THE EFFECTS OF USING ANIMATED FILMS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COURSE ON PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ BEHAVIOR TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the effect of Wall-E films on prospective teachers’behavior towards environmental problems and attitude towards solid waste and recycling. Inthe research, one-group pre-test and post-test experimental design was used. The study groupconsisted of 130 prospective teachers at the Classroom Teacher Department, and theDepartment of Social Sciences Teaching in a Faculty of Education of a state university inTurkey. where they took Environmental Education course in 2018-2019 academic year. Thedata collection tools of the study were “Environmental Problems Behavior Scale” and “SolidWaste and Recycling Attitude Scale”. After the scales were administered as a pre-test, theparticipants were invited to watch the movie Wall-E for a period of three weeks. Then thescales were re-administered as the post-test. It was found out that, watching the film, theparticipants’ behavior towards environmental problems and their attitude towards solid wasteand recycling increased in a positive way. The findings also revealed that attitude towards solidwaste and recycling was a significant predictor of the prospective teachers’ behavior towardsenvironmental problems