Özet:

Environmental education is a new field of education aimed at removing the environmental deterioration that arises as a result of the effort of man to dominate nature. Environmental education has an importance in bringing cognitive, sensory and behavioral changes to individuals. One of the most important responsibilities of communities for sustainability is to provide children with attitudes, values, knowledge and skills needed to protect their environment. Despite the importance of environmental education in the pre-school period, its spread has occurred in recent years. In Turkey, the efforts to provide environmental education for all age groups continue with the disappearance of living spaces and the increase in environmental problems. These programs, especially for the pre-school period, are not sufficient. Environmental education is efficient in the pre-school period in natural environments and when provided by conscious teachers. Research shows that the pre-school education program and pre-school teachers are not sufficient in environmental education. According to this information, the purpose of the research is to gain deeper knowledge about the views of pre-school teachers on environmental education in the pre-school period, to identify deficiencies in environmental education in the pre-school period and to increase the awareness of pre-school teachers on environmental education. The sample of the research is made up of 14 pre-school teachers from all the kindergartens in the Babeski district of the province of Kırklareli and their native school teachers who agree to participate in the research. The data is obtained from the quality research methods through a semi-configured conversation technique. The data obtained was studied using category analysis from content analysis techniques. The findings of the study show that participants have insufficient knowledge about environmental education and there are many negative factors that limit environmental education practices.

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