The
purpose of this research is to determine the ideas of the preschool children
that live in the countryside and in the cities regarding the environmental
pollution. Within this study, in which the qualitative research model was used,
phenomenological pattern was used. The
study was performed with 30 preschool children. The data of the research were
obtained using group interview and expression technique with pictures.
According to the results of the environmental perception is limited with the
livings and the concrete objects they encounter in daily life. However, when
the pictures they drew concerning the environment they live in were examined,
the results indicated difference.