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The purpose of this study is to study the attitudes of pre-school teachers to the environment in terms of gender, class level and graduate school type variables. The role of teachers in the pre-school process in the education of students is great. In this regard, teachers are expected to gain environmental awareness. In this context, the pre-service period is an important phase. This research was carried out according to the scan pattern of quantum research approaches. The sample of the study consists of 189 preschool teachers candidates (125 women, 64 men) who studied at the During Ibrahim University in the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The study used the Environmental Attitude Scale developed by Okur and Yalçın-Özdilek (2012) for the purpose of collecting data. The reliability of the CTO was determined by Read and Yalçin Özdilek (2012) as α=0.73. In this study, the CTO’s pilot application was done and reliability was reviewed and identified as α=0.84. The data obtained was determined by the Kolmogorov Smirnov test. To determine whether there is a significant difference between the variables, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskall-Wallis were tested. The study found significant differences in the benefit of women and teachers in terms of gender and in terms of class level and in terms of first class. However, according to the graduation variable, there was no significant difference in environmental attitudes. Since the positive attitudes of the pre-school teacher candidates towards the environment are important in terms of raising conscious children when they start the profession, it can be recommended to work to enhance the attitudes of the teacher candidates.

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