Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research

Yazarlar: Eyüp ARTVİNLİ, Rafiye AYDIN, İrfan TERZİ

Konular:Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

Anahtar Kelimeler:Ecological Footprint,Candidate Classroom Teachers,Teacher Education

Özet: The purpose of this research is to investigate the level of ecological footprint awareness of candidate classroom teachers. It is important to know ecological footprint awareness levels of primary candidate school teachers in order to raise a generation susceptible to environmental problems. The research was designed within the context of the quantitative research as relational model. The universe of research constitutes students who study in the Basic Education Department of Faculty of Education at a state university during the fall semester of 2016-2017 academic year. Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale" developed by Coşkun and Sarıkaya (2014) was the main data collection tool of this study. According to the findings of the research, awareness level of Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale were found to be "moderate" except for the "energy" which is “high” sub-dimension of the ecological footprint scale of the candidate classroom teachers. In addition to the theoretical dimension of the courses related to environmental subjects during university education, it may be suggested to develop the practical dimension in such a way that official and state institutions will be also observed in their activities they practice in the field.

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