕĞŒŝŶĚĞ ϬΘκ ͞ĞǀƌĞƐĞů ƺƔƺŶĐĞ Ăůƚ ƂůĕĞŒŝŶĚĞ ϬΘς ƂůĕĞŬ ŐĞŶĞůŝŶĚĞ ŝƐĞ ϬΘϮ ďƵůƵŶŵƵƔƚƵƌ
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