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Investigation of Social Studies Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes Towards Renewable Energy Sources

Mehmet Akif Karali * ORCID: 0000-0002-9816-2520
Marmara University, Faculty of Education, Istanbul, TURKEY

Özkan Ginesar * ORCID: 0000-0002-6921-1047
Ministry of National Education, Consulate General of Germany in Karlsruhe Education Attaché, TURKEY

Open Journal for Educational Research, 2023, 7(1), 13-22 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0701.02013k
Received: 9 April 2023 ▪ Revised: 26 May 2023 ▪ Accepted: 29 May 2023

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
This research was prepared in order to examine the attitudes of social studies teacher candidates towards renewable energy sources in terms of various variables. Convenient sampling, one of the purposeful sampling methods, was preferred in the research and the sample group of the research consists of 250 teacher candidates, who are the last level students of universities who teach social studies. In the research, the data were collected by taking the necessary permissions and transferring the scale used to the online environment, taking into account the cost and economic conditions. The Attitude Scale Towards Renewable Energy Sources developed by T. Güneş, K. Alat, and A. İ. C. Gözüm, was used after obtaining the necessary permissions. In addition, the demographic information form prepared by taking the necessary expert opinion within the scope of this research was used as a data collection tool in the research. The Attitude Scale Towards Renewable Energy Sources used in the research was prepared in a 5-point Likert type consisting of 26 items. The causal comparison design, which is among the quantitative methods, was preferred in the research. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using independent groups t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).

KEY WORDS: social studies teacher candidates, renewable energy, attitude.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Mehmet Akif Karali, Marmara University, Faculty of Education, Istanbul, TURKEY.

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