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- Title
Erken Çocukluk Döneminde Uygulanan Çevre Eğitim Programının Çocukların Çevreye Karşı Tutumları Üzerindeki Etkisi.
- Authors
YILMAZ, Simge; YILMAZ-BOLAT, Emine; GÖLCÜK, İlknur
- Abstract
The aim of the current research is to investigate preschool children's attitudes toward environment, including environmental protection, recycle, consumption habits, and living habits. The participants of the research are 71 54-60-month-old children who has been randomly selected from public preschools and kindergartens affiliated to Ministry of National Education in Mersin. The research design was determined as one group pre-test post-test model which is one of the experimental design models. According to this model, each participating children was implemented the pre-test, the environmental education program and the post-test, respectively. The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale-Preschool Version, CATES-PV, was used as a data collection material. The data was collected by the participants through one-to-one interviews. Questions about each of the 15 items in the data collection material was asked children with the accompany of the pictures representing each item and children's responses are recorded. The length of the environmental education program to be implemented in the scope of this research was determined as four weeks. The environmental education program was implemented with the field trips arranged to different places once a week. The participants' attitudes toward environment were measured before and after of the implementation of the environmental education program. According to the research findings, four-week environmental education program did not affect preschool children's attitudes toward environment. The findings of the research were discussed and the suggestion for the further research are included.
- Publication
Journal of Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Education, 2020, Vol 17, Issue 1, p557
- ISSN
1305-2020
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33711/yyuefd.693833