Abstract
THE DETERMINATION OF VALUES ADDED TO NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT BY CLASSROOM TEACHERS
The individual in which the nature and the environment is a part. Nature has the power to renew itself with the mysterious structure, but the look and attitude of the people to nature present a threat in terms of future generations. The formation of this consciousness and making them gain should begin more from early ages. At this point classroom teachers become important. The values and attitudes towards nature and the environment of classroom teachers is also important in term of making students gain awareness. The aim of this qualitative research is to reveal classroom teachers’ perception of value that they add to the nature and the environment. In the study, phenomenological method of qualitative research methods to reveal the nature and the environment oriented perceptions is preferred. In the Scope of study, face to face interviews were conducted with 20 classroom teachers who work in the center of Isparta province and content analysis was performed to the collected data. Three specialists opionions have been consulted to ensure the reliability of the research Reliability was calculated using the formula of Miles and Huberman for this research and the reliability coefficient was calculated as 0.92. In light of the obtained findings, classroom teachers see nature as a living area and a source of peace, believe the need to keep the environment clean and to behave by acting consciously, think the love of nature is more about instinctive, adopt the need to be example to the students with their behaviors and believe that nature should be respected too, such as respect for human.
Keywords
Love of nature and the environment, values education, awareness, classroom teachers
