Saribas, Deniz and Doganca Kucuk, Zerrin and Ertepinar, Hamide (2017) Implementation of an environmental education course to improve pre-service elementary teachers’ environmental literacy and self-efficacy beliefs. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 26 (4). pp. 311-326. ISSN 1747-7611

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate effects of a treatment implemented in an environmental education course on pre-service elementary teachers’ environmental literacy and self-efficacy beliefs. During the course, 58 participants were informed about basic concepts of ecology, went to climate change exhibition, and prepared presentations and reflections about selected environmental problems. Scale of Self-Efficacy Belief towards Environmental Education and Scale of Environmental Literacy were used as pre- and post-tests. The participants’ reflections were analyzed to provide a deeper insight of their understanding of climate change. Results showed that the participants’ environmental attitudes, perception of environmental uses, and self-efficacy beliefs increased significantly, although there was no significant change in their environmental knowledge and concern at the end of the course. Analyses of their reflections indicated an improvement in understanding climate change. The article includes suggestions for overcoming limitations of the study.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Deniz Saribas, Zerrin Doganca Kucuk & Hamide Ertepinar (2017) Implementation of an environmental education course to improve pre-service elementary teachers’ environmental literacy and self-efficacy beliefs, International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 26:4, 311-326, DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2016.1262512
Keywords:	Environmental literacy; self-efficacy belief; environmental education; pre-service elementary teachers; understanding of climate change;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Education
Item ID:	11516
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2016.1262512
Depositing User:	Zerrin Doganca Kucuk
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2019 15:22
Journal or Publication Title:	International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	https://www.tandfonline.com/
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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