Özet:

This study was planned and carried out with the aim of determining the perceptions of pre-school teacher candidates towards environmental awareness. The research sample consists of 505 teachers candidates selected according to the simple random method and the essence of volunteering studying in the Pre-School Education Department of the University of Kırıkkale, Gazi and Afyon Kocatepe in the 2017-2018 educational-educational year. As a data collection tool in the study, Dikmenli and Konca (2016) have been used with the permission of researchers to determine the perception of environmental consciousness of classmates as consumers. Standard deviation in the analysis of data, arithmetic average, t-test for binary groups. For more than two groups, ANOVA was used. The study found that the environmental perceptions of teachers candidates showed significant differences according to gender, class, parent education level (p<0.05). In subsequent studies, the perceptions of the university students about the environment can be more detailed and deeper studies on a wider sample can be done.

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