Browsing by Author "Ozturk, Nilay"

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Citation Count: 19
A Model for Pre-Service Teachers' Climate Change Awareness and Willingness To Act for Pro-Climate Change Friendly Behavior: Adaptation of Awareness To Climate Change Questionnaire
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015) Dal, Burckin; Alper, Umut; Ozdem-Yilmaz, Yasemin; Ozturk, Nilay; Sonmez, Duygu
Public awareness of the negative effects of climate change is vital since it leads to collective action for prevention and adaptation. However, investigations on to what extent people are aware of the climate change issue are rare in the literature. The present study reported the adaptation process of awareness to climate change questionnaire into Turkish, and tested the conceptual model of willingness to act for pro-climate change friendly behavior in Turkish context. For these purposes, the questionnaire was administered to 603 pre-service teachers. The study also provided an insight through the analysis of the questionnaire for pre-service teachers' ideas about climate change and the terms related to climate change with an aim to provide information that can be useful for the international and national audiences. Therefore, the findings of the project shed light on to pre-service teachers' awareness regarding impacts of climate change, individual and industry initiative friendly behavior through a conceptual model.
Citation Count: 45
What Is That Thing Called Climate Change? an Investigation Into the Understanding of Climate Change by Seventh-Grade Students
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014) Ozdem, Yasemin; Dal, Burckin; Ozturk, Nilay; Sonmez, Duygu; Alper, Umut
This paper presents findings from research on students' general environmental concerns, experiences, beliefs, attitudes, worldviews, values, and actions relating to climate change. Data was gathered from a sample of 646 seventh-grade students. The findings indicate that students identify climate change as a consequence of modern life. They consider the issue personally important but they also state that there is nothing they can do about the issue. Since they identify their primary sources of information as media and education, climate change should be addressed in national curricula as well as on media to provide an accurate understanding and awareness.