Teacher Canditates’ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivity

Abstract

Teachers have a huge effect on raising students' environmental awareness and helping them develop sensitivity to environmental issues. The aim of this study was to examine the environmental awareness and environmental sensitivity of teacher candidates. In the study, “ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivity ” scale developed by Timur and Yılmaz (2003) for teacher candidates (277) was used as data collection tool. Descriptive analysis method was used for data analysis by SPSS program. As a result of the study, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the branches and the genders of Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivities of candidates teachers. A significant difference was found between the branches in the Environmental Sensitivity dimension of the scale. Teacher candidates’ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivity do not change according to their gender. It was found that Religious Culture and Ethics Teaching teacher candidates had a higher score in terms of environmental sensitivity.

Efectividad de aplicación de programas para promover conciencia ambiental en estudiantes de nivel básica

“…Además, se debe tomar en cuenta la implementación de recursos tecnológicos para mejorar el aprendizaje y la conciencia ambiental para afrontar los desafíos climáticos (Chen et al, 2020); por ejemplo, actualmente el uso de las redes sociales ha demostrado tener un impacto positivo para la educación ambiental de los estudiantes (Caldevilla et al, 2021;Novotný et al, 2021). En este sentido, la necesidad de fomentar la conciencia ambiental en los estudiantes ha conllevado a destacar la importancia de conocer la percepción de la población sobre la educación y ciudadanía ambiental, ya que esto será el punto de partida para la formulación de intervenciones significativas (Durmus y Kinaci, 2021;Georgiou et al, 2021;Peker y Ceylan, 2020;Turan, 2019). Sin embargo, cabe resaltar que, aun cuando los estudiantes tienen una buena conciencia ambiental, esto no se refleja en sus prácticas, por lo que resulta necesario la implementación de programas educativos integrales y una visión solida hacia el desarrollo de competencias y actitudes respetuosas con el medio ambiente (Punzalan, 2020;Siswanto et al, 2019;Yusliza et al, 2020).…”

Analysis of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Biodiversity Images according to Sustainable Environmental Awareness

“…Sustainable environmental awareness, on the other hand, can be defined as knowing the responsibility for future generations in the relations with the environment, feeling sensitivity and acting with this sensitivity toward the environment (Derman, 2013). It can be argued that individuals with this awareness will be sensitive toward environmental issues (Andries et al, 2012;Turan, 2019). Teachers have a great responsibility for raising awareness of environmental problems that we encounter every day and threaten our quality of life, and for producing solutions to these problems (Nagra, 2010).…”

Improving Environmental Sensitivity through Problem-Based Hybrid Learning (PBHL): An Experimental Study

“…Sensitivity to the environment is essential for students. Graduates of the university are expected to be able to collaborate and be sensitive and care for the community and the environment (Amin, 2018), especially for education students as prospective teachers who will educate the younger generation in protecting the environment (Turan, 2019). Ocal and Altinok (2016) report that environmental sensitivity is a positive behavior when one realizes a problem and finds the right solution.…”