The Children's Attitudes Toward the Environment Scale for Preschool Children

Musser, Lynn M.; Diamond, Karen E.

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“…As previously explained, to our knowledge, there was no research which examined on the relationship between pre-school children's awareness and attitudes towards the environment and their teachers' awareness and attitudes towards the environment. However, it is known that pre-school children's attitudes and awareness towards the environment are influential in parents and school education (Eagles & Demare, 1999;Musser & Diamond, 1999). For example, Kroufek, Janovec, Chytrý, & Simonová (2016) found a moderate relationship between parent's attitudes towards the environment and their children's attitudes.…”

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“…In parallel with the results of this study, it was stated that pre-school children's attitudes towards the environment were high in the result of a study which examined the attitudes and awareness of the pre-school children towards the environment . Similarly, Musser & Diamond (1999) found that children's attitudes towards the environment were high in a study of children's attitudes towards the environment. However, unlike the results of this study, determined that the awareness of children's towards the environment was also high.…”

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An Examination of the Relationship between Pre-school Children’s and Their Teachers’ Attitudes and Awareness towards the Environment

Buldur¹,

Ömeroğlu²

2018

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The purpose of this study is to determine the level of awareness and attitudes towards environment of pre-school children's and their teachers' and to examine the relationship between them. This study was based on correlational research model. The study group consisted of 26 pre-school teachers working in kindergartens and primary schools in a province, and 208 children in the 5-6 age groups in which these teachers entered their classes.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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An Examination of the Relationship between Pre-school Children’s and Their Teachers’ Attitudes and Awareness towards the Environment

Buldur¹,

Ömeroğlu²

2018

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“…Çocukların çevreye yönelik tutumları pek çok faktörün varlığından etkilenmekte (Gülay, 2011;Musser & Diamond, 1999;Durkan & Erol, 2015) ve bunlardan birisinin de yaşanılan yer değişkeni olduğu bilinmektedir (Herrmann, Waxman & Medin, 2010;Grodziéska-Jurczak, Stepska, Nieszporek & Bryda, 2006). Kentsel alanlarda yaşayan çocuklar zamanlarının büyük bir kısmını kapalı mekanlarda, çevre ile etkileşime girmeden, çoğunlukla bilgisayar başında ve elektronik oyunlar ile geçirmektedir (Phenice & Griffore, 2003).…”

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“…İlgili alan yazın incelendiğinde; okul öncesi dönem çocuklarının çevreye yönelik tutumları ile cinsiyet (Kesicioğlu & Alisinanoğlu, 2009;Gülay, 2011;Musser & Diamond, 1999), yaş (KahrimanÖztürk, Olgan & Tuncer, 2012;Gülay, 2011;Musser & Diamond, 1999), eğitim uygulamaları (Cevher-Kalburan, 2009;Ogelman, Önder, Durkan & Erol, 2015;Yalçın, 2013) arasındaki ilişkileri inceleyen çalışmalar görülmektedir. Çevreye yönelik tutumlar üzerinde etkisi araştırılan bir diğer değişken de yaşanılan yerdir (Kesicioğlu & Alisinanoğlu, 2009;Herrmann, Waxman & Medin, 2010;Grodziéska-Jurczak, Stepska, Nieszporek & Bryda, 2006).…”

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The ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes of preschool children related to different environments<p>Okul öncesi dönem çocukların farklı çevre konularına yönelik ekosantrik ve antroposentrik tutumları

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Genç

2016

HumanSciences

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The aim of the study is to define the attitudes of preschool children towards four different environmental subjects in terms of their habits of consumption, protection of environment, recycling-reusing and living habits and to analyze the reflection of residential area to the attitude towards the environment. In this study, where ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes to the environment were examined, design of phenomenology was used as a method of qualitative research. The study group in the research is composed of 41 children living in the rural (n=20) and urban (n=21) areas. The data were collected by using the interview form of The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale-Preschool Version (CATES-PV). During data analysis, the qualitative and quantitative methods were used together. In this respect, descriptive analysis was used to identify the attitudes of children related to environmental issues, and Chi-square test for two variables was used to determine the reflection of residential area to the attitude towards the environment. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the environmental attitudes of children to their habits of consumption, recycling and living was ecocentric at first. However, when the reasons for such attitudes were examined, these children were observed to have anthropocentric attitudes Özet Araştırmanın amacı, okul öncesi eğitime devam eden çocukların tüketim alışkanlıkları, çevreyi koruma, geri dönüşüm-yeniden kullanım ve yaşam alışkanlıkları bakımından dört farklı çevresel konuya yönelik tutumlarının belirlenmesi ve yaşadıkları yerin çevreye yönelik tutuma yansımasının incelenmesidir. Çevreye yönelik tutumların ekosantrik ve antroposentrik bakış açısı çerçevesinde incelendiği bu çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden fenomenoloji deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu kırsal (n=20) ve kentsel (n=21) bölgelerde yaşayan toplam 41 çocuk oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri The Children's Attitudes toward the Environment Scale-Preschool Version (CATES-PV) görüşme formu aracılığıyla toplanmış ve verilerin analiz sürecinde nitel ve nicel analiz yöntemleri bir arada kullanılmıştır. Çocukların çevre konularına yönelik tutumlarını belirlemek için betimsel analiz kullanılırken; yaşanılan yerin çevreye yönelik tutumlar üzerindeki yansımasını belirlemek amacıyla İki Değişken için Kay-Kare Testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, çocukların tüketim alışkanlıkları, geri dönüşüm ve yaşam alışkanlıkları konularına ilişkin çevresel tutumlarının ilk bakışta ekosantrik olduğu ancak bu tutumlarının nedenleri incelendiğinde çoğunlukla antroposentrik tutuma sahip oldukları belirlenmiştir. Çocukların sadece 1 This was presented as oral presentations at the XI.

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“…Considering the studies on environmental education (Uzun and Sağlam, 2006, Yalçınkaya and Çelikbaş, 2013, Taşkın and Şahin, 2008, Musser and Diamond, 1999, Chepesiuk, 2007, Bonnett and Williams, 1998, Seçgin, Yalvaç and Cetin, 2010, Robertson, 2008, Wilson, 1996, Shume, 2016, Akçay, 2006, it is seen that the issues addressed include the environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, environmental awareness, effect of environment and child interaction on social and emotional development of the child, importance of family involvement in environmental education, environmental problems and the interest on solving these problems, and inclusion of environmental education in preschool curriculum in Turkey. Looking at the studies conducted, no research that investigates the problem solving skills of preschool age children about environment was found.…”

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