The Relationship between Environmental Moral Reasoning and Environmental Attitudes of Pre-Service Science Teachers

dc.creator	Busra TUNCAY
dc.creator	Ozgul YILMAZ-TUZUN
dc.creator	Gaye TUNCER-TEKSOZ
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:29:10Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:29:10Z
dc.identifier	2146-0329
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/af140e00262f4a7f939319df37a15a51
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22102
dc.description	The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between environmental moral reasoning patterns and environmental attitudes of 120 pre-service science teachers. Content analysis was carried out on participants’ written statements regarding theirconcerns about the presented environmental problems and the statements were labeled as ecocentric, anthropocentric, and non-environmental according to their meanings. Then, descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted on the calculated frequencies of each moral consideration category and participants’ responses to Environmental Attitudes Scale. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between ecocentric moral reasoning and environmental attitudes, whereas there was not a statistically significant relationship between neither of anthropocentric nor non-environmental moral reasoning and environmental attitudes. Findings of the study support the argument that an environmental ethic, which extends moral consideration beyond human beings to the nature as a whole, is necessary to overcome many of the environmental problems.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education
dc.relation	http://www.iejeegreen.com/index.php/iejeegreen/article/view/32/20
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2146-0329
dc.source	International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, Vol 1, Iss 3, Pp 167-178 (2011)
dc.subject	environmental attitudes
dc.subject	environmental moral reasoning
dc.subject	teacher education
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Environmental sciences
dc.subject	GE1-350
dc.subject	Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
dc.subject	G
dc.subject	DOAJ:Environmental Sciences
dc.subject	DOAJ:Earth and Environmental Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Environmental sciences
dc.subject	GE1-350
dc.subject	Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
dc.subject	G
dc.subject	DOAJ:Environmental Sciences
dc.subject	DOAJ:Earth and Environmental Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Environmental sciences
dc.subject	GE1-350
dc.subject	Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
dc.subject	G
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Environmental sciences
dc.subject	GE1-350
dc.subject	Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
dc.subject	G
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Environmental sciences
dc.subject	GE1-350
dc.subject	Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
dc.subject	G
dc.title	The Relationship between Environmental Moral Reasoning and Environmental Attitudes of Pre-Service Science Teachers
dc.type	article