ISSN 2329-9843
International Journal of Educational Research and Reviews ISSN 2329-9843 Vol. 3 (5), pp. 315-320, July, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Charting a vibrant environmental literacy scale for potential teachers
*Tansu Nuri Evcen, Harun H. Teoman and Defne Bilge Tekin
Department of Primary Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
*Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 18 June, 2015
Abstract
With this study, a standard scale whose validation and reliability were tested will be contributed to literature in order to determine environmental literacy of prospective teachers. A case study was used as a research method. The data was gathered with 187 prospective teachers randomly selected from the different teacher education departments. In terms of the construct validity of the Environmental Literacy Scale for explanatory analysis, principal component analysis was used. At the end of the research, scale consisted 24 items. Cronbach Alpha was calculated as .86 and scale accounted for 54.36% of total variance. Environmental literacy of prospective teachers can be determined with the standardization of the scale under four sub-scales which are “Environmental Responsibility”, “The Balance of the Nature”, “Affective Environment”, and “Environmental Activities”.
Keywords: Environmental literacy, teacher education, prospective teacher, scale development