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Thesis Type: Postgraduate
Institution Of The Thesis: Gazi University, Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, MATEMATİK VE FEN BİLİMLERİ EĞİTİMİ ANA BİLİM DALI, Turkey
Approval Date: 2019
Thesis Language: Turkish
Student: HAVVA NUR YEŞİL
Supervisor: Mehmet Yılmaz
Abstract:
The increase in human population caused the extinction or dangerous depletion of hundreds of many species. This indicates the decrease in biodiversity. The biodiversity studies show that the local myths, legends or tales of the local people have a significant effect on the protection of regional fauna and flora. The myths which emerge from the very early past, culture and even the geography of the people illustrate their opinions and their traditional ties with environment and nature. The purpose of this study is the investigation of the amount of the change of the opinions of the secondary education students towards the biodiversity based upon ecological myths according to the different variables. The study was carried out on secondary education students at various levels studying in Sanliurfa, Antalya- Alanya, Kahramanmaras- Elbistan and Konya- Doganhisar in 2017-2018 academic year by the use of constructed interview forms. The study was performed on the students studying in private science and Anatolian science schools, state high schools, science schools and theological schools by the use of suitable sampling method. The constructed interview form consisted of open-ended questions about the four different myths. A main theme was formed according to the data obtained from the constructed interview forms. The answers were collected under six different categories as belief, environmental protection and awareness, culture, economy and tourism, environmental balance and biological diversity and realist approach. The opinions other these were collected under “others” category. The result of the study revealed of the students stated that the environmental myths are quite useful in environmental protection and think that
they promote the ecotourism. The students stated the opinion that the environment is be protected anyhow without needing such myths.
Key Words : Biodiversity, environmental myths, protection of nature