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ABSTRACT. This research examined the environmental awareness and environmental sensitivities of prospective teachers in terms of some variables. These are secondary education Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Sociology, Geography, History, and primary Science teachers. Obtaining the research data, the instrument developed by Yeşilyurt, Gül & Demir (2013) in order to assess prospective biology teachers' environmental awareness and sensitivity, was used in our study. Research was conducted using data gathered from 242 prospective teachers. Results of the study show that there was not statistically significant difference between the branches and genders according to environmental awareness and sensitivities of the prospective teachers'. Whereas, from the viewpoint of sub-dimension named environmental sensitivity, statistically significant difference was found between the branches. According to related literature, further educational implications and suggestions recommended.

-The purpose of this research is to examine the perceptions of genetically modified food by the teacher candidates in different branches in Turkey through metaphors. The study was conducted with 133 teacher candidates from three different branches. In the study "Genetically modified food ... looks like, because ..." data was collected with the sentence pattern. This study is a qualitative research in case studies. As a result, the teacher candidates produced 75 different metaphors. These metaphors are grouped under four categories. The category "threat" (68.4%) is in the first rank, "uselessness" (11.3%) is in the second rank, "advantage" (11.3%) is in the third rank and "need" (9%) is in the fourth rank. As a result, the majority of teacher candidates have no positive perception of genetically modified food. In addition, the metaphorical perceptions of the genetically modified food according to the gender and branches of the teacher candidates do not differ significantly. Studies aiming to reveal the reasons why teacher candidates have negative holdings against GDG can be done. Another research question is how the negative perceptions of the teacher candidates towards GDG are in teachers.Key words: Genetically modified food, metaphor, teacher candidate, perception. SummaryGenetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be described as organisms (ie plants,

In this study, teachers' perceptions of prospective Turkish teachers (that is,

Analogical reasoning is both an innate ability and a basic learning mechanism that can be improved. In classrooms, it is an important tool used by teachers, especially when explaining difficult or abstract issues. In addition to its use in all aspects of our lives, analogical reasoning is commonly used in textbooks. This research examines the extent to which analogies are used in high school science textbooks, the subjects of the examination being high school physics, chemistry, and biology course textbooks used by students between 14 and 17 years of age. A total of 15 textbooks (four biology books, five physics books, and six chemistry books) were reviewed. Ninety-two analogies were identified in these books. These analogies were classified based on a scheme developed by Curtis and Reigeluth. Findings are discussed in the context of previous related studies.