The Effect of the Environment Education Program Prepared for 6-Year-Old Children on the Environmental Consciousness of Children

• Authors: Emine Kiziltaş , Medera Halmatov

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this research was to find out if the environmental education program prepared for preschool pupil s is effective in helping the 5 - 6-year-old age group gain environmental consciousness. For these purposes, a single group, pretestfinal test pattern was used. In the research, “Children’s Environmental Attitudes Scale” was used in the experiment group, before and after application and the data obtained were compared. An educational program of 8 weeks including drama, games and activities, Turkish, music and art activities subjects about air, water, soil, extinction of animal and plant species, climate change and waste problems was applied to the children.

Keywords

EN

environmental consciousness; environmental education; preschool education

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 35
• Pages: 123-133

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Emine Kiziltaş

• Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

author

Medera Halmatov

• Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.14.35.1.10

Biblioteka Nauki

2028744