Environmental Awareness of Teacher Candidates

Autor/in	Ergin, Demirali Yasar
Titel	Environmental Awareness of Teacher Candidates
Quelle	In: World Journal of Education, 9 (2019) 1, S.152-161 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-0746
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Environment; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Ecology; Conservation (Environment); Natural Resources; Animals; Age Differences; Place of Residence; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umwelt; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienstand; Ökologie; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Wohnort; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this research was to determine the environmental awareness of teacher candidates. According to this aim the research was carried out with a total of 532 students randomly selected from all departments of Trakya University Faculty of Education and Pedagogical Formation program students during the fall semester of 2016-2017. "Environmental Awareness Scale" prepared by the researcher was used as data collection tool. The scale consists of 71 items with a rating of 4. For each sub-scale, the internal consistency was determined by calculating the item-total correlation coefficient and item-remainder correlation coefficient. In the same way, t-test between the upper quartile and the lower quartile was applied to detect the discrimination power of the items. For the scale and sub-scales, the reliability was determined by calculating the Cronbach and Rulon coefficients. It was determined that the scale consisting of 3 factors was valid, reliable and usable after statistical procedures. High scores in all items and factors indicate positive environmental awareness. A questionnaire consisting of 19 questions prepared by the researcher was used to collect data about the independent variables of the research. The questionnaire contains questions about nature love as well as demographic characteristics such as gender and age. The statistical analysis of data featured t test, variance analysis and LSD methods for Post hoc analysis to determine the source of variation. In this research, generally it was found that the environmental awareness of the candidate teachers was very high. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01