UNIVERSITY STUDENTSʹ VALUE ORIENTATIONS TOWARD LIVING SPECIES

This study determined value orientations of living species. The study group of the research consisted of twenty-four university students. Necessary data were accumulated through semi-structured interview method and examined through content analysis based on Kellertʹs value orientation typology. As a result of the research, student profiles emerged in terms of dominant value orientations for living species. It was established that an "anthropocentric environmentalist" value orientation predominates in most university students.