Changing Preschool Children's Attitudes into Behavior towards Selected Environmental Issues: An Action Research Study

Autor/inn/en	Ertürk Kara, Gözde; Aydos, E. Hande; Aydin, Özge
Titel	Changing Preschool Children's Attitudes into Behavior towards Selected Environmental Issues: An Action Research Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 3 (2015) 1, S.46-63 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2147-611X
Schlagwörter	Attitude Change; Conservation (Environment); Foreign Countries; Interviews; Preschool Children; Early Childhood Education; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Preschool Teachers; Student Behavior; Action Research; Qualitative Research; Recycling; Life Style; Questionnaires; Behavior Change; Intervention; Picture Books; Puppetry; Story Telling; Childrens Literature; Video Technology; Visual Stimuli; Teaching Methods; Energy Conservation; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Student behaviour; Projektforschung; Qualitative Forschung; Lebensstil; Fragebogen; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Puppenspiel; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to provide the transform of attitudes into behavior of 60-72 month of age children continued early childhood education toward environmental issues. Collaborative action research method of qualitative design was used. The whole participants of the study were 60-72 months of age children who were attending in an early childhood education center supervised by Ministry of National Education in Kartal District, in Istanbul. The data source of this study is the face to face interviews with 14 preschool children. In addition to the interviews with children, the teacher's reports were used. Besides, in the research, it was seen that children generally have ecocentric attitudes towards paper consumption, environmental protection, recycling and living habits especially in residence and transportation preferences. However, in observation report of classroom teacher, it was seen that they did not behave in an ecocentric manner. After the action plan applied, classroom teacher has indicated a difference in children's behavior. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01