International Trends and Issues in Communication & Media Conference, Sankt-Peterburg, Rusya, 2 - 04 Eylül 2015
Energy is an element that we need in every aspect of our lives. Especially
because of reasons such as growth of population and increase of life standards,
technological advances, industrialization need for energy has increased very much. The
necessity of considering energy supplement safety, providing source variety as well as
environmental effects in choice of energy sources comes forth.
In this study, by using qualitative research techniques, it is aimed to determine the
opinions of the secondary school students, being the adults of the future, about energy
issues as the energy is indispensable part of our lives. In line with this purpose, as a tool
of data collection, a semi-structured interview form, developed by researchers by taking
into consideration the secondary education curricula, is used and it took it’s final shape
in accordance with expert opinions. The semi-structured interview form is applied to 32
students who take education at different Anatolian High Schools. By the analysis we did
in light of this study some advices about energy and environmental education have been
pointed out.