Behaviors and Attitudes of Students towards Environmental Issues at Faculty of Agriculture in Northern Cyprus

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to identify the attitudes towards environment and knowledge of students of Agriculture Department of Northern Cyprus Universities about the environment. A questionnaire of four sections was conducted with university students during the research. The survey was organized as; personal information at the first section, environmental knowledge test at the second section, attitudes towards environment at the third section and behavioral scales at the fourth section. The research consisted of students studying in Agriculture Department in Northern Cyprus Universities in spring semester of 2015-2016 academic year, as the sample consisted of 114 female, 186 male, totally 300 students studying in fall semester of the same academic year. The data obtained during the application were analyzed in SPSS 20.00 package program. Whether the attitudes and behaviors’ of students towards environment differed in terms of independent variables of the research were investigated by using t-test for two variable features and Anova, Wilkis Lambda, Manova test for more than two features. According to the findings of the research, the attitudes and behaviors’ of university students towards environment do not differ according to educational level, income level of their parents and whether they received training about environment.