Environmental education at faculty of agriculture and changing awareness, attitude and behavior towards environment in Turkey

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorGülse Bal, H. Sibel
dc.contributor.authorKarakaş, Güngör
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-13T09:06:58Z
dc.date.available2019-05-13T09:06:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentHitit Üniversitesi, Alaca Avni Çelik Meslek Yüksekokulu, Mülkiyet Koruma ve Güvenlik Bölümü
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental problems have become increasingly more destructive. For this reason, environmental education and awareness have gained importance. This study had two objectives: to determine the factors affecting the attitude and behavior of Faculty of Agriculture students towards the environment and to test if the education given creates a significant difference in students' environmental attitude and behavior. The study was conducted on 160 first and fourth year students at Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Agriculture, during 2016. Data were collected using a face-to-face questionnaire which collected data for „Environmental Awareness and Attitude Scale? consisting of 21 elements and „Environmental Behavior Scale? consisting of 24 elements. Factors affecting the attitudes and behaviors were determined separately by Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). Kruskal-Wallis test was conducted to determine if there was a significant difference in attitudes and behaviors of the first and fourth year students. Based on Kruskal Wallis test results, significant difference was found between the first and the fourth year students for “Environmental destruction” (P< 0.01) and “Environmental responsibility” (P< 0.05) factors. In other words, environmental courses taken by students throughout their four study years in the school created an awareness and changes in their attitudes. In addition, “Environmental education” (P< 0.01) and “Environmental protection” (P< 0.01) factors were significantly different in the first and fourth year students. The present study showed that it is possible to train agricultural engineers with high levels of environmental awareness and sensitivity using a well-planned four-year education program supported with an efficient environmental education. © 2018, Tarbiat Modares University. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.citationGülse Bal, H. S., Karakaş, G. (2018). Environmental education at faculty of agriculture and changing awareness, attitude and behavior towards environment in Turkey. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 20(5), 869-882.
dc.identifier.endpage882en_US
dc.identifier.issn1680-7073
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage869en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11491/1692
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTarbiat Modares University
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Agricultural Science and Technology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectEnvironmental Destructionen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Protectionen_US
dc.subjectFactor Analysisen_US
dc.subjectKruskal-Wallis Testen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental education at faculty of agriculture and changing awareness, attitude and behavior towards environment in Turkey
dc.typeArticle

Dosyalar

Koleksiyon

Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu
Makale Koleksiyonu
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu