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ERIC Number: ED593647
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Dec
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
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The Investigation of Environmental Risk Perception and Attitudes towards the Environment in Secondary School Students
Altunoglu, Bahattin Deniz; Atav, Esin; Sönmez, Suzan
Online Submission, TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology spec iss p436-444 Dec 2017
In the study, secondary school students' perceptions of environmental risk perceptions and their attitudes towards the environment were investigated. The study was conducted on 1003 secondary school students from Ankara, Turkey. Survey method is used in this study which is descriptive research. To determine the state of students' environmental risk perception the Environmental Appraisal Inventory (EAI) was used. New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale was used to determine student attitudes towards the environment. Multivariate analysis (MANOVA) has been used to determine whether class, school type, and gender make a difference in the risk perceptions. The relationship between environmental risk perceptions and environmental approaches were determined by the Pearson correlation coefficient. In the MANOVA test, it was determined that the genders, school type, and class levels showed a significant difference in terms of scores obtained from the EAI scale.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Ankara)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: New Environmental Paradigm
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A