Abstract:

In this study, it is aimed to determine the possible causes affecting pre-service teachers' awareness of electromagnetic pollution. For this purpose, data obtained by using Electromagnetic Pollution Awareness Scale developed by Kenar, Turgut and Gökalp (2013), were analyzed and assessed. This scale was administered to a total of 476 second- and third-year teacher candidates attending elementary, science, and social sciences teaching departments in the education faculty. A statistically significant difference is seen, according to gender, on the perception of electromagnetic pollution dimension which is the second factor, when looking at the results of the t-test of the electromagnetic perception based on gender. Female teacher candidates' awareness appears to be higher than that of male teachers. According to departments teacher candidates study, no significant difference is evident about their thoughts about the awareness of electromagnetic pollution. A significant difference has been found in the dimension of the effects of electromagnetic pollution to human health, which is the third factor, according to where those teacher candidates’ families live. Accordingly, awareness of the teacher candidates whose families live in the Marmara and Southeastern Anatolian Region about the effects of electromagnetic pollution to human health is higher than that of the teacher candidates whose families live in other regions. As to where the teacher candidates live, no significant difference has been observed between their thoughts about the awareness of the electromagnetic pollution.

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