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RESEARCH PAPER
Exploring preservice science teachers' attitudes toward environmental technologies
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Department of Civil Law Disciplines, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, RUSSIA
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Department of Humanities, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, RUSSIA
3
Institute of Foreign Languages, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, RUSSIA
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Doctor in Political Sciences, Professor of the Department of Information Analytics and Political Technologies, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, RUSSIA
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Department of Physics and Mathematics, Moscow City University, Moscow, RUSSIA
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Department of Dermatovenereology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, RUSSIA
Publication date: 2023-01-09
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2023;19(1):em2219
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Understanding attitudes toward environmental technologies appears essential because of the
need for profound societal changes associated with using new technologies to protect the
environment. However, a lack of research investigating the attitudes of preservice science teachers
toward environmental technologies exists in the current research literature. Therefore, this study
aimed to examine preservice teachers' attitudes toward environmental technologies. A total of
196 students enrolled in a large Russian public university formed the participants of this research.
Researchers used a scale for data collection. We administered the scale to the participants in the
spring semester of the 2022 year. This scale included three sub-dimensions and 24 items. We
analyzed pre-service teachers' attitudes in age, branch, and gender. The results showed that the
developed scale consisted of three dimensions: positive, benefit, and negative. The results
demonstrated that the participants in this research demonstrated moderate and low mean scores
regarding the positive aspects of environmental technologies. The participants also demonstrated
very positive attitudes regarding the benefits of environmental technologies. Regarding the
negative aspects of environmental technologies, the participants had the lowest mean scores
compared to the other items of the first two factors. The results also revealed some significant
differences in participants’ age, branch, and gender. In conclusion, we discuss educational
implications for promoting the environmental attitudes of preservice teachers about
environmental technologies.
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