PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ SENSIBILITIES TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

The aim of this study is to determine pre-service teachers’ sensibility towards environmental problems. The sample of the study consists of 235 pre-service teachers, 118 males and 117 females, enrolling to different departments of education faculty at Amasya University. The data obtained from the study were analyzed by independent sapmles t-test and one-way analysis of variance. The results of the study revealed that there is no significant difference (t(232) = .758, p = .45) between female and male pre-service teachers’ with respect to their environmental sensibility levels. The results also showed that although pre-service teachers’ enrolling to different grade levels differ from each (F(3, 229) = 2.664, p = .04) other with respect to their environmental sensibility levels, there are not any significant differences (F(8, 226) = 1.44, p = .18) among pre-service teachers enrolling different departments.