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ERIC Number: EJ1258446
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 11
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ISSN: EISSN-2148-225X
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The Effects of Using Animated Films in the Environmental Education Course on Prospective Teachers' Behavior towards Environmental Problems and Their Attitude towards Solid Waste and Recycling
Hamalosmanoglu, Mustafa; Kizilay, Esra; Saylan Kirmizigül, Asli
International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, v7 n3 p1178-1187 2020
This research aimed to investigate the effect of Wall-E films on prospective teachers' behavior towards environmental problems and attitude towards solid waste and recycling. In the research, one-group pre-test and post-test experimental design was used. The study group consisted of 130 prospective teachers at the Classroom Teacher Department, and the Department of Social Sciences Teaching in a Faculty of Education of a state university in Turkey. where they took Environmental Education course in 2018-2019 academic year. The data collection tools of the study were "Environmental Problems Behavior Scale" and "Solid Waste and Recycling Attitude Scale". After the scales were administered as a pre-test, the participants were invited to watch the movie Wall-E for a period of three weeks. Then the scales were re-administered as the post-test. It was found out that, watching the film, the participants' behavior towards environmental problems and their attitude towards solid waste and recycling increased in a positive way. The findings also revealed that attitude towards solid waste and recycling was a significant predictor of the prospective teachers' behavior towards environmental problems.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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