DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of environmental education on students’ critical thinking and environmental attitudes. The sample of the study included primary school grade students from schools which were randomly selected from different districts. The environmental attitude scale, which was also used in the study. In this study, it was attempted to determine the variability in the outcome variable and to question whether critical thinking is attributable to socio-economic status and school type.