An Investigation for the Future Educators' Attitudes towards the Environmental Issues in the Context of Ecocentrism and Anthropocentrism

APA 6th edition
In-text: (Yumuşak, Özbaş, Sargin & Baltaci , 2016)
Your Bibliography: Yumuşak, A., Özbaş, S., Sargin, S.A. & Baltaci , F. (2016). An Investigation for the Future Educators' Attitudes towards the Environmental Issues in the Context of Ecocentrism and Anthropocentrism. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11(5), 603-612. doi: 10.12973/ijese.2016.401a

Harvard
In-text: (Yumuşak, Özbaş, Sargin and Baltaci , 2016)
Your Bibliography: Yumuşak, A., Özbaş, S., Sargin, S. and Baltaci , F. (2016). An Investigation for the Future Educators' Attitudes towards the Environmental Issues in the Context of Ecocentrism and Anthropocentrism. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11(5), pp. 603-612.

Chicago 16th edition
In-text: (Yumuşak, Özbaş, Sargin and Baltaci 2016)
Your Bibliography: Yumuşak, Ahmet, Serap Özbaş, Seyit Ahmet Sargin and Furkan Baltaci (2016). "An Investigation for the Future Educators' Attitudes towards the Environmental Issues in the Context of Ecocentrism and Anthropocentrism". International Journal of Environmental and Science Education 11 (5):603-612. doi:10.12973/ijese.2016.401a.

Abstract

In this study, it was revealed that the factors influencing the future educators' attitudes towards the environment. The survey was conducted between 2013-2014, on the freshman and the senior students studying in two different education faculties providing training within the boundaries of Turkish Cypriot. As a result, it has been found that persons who take any course related to environment, become a member of any environmental organizations, join any environmental activities, and follow any publication related to the environment by throughout education life contribute the formation of environmental protection awareness for them. The majority of the participants had an ecocentric attitude. To be increased of the environmental awareness for teacher candidates studying in math and social sciences, the necessity and importance of a number of environmental activities performed were appeared. The teacher candidates, especially having with the environmental protection sensibility will shed light on the future will provide significant contributions in the conversion of this consciousness to a sustainable structure on behalf of the awareness to prevent disconnection between generations.

Keywords: anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, environmental awareness.

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