The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude
Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus

Övsün Akkor; Şerife Gündüz

doi:10.12973/ejmste/81366

The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus

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Övsün Akkor ¹ ^* , Şerife Gündüz ¹

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¹ Near East University, N.Cyprus^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This research has been conducted to detect the attitude and behavior levels of university students in Northern Cyprus about environmental education The research population consists of the university students in Northern Cyprus, while the sample consists of 175 university students in Northern Cyprus in the same year. The “environmental awareness scale” and “environmental attitude scale” was administered to the participants as data collection tools. The answers that the students gave have been analyzed quantitatively. It has was found that female students have higher environmental attitudes and they are more sensitive to the environment than male students.

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environment
environmental awareness
environmental attitude
environmental education

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2018, 1057-1062

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Akkor, Ö., & Gündüz, Ş. (2018). The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(3), 1057-1062. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/81366

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Akkor Ö, Gündüz Ş. The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(3):1057-62. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/81366

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Akkor Ö, Gündüz Ş. The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(3), 1057-1062. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/81366

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Akkor, Övsün, and Şerife Gündüz. "The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 3 (2018): 1057-1062. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/81366

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Akkor, Ö., and Gündüz, Ş. (2018). The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(3), pp. 1057-1062. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/81366

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Akkor, Övsün et al. "The Study of University Students’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Environmental Education in Northern Cyprus". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 3, 2018, pp. 1057-1062. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/81366