Is an Environmental Education Program Integrated with Language Activities Effective on 48- to 66-Month-Old Children’s Environmental Awareness?

Authors : Füsun KURT GÖKÇELİ

Pages : 19-42

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Publication Date : 2022-02-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This research was conducted to determine whether an “Environmental Education Program Integrated with Language Activities” has an impact on environmental awareness of children aged 48- to 66 months. The sample consisted of 22 children selected using convenience sampling from 48- to 66-month-old children attending a nursery school. Among the sample, 12 children were included in the experimental group and 10 were in the control group. The study used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design. The data were collected using a “General Information Form” and the “Environmental Awareness Assessment Scale for 48- to 66-Month-Old Children” developed by Kurt Gökçeli insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2015);. The analysis results showed that the “Environmental Education Program Integrated with Language Activities” produced significant growth in children’s environmental awareness in the experimental group, leading to a statistically significant difference insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p < .05); between the experimental and control groups in favour of the experimental group.
Keywords : children, environmental educaiton program, environmenatl awareness