Preservice Teachers’ Perception Levels Concerning Consumer Environmental Consciousness

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 157 - 164, 31.07.2017

Yurdal Dikmenli

https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.326741

Cited By: 2

Abstract

People who strive to prevent harm to the environment while utilizing it
and to maintain a livable environment is related to educational and cultural
values. If we want the next generation to live in an environment as undisturbed
as we live in now, environmentally friendly products should be consumed and
waste should be prevented. Thus, raising an environmental consciousness among
consumers is of vital importance. Environmental consciousness is shaped by
individuals’ knowledge, attitudes, sensitivity and beneficial behavior towards
environment. In this sense, the primary aim of this study is to determine
preservice teachers’ perception levels of consumer environmental consciousness
in terms of different variables. The sample of the study consists of 396 preservice
teachers from various departments in the Faculty of Education in Ahi Evran
University between the 2015-2016 academic years. 70.2% of the sample is female
while 29.8% is male. The Consumer Environment Consciousness Scale (CESS) which
was developed by the researcher, and contains 28 items, 20 of which are
positive and 8 of which are negative, was used for data collection. The
gathered data was analyzed using SPSS 17 software. The study findings suggest
that the participant preservice teachers have a medium level of consumer
environment consciousness and this consciousness differs significantly in terms
of gender, income level and whether or not they have had environment lessons
before. Additionally, there was found to be no meaningful difference in perception
levels in terms of residential area the participants live in.

Keywords

Geography education, Environment education, Consumer environmental consciousness, Preservice teachers

References

• Dikmenli, Y. (2017). Preservice teachers’ perception levels concerning consumer environmental consciousness. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), 3(2), 157-164.