A RESEARCH ON DETERMINATION THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE CASE STUDY OF KILIS

Yıl 2015, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 4, 120 - 134, 17.12.2015

Sadettin Paksoy Mustafa Paksoy

Öz

Human being and all other species continue
their lives by interacting each other in physical, biological, economic, social
and cultural habitat which is named “environment”. Moreover, environment does
not reflect only the earth we are living in but also the atmosphere surrounding
it. In relation to environment, it is an important question to ask whether we
do care about the environment enough or not, either within our country or in
the world.

Even if we all know there is
no life in the absence of environment, we still keep damaging the areas we are
living and destroy the environment in the most horrible way. Native Americans
have a saying that “we do not inherit the
earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”, so how many of
us do actually see the earth in this way? Furthermore, how much do we care
about to educate people concern with environmental issues such as pollution
prevention and environmental awareness. To avoid from any harm to the
environment and keep it sustainable level, it is needed to be improved
environmental awareness. That is why; it should be on the agenda at all the
time, amongst society, especially among university students.

Thus, even it is still
important in primary and secondary schools, the main target of this study will
be “the environmental awareness” of university students. It will be examine by
conducting a survey on colleague, undergraduate and postgraduate students to
see if they are educated about environmental issues, and if so, is that
sufficient? The survey going to conduct on 400 students at Kilis 7 Aralık
University by face-to-face survey method to comprehend their ideas, perception
and behaviours about “environmental awareness”. According to the results of
survey, there will be some analysis and suggestions. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Environment, Environment Awareness, Kilis 7 Aralık University

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