The purpose of this study isto investigate the seventh grade students’, in the center Primary School of Burdur, view on forests, to define and to explain how the students perceive the term forest, using the technique of phenomengraphic. Moreover the seventh grade students’attitude towards forest is expected to be determined in this study. This study is made by totally 343 seventh grade students between the education years of 2007-2008. When students’ comments are analyzed, seven different qualit ative category in ex plaining forest are found . Except for them, an explaination category is notreached. When some students explain the term forest as a need for living, some of them explain it as the place where they spend time and thers explain it as the place from which humans benefit
The purpose of this study isto investigate the seventh grade students’, in the center Primary School of Burdur, view on forests, to define and to explain how the students perceive the term forest, using the technique of phenomengraphic. Moreover the seventh grade students’attitude towards forest is expected to be determined in this study. This study is made by totally 343 seventh grade students between the education years of 2007-2008. When students’ comments are analyzed, seven different qualit ative category in ex plaining forest are found . Except for them, an explaination category is notreached. When some students explain the term forest as a need for living, some of them explain it as the place where they spend time and thers explain it as the place from which humans benefit