Descriptive study reveals higher environmental awareness among female, senior, and higher-income student teachers, indicating key socioeconomic influences on conservation attitudes.
Key Points
Assess environmental awareness and attitudes among student teachers and evaluate how these perspectives correlate with demographic, geographic, and socioeconomic factors.
Administered a 30-item Likert-type questionnaire evaluating four dimensions of environmental attitudes to student teachers at the University of Adıyaman in Turkey (N=830).
Analyzed differences across gender, academic major, grade level, geographical region, and socioeconomic status using independent samples t-tests and ANOVA.
Female elementary student teachers in their final year of study demonstrated significantly more positive environmental attitudes across all four evaluated dimensions.
Participants from the Marmara Region with higher socioeconomic status and fewer than three siblings exhibited greater awareness of environmental issues, responsibility, and solutions.