The Determination on the Science Teaching Candidates’ Awarenessabout the Recycling

It is possible with the people’s consciousness and awareness on the recycling that thevital-importance of recycling becomes common for a healthier environment by being an act ina society. Thus, it has been aimed to determine the science students’ awareness of the recyclingof wastes in this research. The research sampling consists of 81 science students in total thatthey receive their education at the 1. grade in the Department of Science Teaching in theFaculty of Education in a state university located north part of Turkey. “The Awareness Scaleon The Recycling”, which was developed by Aksan and Çelikler (2017), has been used as adata collection tool in this research. When it is considered that 195.75 is mean of the scoreswhich were obtained by the students from the scale in the study, it can be highlighed that theawareness about recycling of the students is high.