标题：Prospective Turkish elementary science teachers’ knowledge level about the greenhouse effect and their views on environmental education in university
期刊名称：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
印刷版ISSN：1307-9298
出版年度：2017
卷号：2
期号：2
页码：217-236
语种：English
出版社：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
其他摘要：The fundamental factor of environmental education is teachers who are well-informedabout environmental issues. This research aimed to determine prospective Turkishelementary science teachers’ knowledge level about causes, consequences and reducing ofthe greenhouse effect and to investigate the effect of gender, information source andmembership in the environmental foundations on their knowledge. We also aimed to learntheir views on environmental education given in university. Twenty-six Likert-scale itemsdeveloped by Cin (2006) were used for data collection. The scale was applied to 215prospective teachers from two universities in eastern Turkey. Results indicated that themajority of prospective teachers had misunderstandings about causes, consequences andreducing of the greenhouse effect. According to the analysis of demographic variables, therewere significant differences in participants’ mean scores based on gender and informationsources. Additionally, prospective teachers found environmental education inadequate fordifferent reasons.
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