@article{article_291015, title={Nature relatedness of pre-service teachers}, journal={Turkish Journal of Education}, volume={6}, pages={79–87}, year={2017}, DOI={10.19128/turje.291015}, author={Karakaya, Ferhat and Avgın, Sakine Serap and Gömlek, Elif and Balık, Merve}, keywords={Nature relatedness,nature education,environmental education,prospective teacher}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">In
this research, it was aimed to determine the nature relatedness of pre-service primary
school and science teachers </span> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> regarding various variables.  "Nature Relatedness Scale (NRS)", developed
by Nisbet, Zelenski and Murphy (2009) and adapted to Turkish  and analyzed, terms of validity by Çakır, Kararslan
, Şahin and Ertenpınar (2015), was used as data collection instrument. The research
was carried out with 363 pre-service teachers </span> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">in Kahramanmaraş
Sütçü İmam University in the academic year of 2015-2016. The relational screening
model was used in the research, in which and, 
statistical significance of the obtained data was determined through independent
t test, one-way variance analysis Kruskal-Wallis analysis and Tukey meaningfulness
tests. Research findings have indicated a; difference among the participants’ nature
relatedness in relation to gender, education, and grade level. However, no significant
was difference found between having taken the environment lesson, membership to
natural organizations, participation in natural activities nature relatedness of
pre-service teachers. </span> <br /> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Mehmet TEKEREK}