Abstract:

Ecological citizenship is a concept that concerns individuals globally. Therefore, it is very important to identify the factors that affect the levels of ecological citizenship of individuals. In this study, science knowledge is aimed at studying the candidates for teachers’ ecological citizenship levels in terms of various variables. The research work group consists of 151 science-knowledge teachers candidates who study at a state university in the 2018-2019 educational year. According to the screening model, the research used the “Ecological Citizenship Scale” as a data collection tool. The scale consists of four factors: participation, sustainability, responsibility, right and justice. The Cronbach-alfa internal consistency ratio of the ecological citizenship scale was 0.88. The research finds that taking environmental lessons, participating in an environmental-related event, the level of class and academic success, according to the level of science knowledge teachers candidates have a statistically significant difference between the level of ecological citizenship. However, according to gender, ecological citizenship is determined to be a statistically significant difference only in the size of right and justice.

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