Evaluation of healthy lifestyle behaviours of science teaching students [Fen bilgisi öǧretmenliǧi öǧrencilerinin saǧlikli yaşam biçimi davranişlarinin deǧerlendirilmesi]

Abstract

Shaping the behavior of healthy living of societies begins in the family. Children gain health-related habits by imitating his parents. These habits are not always positive. For this reason, health-related issues are given in formal education programs from early childhood education until the end of compulsory education courses. In this study, examining science teaching students healthy lifestyle behaviors and determining the factors that affect them were aimed. Survey model was used in this study and the sample consists of 304 students of an Education Faculty Elementary Education Department Science Teaching Program. A measurement tool consisting of three parts; those are demographic characteristics of the sample group, living habits and healthy lifestyle; was applied. The data of the scale after being applied to all groups was analyzed with SPSS 17.0 program. At the end of the study the healthy lifestyle behaviors of science teaching students was found in the medium level. These results were discussed by comparing the results of other parallel studies.