25-01-2013, 10:14 AM
A STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF PRIMARY STUDENTS IN TURKEY
ABSTRACT
The study was of goal to develop an environmental conscious database that would allow effective planning of Environmental Education. Specifically, the study was conducted to provide information on the environmental knowledge of primary education in a city of Turkey. Standard of living and environmental knowledge of persons are more important factors that effected for occur of conscious of environment. It was to determine environmental knowledge level of primary students in Turkey and it was planned to help develop database that would allow effective planning of Environmental Education for primary education in Turkey. In this research, a case study approach was used, and data gathered with the help of survey method. The research surveyed 524 sixth, seventh and eighth – grade students in six schools in the city center, town and village of Trabzon. The results showed that environmental factors are effect children’s environmental knowledge level. It is understood that if children are provided with richer environmental and learning material in their live, it would enhance children’s environmental knowledge. According to this study it must be added some issues as natural environment, basis of life, source of energy, structure of human, pollution of environment to the existing aspects developed in science curriculum at primary level.