Year: 2009
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to find “which approaches preservice teachers’ have regarding environmental ethics”. Preservice teachers from different teacher education programmes (science education, pre-school education, primary school education, social sciences education) in Department of Elementary Education in two universities were participated for this study. All of the participants were seniors who were ready to be teachers in elementary schools. A questionnaire about environmental ethics was completed by them. Responses of the questionnaire were analysed by using statistical methods. It was found that while no difference were found in levels of ecocentic approach statistically, in levels of apathy approach significant differences were found between teacher education programmes, and also it was found that preservice teachers participated an environmental course have higher level of ecocentric concern.
Authors: Mehpare Saka, Hikmet Sürmeli, Aysun Öztuna
Institutions: Marmara University, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Sakarya University
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2150764774