Environmentally Friendly Behaviors and Environmental Attitudes of 6th Grade Middle-School Students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the 6th grade students' environmentally friendly behaviors and attitudes towards the environment. The sample of this survey designed study consisted of 375 6th grade students enrolled in the central schools of Antalya. The "Environmental Attitudes Scale" was used to determine the attitude levels of students towards the environment, and the "Environment Friendly Behavior Questionnaire" was used as a data collection tool to determine environmentally friendly behaviors. Descriptive statistics and independent samples t test were used as data analyses technique. As a result of the research, it was concluded that while the 6th grade students 'attitudes and behaviors towards the environment were at an acceptable level. When the average scores of the students' attitude towards the environment and their environmentally friendly behaviors were examined in terms of gender, it was concluded that there was no significant difference for male and female students.

Keywords: environmentally friendly behaviors, attitudes towards the environment, middle school students

DOI: 10.7176/JSTR/7-04-09