Abstract:

This research was carried out to examine the effect of the Picture Book-Based Environmental Education Program on the environmental attitudes and views of preschool children. The research was designed according to the explanatory sequential design, one of the mixed method designs. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected in the study. While quantitative data were collected with the “Children's Attitudes towards the Environment Scale-Preschool Version”, qualitative data were collected through the “Child Interview Form”. In the quantitative part of the research, a single-group pre-test-post-test experimental design was used, and in the qualitative part, a case study design was used. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was used for quantitative data analysis of the research, and content analysis was used for qualitative data analysis. The study group of the research consists of 16 children aged 60-72 months who attend a pre-school education institution in Midyat district of Mardin province. In order to reveal the effect of environmental education on the environmental attitudes and views of preschool children, the Environmental Education Program Based on Picture Books, prepared by the researcher, was applied. As a result of the research, it was determined that the environmental education program was effective on children's environmental attitudes and views.

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