The Effect of Digital Storytelling on Secondary School Students' Perception of Environmental Behaviour and Affective Dispositions

This study was conducted to examine the effect of using digital storytelling in science education on secondary school students' affective dispositions and behavioral perceptions towards the environment. Quasi-experimental design, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. The study was conducted with 56 students studying in the 5th grade of a public secondary school in Adıyaman province. The sample was divided into two groups as experimental and control groups, taking into account their academic achievement in science course. In the experimental process, "Human and Environment" unit was carried out for 5 weeks through the activities in the curriculum book in the control group and through digital storytelling in the experimental group. Data were collected as pre-test and post-test with the help of Environmental Behavior Test (EBT) and Environmental Affective Tendency Test (EATT) developed by Sontay (2013). The data were analysed by using normality test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, dependent-independent t-test with Spss package programme. As a result of the findings, it was concluded that there was a significant difference in the environmental behaviors of the students both in the experimental and control groups in the "Human and Environment" unit teaching. When analysed in terms of affective disposition towards the environment, it was found that there was a significant difference in the experimental group, while there was no significant difference in the control group. As a result, it was concluded that the use of digital storytelling in "Human and Environment" unit teaching has a positive effect on 5th grade students' perceptions of behaviour towards the environment and affective dispositions.