Özet:

The objective of this study is to determine the attitudes of preservice social studiesteachers towards solid wastes and recycle. This study used the screening model, In order to determine the attitudes of preservice teachers towards solid wastes and recycle, we used the “Scale for the Attitudes of Preservice Teachers towards Solid Wastes and Recycle”, which was developed by Karatekin (2013). The study group of the study consists of 860 preservice teachers receiving education in the department of social studies teaching in 5 different cities of Turkey. As a result of the study, it has been determined that preservice social studies teachers have positive attitudes towards solid wastes and recycle in general. It is seen that preservice teachers have a higher total attitude score average in the dimensions of “belief” and “concern and sensitivity”, whereas they have a lower total attitude score average in the dimension of “intervention and participation” in the scale. While the attitudes of participants towards solid wastes and recycle show a significant difference according to the variables of gender and level of income; they do not show a significant difference according to the variable of class level.

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