Abstract:

Ecological footprint is a concept that shows how much the environment is used and how much space is needed to recover the spending. Because ecological footprint is a tool to show how sensitive individuals are in their behavior to the environment, it is believed to contribute to increased environmental sensitivity in individuals and the development of environmental awareness. The aim of this research is to determine the levels of ecological footprint awareness of the candidates for biology teachers. The research was carried out in the 2018-2019 educational year. The scan design was used in the research designed in the Nicel research model. The study group, a University of Biology Education Main Science Division 1, 2, 3 and 4. There are 66 teachers who are registered in their classes. The study used the ecological foot image awareness measure as a data collection tool. The scale, which consists of 46 substances and is a five-type liquid, consists of 5 sub-dimensions, including food, transport and housing, energy, waste and water consumption. The food is in the low size of 8, the transport and housing is in the low size of 9, the energy is in the low size of 15, the waste is in the low size of 9 and the water consumption is in the low size of 5. In the process of data analysis, the SPSS 22.0 package program was used, the ecological footprint awareness levels of biology teachers candidates were compared by gender and classes. The study found that the levels of ecological footprint awareness of biology teachers' candidates did not show statistically significant differences according to gender and classes in both the scale and the lower dimensions. The lower dimension of energy is the highest level of awareness of teachers, the lower dimension of food is the lowest.