Şahin, HandeErkal, SibelAteşoğlu, Leyla2025-01-212025-01-2120182146-1961https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/311255https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/22453Ecological footprint is biologically the fertile soil and water area needed to produce the resourcesthat an individual, community or activity consumes and to dispose of the waste created withcurrent technology and resource management. Ecological footprint also refers to the associationof sustainability between the rate of human consumption of earth resources and health of theecosystem. Knowledge of the meaning and components of ecological footprint, as well as, whatneeds to be done to reduce it would enable students to more readily convert this informationinto a positive attitude and behavior. Therefore, this study was planned and conducted in orderto investigate ecological footprint awareness in preschool teacher candidates with respect totheir demographic characteristics. The study group comprised 170 teacher candidates whoattended Kırıkkale University, Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education, Division ofPreschool Education. The \"Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale\" developed by Coşkun andSarıkaya in 2013 was used as the data collection instrument. T test for two groups and ANOVA formore groups were used in data analysis. The study results revealed significant differences withrespect to age, gender, monthly income, parental education level, source of environmentaleducation and environmental perspective (p <0.05).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEğitimEğitim AraştırmalarıÇevre ÇalışmalarıÇevre BilimleriReview Article931112311255