The Impact of the Environmental Documentary Movies on Pre service German Teachers Environmental Attitudes

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Alyaz Y., Işığıçok E., Gürsoy E.

Journal of Education and Training Studies, cilt.5, sa.1, ss.159-170, 2017 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.11114/jets.v5i1.1976
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Education and Training Studies
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.159-170
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

he Impact of the Environmental Documentary Movies on Pre-service German Teachers‟ Environmental Attitudes

This study examines the environmental attitudes of Turkish pre-service teachers of German as a foreign language using the German version of The Revised New Ecological Paradigm Scale (RNEP) and aims to compare New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) level of participants before and after a larger research project that uses documentary movies as a language teaching material. The comparisons were made according to demographic variables such as gender, age, education and language level when determining the NEP levels. A total of 170 pre-service German teachers (147 females, 23 males; age 17-32) contributed to the study. The findings from the present study indicate that environmentaleducation is the most consistent factor in its relationship to levels of environmental concern, which was supported by the previous literature. The results suggest that trans-disciplinary environmental education is prior and necessary for individuals to increase their awareness and to develop abilities to reflect on their environmental responsibilities. The results of the present study also evidence that the use of environmental documentary movies have an important potential to foster environmental awareness of pre-service teachers.

Keywords: environmental documentary movies, German language teaching, revised new ecological paradigm scale,

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