ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY, PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS, AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

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2010-01-01

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Teksöz, Gaye
Şahin, Elvan

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The purpose of this study is to determine environmental literacy of pre service teachers in 4 public universities in Ankara to examine the relationships among the sub-dimensions of environmental literacy and to investigate he effect of gender on these sub dimensions Environmental Literacy Questionnaire was administered in Education Faculties at 2007-2008 spring semester The data were evaluated in 4 dimensions is environmental knowledge environmental attitudes environmental uses and environmental concerns The results of descriptive statistics showed that environmental knowledge scores of the pre service teachers were unacceptable However the responses showed that the participants had an ecocentric point of view and favorable environmental awareness 1 he results are promising to lead the studies related to environmental education at teacher education programs

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Gender, Pre-service teachers, Environmental literacy

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/54070

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HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

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G. Teksöz and E. Şahin, “ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY, PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS, AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE,” HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, pp. 307–320, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/54070.