%0 Journal Article
%T The Relationship between Environmental Moral Reasoning and Environmental Attitudes of Pre-Service Science Teachers
%A Busra TUNCAY
%A Ozgul YILMAZ-TUZUN
%A Gaye TUNCER-TEKSOZ
%J International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education
%D 2011
%I International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education
%X The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between environmental moral reasoning patterns and environmental attitudes of 120 pre-service science teachers. Content analysis was carried out on participants¡¯ written statements regarding theirconcerns about the presented environmental problems and the statements were labeled as ecocentric, anthropocentric, and non-environmental according to their meanings. Then, descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted on the calculated frequencies of each moral consideration category and participants¡¯ responses to Environmental Attitudes Scale. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between ecocentric moral reasoning and environmental attitudes, whereas there was not a statistically significant relationship between neither of anthropocentric nor non-environmental moral reasoning and environmental attitudes. Findings of the study support the argument that an environmental ethic, which extends moral consideration beyond human beings to the nature as a whole, is necessary to overcome many of the environmental problems.
%K environmental attitudes
%K environmental moral reasoning
%K teacher education
%U http://www.iejeegreen.com/index.php/iejeegreen/article/view/32/20