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The purpose of the present study is to determine the attitudes of pre-service teachers from various departments of elementary education program and compare these attitudes in relation to some variables. The present study employing descriptive survey model was carried out with the participation of 542 pre-school teachers attending elementary education departments of Çanakkale Onssekiz Mart University and Abant Baysal İzzet University. The findings of the study revealed that the female pre-service teachers have more positive attitudes towards environment than the male pre-service teachers. Moreover, it was found that with the increasing level of exposure to environment-related news and information and curiosity, the attitudes become more positive, and the preservice teachers spending more time in nature have more positive attitudes compared to those spending less time. At the end of the study, suggestions were given for further research and researchers

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