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This study has been made with the purpose that identify of teacher candidates' prior knowledges and misconceptions about global warming. The sample of study is 75 units of first term students at Balikesir University, Necatibey Education Faculty. They were chosen in the students that study Science Education Department and Biology Education Department. For the answers to questions of students, 5 sub-sizes were determined about the misconceptions. The answers to these dimensions are grouped and percentage and frequency were calculated according to the response rate. Otherwise interviews with 8 students also made and findings have been supported. As a result of research, it is identified that students have the information but they are not at sufficient level and have several misconceptions about "greenhouse effect", one of global environmental problems and issues of the factors lead to global warming and measures to obstruct global warming. It has been obtained as a result that the media elements' public programs about global warming affect students' ideas.

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