The Determination on the Science Teaching Candidates’ Awareness about the Recycling

Abstract

It is possible with the people’s consciousness and awareness on the recycling that the vital-importance of recycling becomes common for a healthier environment by being an act in a society. Thus, it has been aimed to determine the science students’ awareness of the recycling of wastes in this research. The research sampling consists of 81 science students in total that they receive their education at the 1. grade in the Department of Science Teaching in the Faculty of Education in a state university located north part of Turkey. “The Awareness Scale on The Recycling”, which was developed by Aksan and Çelikler (2017), has been used as a data collection tool in this research. When it is considered that 195.75 is mean of the scores which were obtained by the students from the scale in the study, it can be highlighed that the awareness about recycling of the students is high.

Keywords

• Recycling,sustainable development,waste,awareness,science student

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