THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING STUDENTS TOWORDS ENVIRONMENT (Sample of Atatürk University)
Abstract
In this study, the basic knowledge level on the environmental concepts of the students who do and do not take Environmental Education courses and the attitude of the students of Primary Teacher Training towards the environment are compared. The population of the research is consisted of first and third year students of the Primary Teacher Training of 2008-2009 academic year at Kazim Karabekir Educational Faculty of Atatürk University. Sample group is comprised of 272 students. The research is a descriptive study in which method of surveillance is used. The findings of the study is that the third year students who take environmental education related to the basic concepts of the environment are more successful than the first year students who have not taken any course about the environment yet; the attitude of the teacher candidates related to the environment shows differences which can be accounted for the gender but it is a general consensus that these differences fade away depending on their attainment of the environmental education.
Key words: Environment, environment education, attitude towards the environment, primary school teaching.
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
17 Nisan 2014
Gönderilme Tarihi
17 Nisan 2014
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2014 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 31
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