Inspecting primary school students’ environmental attitudes based on ecocentric and anthropocentric perspectives

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Názov: Inspecting primary school students’ environmental attitudes based on ecocentric and anthropocentric perspectives
Autori: Büşra Şeyma DÖLEK, Gülsüm AKYOL
Prispievatelia: Eğitim Fakültesi
Zdroj: Volume: 12, Issue: 3 122-141
Turkish Journal of Education
Informácie o vydavateľovi: Turkish Journal of Education, 2023.
Rok vydania: 2023
Predmety: Alan Eğitimleri, Anthropocentric attitude, Ecocentric attitude, Gender, Grade level, Primary school students, 4. Education, Primary School Students, Antroposentrik tutum, Cinsiyet, Ekosentrik tutum, İlkokul öğrencileri, Sınıf düzeyi, Anthropocentric Attitude, Grade Level, 16. Peace & justice, Other Fields of Education, Ecocentric Attitude
Popis: This study aimed at (i) identifying primary school students’ attitudes toward environmental issues based on the perspectives of ecocentrism and anthropocentrism and (ii) inspecting students’ attitudes (i.e., ecocentric and anthropocentric) toward environmental issues in relation to gender and grade level. Data were gathered from 40 students through the administration of an interview questionnaire along with pictures concerning questions in the questionnaire. Results demonstrated that most of the participants who held positive attitudes reflected anthropocentric attitudes toward water, paper, and electricity consumption, reusing, and playground preferences whereas ecocentric attitudes toward plants, bugs, and other animals. Besides, half and slightly more than half of the participants with positive attitudes expressed ecocentric attitudes toward residence preferences and environmental pollution, respectively while nearly half of the participants with positive attitudes expressed anthropocentric attitudes toward the mentioned issues. It was also found that with the exception of one environmental issue, participants’ attitudes toward environmental issues were not significantly associated with their gender. Additionally, no relation was found between participants’ environmental attitudes and their grade level.
Druh dokumentu: Article
Popis súboru: application/pdf
ISSN: 2147-2858
DOI: 10.19128/turje.1177454
Prístupová URL adresa: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/11181
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turje/issue/79233/1177454
Prístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....bbf6356fcb76eb76c452d1c0b6f69d9e
Databáza: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:This study aimed at (i) identifying primary school students’ attitudes toward environmental issues based on the perspectives of ecocentrism and anthropocentrism and (ii) inspecting students’ attitudes (i.e., ecocentric and anthropocentric) toward environmental issues in relation to gender and grade level. Data were gathered from 40 students through the administration of an interview questionnaire along with pictures concerning questions in the questionnaire. Results demonstrated that most of the participants who held positive attitudes reflected anthropocentric attitudes toward water, paper, and electricity consumption, reusing, and playground preferences whereas ecocentric attitudes toward plants, bugs, and other animals. Besides, half and slightly more than half of the participants with positive attitudes expressed ecocentric attitudes toward residence preferences and environmental pollution, respectively while nearly half of the participants with positive attitudes expressed anthropocentric attitudes toward the mentioned issues. It was also found that with the exception of one environmental issue, participants’ attitudes toward environmental issues were not significantly associated with their gender. Additionally, no relation was found between participants’ environmental attitudes and their grade level.
ISSN:21472858
DOI:10.19128/turje.1177454