Investigation of the environmental attitudes of the early childhood teacher candidates

Yurt O., Cevher-Kalburan N., KANDIR A.

2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Türkiye, 4 - 08 Şubat 2010, cilt.2, ss.4977-4984 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.806
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4977-4984
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aimed to determine early childhood teacher-candidates' environmental attitudes. The sampling of the study consisted of 605 teacher-candidates attending to early childhood education programs in faculties of education in universities in the provinces of Ankara, Afyon, Denizli and Konya in Turkey. Environmental Attitude Scale" developed by Fernandez-Manzanal et al. (2007) was used as a tool of data collection. At the end of the research, the environmental attitudes of early childhood teacher-candidates' are identified and suggestions are made based on the findings. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.