Pre-service Teachers’ Hope about Climate Change: Do Gender and Major Make a Difference?

Abstract

The scope of the research was two-fold: (1) to determine climate change hope of pre-service teachers enrolled in three majors; (2) to investigate the effect of major and gender on their hope about climate change. The data of the study, which followed the survey method, were gathered utilizing the “Climate Change Hope Scale - CCHS”. First, the data from 336 pre-service teachers were used to assess whether the Turkish version of the CCHS was valid and reliable. The results indicated that it could be used as a valid instrument to measure pre-service teachers’ hope about climate change. The reliability coefficient was found to be .82. The CCHS was then administered to 859 pre-service teachers enrolled at different universities in Turkey. The data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA, one-way ANOVA, and contrast command. A statistically significant difference in climate change hope between female and male pre-service teachers enrolled in science education was found, in favor of females. However, simple effects in the other majors were not significant, indicating that for pre-service teachers enrolled in both primary school education and pre-school education, females and males had similar climate change hope scores.

Keywords

• Hope
• Climate Change
• Pre-service Teachers
• Gender
• Major

Öğretmen Adaylarının İklim Değişikliğine İlişkin Umutları: Cinsiyet ve Branş Bir Fark Yaratır mı?

Abstract

Araştırmanın kapsamı iki yönlüdür: (1) Üç farklı branşta kayıtlı öğretmen adaylarının iklim değişikliği umutlarını belirlemek; (2) Branş ve cinsiyetin katılımcıların iklim değişikliğine dair umutları üzerindeki etkisini araştırmak. Tarama yönteminin izlendiği çalışmanın verileri “İklim Değişikliği Umut Ölçeği - İDUÖ” kullanılarak toplanmıştır. İlk olarak, 336 öğretmen adayından elde edilen veriler, İDUÖ'nün Türkçe versiyonunun geçerli ve güvenilir olup olmadığını değerlendirmek için kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar, İDUÖ'nün öğretmen adaylarının iklim değişikliğine dair umutlarını ölçmek için geçerli bir araç olarak kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir. Güvenirlik katsayısı .82 olarak bulunmuştur. İDUÖ daha sonra Türkiye'deki farklı üniversitelerde kayıtlı 859 öğretmen adayına uygulanmıştır. Veriler, iki yönlü ANOVA, tek yönlü ANOVA ve kontrast komutu kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Fen Bilgisi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı’na kayıtlı kadın ve erkek öğretmen adayları arasında iklim değişikliği umudunda kadın öğretmen adayları lehine istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur. Bununla birlikte, diğer branşlardaki basit etkilerin anlamlı olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu sonuç hem sınıf eğitimi hem de okul öncesi eğitimine kayıtlı öğretmen adayları için kadın ve erkeklerin benzer iklim değişikliği umut puanlarına sahip olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Umut
• İklim Değişikliği
• Öğretmen Adayları
• Cinsiyet
• Branş

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