Investigation of Children's Drawings about Environmental Issues
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The purpose of this
study is to investigate the perceptions of students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades
about environmental problems based on their drawings. This study was conducted as a
phenomenological study and the criterion sampling method was used in this study
to select the participants. The study was carried out with the participation of
a total of 211 students. The data were collected through the students’ drawings
and their written evaluations of their drawings. The data were collected during
the spring semester of 2012-2013 academic year and analyzed using content
analysis technique. The students drew more pictures about local environmental
problems than global ones. Among local environmental problems, the students
drew pictures about air pollution most.
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