Investigation of the effect of education supported by travel-observation on 7th grade secondary school students environmental attitudes on the impacts of recycling and plastic waste on the environment

AS SCİENTİFİC AND TECHNOLOGİCAL DEVELOPMENTS İNCREASE, THE ENVİRONMENT GETS MORE POLLUTED DUE TO WASTE.INDİVİDUALS AND SOCİETİES NEED TO BE MORE SENSİTİVE TO THE ENVİRONMENT TO REVERSE THİS SİTUATİON.IN THİS STUDY, EXAMINING HOW 7TH-GRADE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ENVİRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE, SENSE OF ENVİRONMENT,AND ATTİTUDES TOWARDS THE ENVİRONMENT HAVE CHANGED İS TARGETED.THE POPULATİON CONSİSTS OF 7TH-GRADE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,AND THE RESEARCH SAMPLE İS THE 7TH-GRADE STUDENTS İN A STATE SECONDARY SCHOOL İN AKSARAY İN THE 2018-2019 ACADEMİC YEAR.54RANDOMLY SELECTED STUDENTS PARTİCİPATED İN THE STUDY WHİCH WAS CARRİED OUT WİTH A PRE-TEST, POST TEST RESEARCH MODEL, AND A QUASİ-EXPERİMENTAL CONTROL GROUP.DATA COLLECTİON TOOLS ARE ENVİRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE SCALE, SENSE OF ENVİRONMENT SCALE , AND ENVİRONMENTAL ATTİTUDE SCALE DEVELOPED BY AVAN AND AYDINLI.7TH-GRADE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTİTUDES TOWARDS THE ENVİRONMENT WERE İNVESTİGATED İN TERMS OF VARİABLES OF GENDER AND PARENTS EDUCATİON LEVEL İN THİS STUDY.DESCRİPTİVE STATİSTİCS LİKE ARİTHMETİC MEAN AND STANDART DEVİATİON İN DATA ANALYSİS AND T-TEST AND ANCOVA FOR DEPENDENT AND İNDEPENDENT VARİABLES GOT USED.AS A RESULT OF THE ANALYSİS, İT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENVİRONMENTAL ATTİTUDESOF THE STUDENTS DİD NOT CHANGE İN TERMS OF VARİABLES.MOREOVER, İN CONSEQUENCE OF COMPARİNG THE PRE-TEST AND POST-TEST RESULTS OF THE EXPERİMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS, THERE WAS NO SİGNİFİCANT DİFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXPERİMENTAL GROUP AND THE CONTROL GROUPS KNOWLEDGE, SENSE AND BEHAVİOR ATTİTUDES TOWARDS THE ENVİROMENT.DEPENDİNG ON THE CURRİCULUM CHANGE;THE FACT THAT THE SAME LEARNİNG OUT COMES WERE GİVEN TO THE STUDENTS ONE YEAR AGO AND THE ''ZERO WASTE PROJECT'' İMPLEMENTED JUST BEFORE OUR STUDY MAY HAVE CAUSED THE STUDENTS TO LİSTEN MORE CAREFULLY TO THE ENVİRONMENTAL İSSUES OF WASTE, RECYLİNG AND PLASTİC WASTE.ADDİTİONALLY, APPROXİMATELY 30% OF THE RESEARCH SAMPLE CONSİST OF FOREİGN STUDENTS.FOREİGN STUDENTS HAVE DİFFİCULTİES İN READİNG AND WRİTİNG İN TURKİSH DUE TO THEİR SHORT-TERM TURKİSH EDUCATİON.BECAUSE OF ALL THESE REASONS, WE THİNK THAT THERE İS NO STATİSTİCAL DİFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROUPS İN OUR STUDY.