THE FACTORS EFFECTING THE TURKISH STUDENTS' ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIMISM AND AWARENESS LEVEL IN PISA 2015

Rapid changes in the world arising from the technological development not only have made everything easier but also created different problems. The first and maybe the most crucial problem is environmental deterioration and this is a global issue, so the solutions have been seeking with global level, especially with the programs in education. PISA is one of the large scale testing programs which is applied more than 60 countries in the period of three years. In PISA, not only cognitive tests but also affective features of students are tested and environmental awareness and optimism are the fields that have been included since 2006 in PISA. In this study, it was aimed to define the factors effecting Turkish students' attended environmental optimism and awareness levels. This study was organized as a correlation survey and multiple regression method was used so as to determine factors affecting environmental awareness and optimism levels of students. The data of the study was retrieved from PISA data base and the study group was composed of 5150 students, which is the sample of Turkey in PISA 2015. As for results, it was found that environmental awareness and optimism of Turkish students are affected from their success in Science lessons and cultural wealth at home significantly.