Science teacher prospective opinions on the concept of biological smuggli̇ng

Turkey has a continent-wide floristic wealthiness because of its history, culture, civilizations, different ecological, climatic and geographical features. Turkey is wealthier than our neighbors in terms of endemism and diversity in genus. Being wealthier is remarkable in bio-diversity in this region than others. This has led to bio-smuggling in time. To protect our species, awareness of environmental consciousness of students must be raised by teachers. So it's important to know opinions of teachers and teacher candidates about environmental issues. In this study, we have tried to find out opinions of science and technology teacher candidates on bio-smuggling which is one of the most important issue of this field. For this purpose, this study has been held with 10 4th grade students which are studying in Science and Technology Teaching Department and Mathematics Teaching Department. In the, study case used which is a branch of qualitative research. Analysis of this research data was carried out with content analysis and descriptive analysis. A semi-structured interview, based on 8 questions, is applied those students to determine their opinions about bio-smuggling. Obtained information is examined under those titles: the definition of bio-smuggling and value of it, its situation in Turkey and around the world, doable things for protection, effective elements on bio-smuggling, gathering information about bio-smuggling. As a result of the findings, it was concluded that pre-service teachers could not fully explain the concept of bio-smuggling, and students' views were limited to the concept of bio-smuggling.