Comparison of early childhood education educators’ education for sustainable development practices across eco versus ordinary preschools

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2016
Kahriman, Deniz
EEs training and applying ESD to the curriculum. The results of HLM indicated that if ECEEs that were serving at ECO and ordinary ECESs has high level of attitudes towards SD, they tended to practice ESD issues more. In addition, if ECEEs at ordinary ECESs had previous experiences on implementing ESD activities, they tended to implement more ESD related activities in their class. Also, If ECEEs at ECO-ECESs had membership to a NGO, they tended to implement ESD activities in their class. 

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D. Kahriman, “Comparison of early childhood education educators’ education for sustainable development practices across eco versus ordinary preschools,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2016.