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    An Investigation of the Concept of Nature among High School and University Students through Metaphor Analysis
    (Marmara Univ, 2016) Kahyaoglu, Mustafa; Kiriktas, Halit
    This study examines and analyses the metaphors that high school and university students formulated to describe the concept of nature. 198 (70,2%) high school students and 84 (29,8%) university students (n = 282) participated in the study. Specifically, the following questions guided this study: (1) what metaphors do high school and university students use to describe the concept of nature? (2) How do these themes differ across participants' education level and gender?. The data were collected with a research packet consisted of a questionnaire. In the analysis of data, frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and t-test were used. The results obtained in this study are as follows: While metaphors associated with nature were received by students at high level, nature were seen by high school and university students as forest, green area, living, live, home, rainbow, art, freedom, scuba, heaven and serenity. Also among the views of participants, significant difference with respect to educational level and gender was found.
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    The Relationship between Personal Values and Environmental Behaviours and Thoughts of High School Students
    (Marmara Univ, 2015) Kahyaoglu, Mustafa; Kiriktas, Halit
    The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between high school students' personal values and environmental behaviors and thoughts. The study group consists of 253 (82 female and 171 male) high school students, who participated in the study on a voluntary basis, from the city of Siirt, Turkey. Correlative survey model is used in this study. To determine high school students' personal values Schwartz values inventory is used. The survey is developed by Schwartz and adapted to Turkish by Kusdil and Kagitci (2000). For environmental behavior and thought sub scale including environmental attitude scale developed by Uzun and Saglam (2006) is used. To analyze the results, descriptive statistics, t test for independent groups, correlations and regression is used. The analysis study showed that the more important personal values among high school students are self-direction and achievement values. Moreover, it was found that there is a significant and positive relation between personal values and environmental behaviors and thoughts of secondary school students.