Search of primary school teacher candidates' towards enviromental consciousness due some demographic variables

The aim of this study is to i) the education department effects on environmentconsciousness and ii) effects of sex searched on primary school teacher students.Samples of study are from 110 male (%42.9) and 146 female (%57.1), totally256 students of Abant Izzet Baysal University in 2006-2007 academic year.In this study adaptation workings are done to environmantal conscious scaleformed by Milfont and Duckitt (2006) which is applied to preservice teachers.Environmantal conscious scale is applied to ascertain the attitudes of them towardsenvironment. After completed adaptation studies for Environmental Conscious Scale,Likert Type Scale with 7 options was prepared. Having finished the adaptationworkings, environmantal conscious scale which is composed of fifty three ( 53) itemand six (6) sub main factor. These are; Taste of Nature ( 9 items), EnvironmentalActions (9 items), Environmental Threats (10 items), Benefit From Nature byHumans (10 items), Trust on Science and Technology (8 items) and Supporting thePolicies About population Growth (7 items). The options for answering the scalesare ranked from1 (absolutely not agree) to 7 (absolutely agree) and the negativedefinitions were coded by reversing.The data derived as a result of the application was analyzed with the help ofSPSS 15.0. To determine the effect of each independent variable on the dependentvariable in the statistical analysis of the data, the variance analysis (ANOVA) wasused. For the effect of sex on environmental conscious t-test is used.Due to findings Environment Conscious Scale (ECS) total analysisconsidered, in some subgroups and between Primary School Departments (Scienceand Technology Education, Social Science Education, Maths Education, Pre-SchoolEducation) significant differences obtained. These significant differences are indepartments which not taking environmental lessons, however this difference isexpected in Science and Technology Education which taking environmental lessonsa lot. In total analysis sex do not make significant differences but in some subgroupsmake significant differences. This difference is in favour of male.In study students` environment consciousness is not effected fromenvironmental lessons. Due to this study environmental lessons taken in universitydo not make an effect, so reconsideration in Environment Education Program issuggested.Keywords: Environment education, sex, Environment Conscious Scale, primaryeducation.