Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 11, Issue 2, Article 11 (Dec., 2010) Özgül KELEŞ and Mustafa AYDOĞDU Pre-service science teachers’ views of the ecological footprint: The starting-points of sustainable living Contents Next

Pre-service science teachers’ views of the ecological footprint: The starting-points of sustainable living

 

Özgül KELE޹ and Mustafa AYDOĞDU²

¹Aksaray University, Faculty of Education, 68100 Aksaray, TURKEY
Email: ozgulkeles@gmail.com

²Gazi University, Faculty of Education, Ankara, TURKEY
Email: musayd@gmail.com

Received 21 Nov., 2009
Revised 19 Jun., 2010

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Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Analysis
• Results
• Conclusion and Discussion
• References

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Abstract

In this study, pre-service science teachers’ opinions about the concept of the ecological footprint were investigated before and after activities about sustainable life and their ecological footprints were calculated. A total of 49 pre-service science teachers (31 male, 18 female) who attend third class in the science education department participated in this study. In the research, qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. After the sustainable life education, it was observed that the pre-service science teachers’ awareness of ecological footprint raised and their visions for the future developed.

Keywords: ecological footprint, pre-service science teachers, sustainable living, Turkey