The comparıson of envıronmental lıteracy of Czech and Turkısh pre-servıce prımary teachers usıng elsa scale

Abstract

The paper deals with the issue of environmental literacy of teachers as one of the important prerequisites of effective environmental education. It presents the results of research conducted in 2015 between Czech and Turkish pre-service primary teachers (university students). The topic of the research was the environmental literacy of these students. As a research tool was used Environmental literacy scale for adults (Atabek-Yigit et al., 2014). In addition to students' nationalities, other demographic characteristics such as age and sex were also pursued. Data were analyzed using advanced statistical methods. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.