Şahin, HandeErkal, SibelAteşoğlu, Leyla2021-01-142021-01-1420182146-1961https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TXpFeE1qVTFOUT09https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/13722Ecological footprint is biologically the fertile soil and water area needed to produce the resources that an individual, community or activity consumes and to dispose of the waste created with current technology and resource management. Ecological footprint also refers to the association of sustainability between the rate of human consumption of earth resources and health of the ecosystem. Knowledge of the meaning and components of ecological footprint, as well as, what needs to be done to reduce it would enable students to more readily convert this information into a positive attitude and behavior. Therefore, this study was planned and conducted in order to investigate ecological footprint awareness in preschool teacher candidates with respect to their demographic characteristics. The study group comprised 170 teacher candidates who attended Kırıkkale University, Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education, Division of Preschool Education. The "Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale" developed by Coşkun and Sarıkaya in 2013 was used as the data collection instrument. T test for two groups and ANOVA for more groups were used in data analysis. The study results revealed significant differences with respect to age, gender, monthly income, parental education level, source of environmental education and environmental perspective (p <0.05).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArkeolojiSanatCoğrafyaTarihDil ve Dil BilimHukukMüzikFelsefeSosyolojiArticle931112trdizinikyoktur