TY - JOUR TI - The Effect of Different Variables on Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Self-Efficacy on Environmental Education AB - This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of environmental education self-efficacy ofprospective teachers in terms of gender, grade level, academic average, environmental content,environmental membership and department variables. Descriptive research method, which is oneof the quantitative research approaches, was used. The study was carried out with 236prospective teachers studying in biology, science, geography and elementary education programsin the 2017-2018 academic year. In the study, an environmental education self-efficacy scale andpersonal information form was used. According to the findings of the research; there was nostatistically significant difference in perceptions of environmental education self-efficacy amongprospective teachers in terms of gender and environmental membership variables. It was foundthat the pre-service teachers' perceptions of environmental education self-efficacy differentiatedin terms of class level, academic average, taking lessons with environmental content anddepartment variables. The study showed the importance of the environmental and environmentalsubjects in undergraduate programs on environmental education self-efficacy perception. It wasalso found that pre-service teachers' perceptions of environmental education self-efficacychanged positively, especially as their grade level increases. The fact that pre-service biologyteachers who took the environmental content courses in undergraduate education had a lowerlevel of self-efficacy compared to other teachers was one of the most striking results of the study AU - Uzel, Nurcan AU - YILMAZ, MEHMET AU - ADIGÜZEL ULUTAŞ, Merve AU - Gül, Ali DO - 10.17556/erziefd.475408 PY - 2019 JO - Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi VL - 21 IS - 3 SN - 2148-7510 SP - 93 EP - 107 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/324391 ER -