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International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 2016, Vol. 7(3) 88-93

Artvin Citizens’ Reasoning About a Local Environmental Issue: Cerattepe

Mustafa CANSIZ, Nurcan CANSIZ

pp. 88 - 93

Publish Date: July 31, 2016  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

Mining is a current problem in Artvin. Officials decided to extract copper and gold mine in Artvin. However, there are different opinions about this. A group of people objects the decision of officials. On the other hand, there exists a group of people supporting mining. Taking into account of stakeholders’ position is valuable in creating democratic societies. Therefore, citizens should have the right to participate in decision-making process because they are affected directly from it. For the purpose of deciding on their position, local citizens’ views about copper and gold mining in Cerattepe were investigated. For this purpose, 534 local citizens were interviewed. Their reasoning was coded as econcentric, anthropocentric, mix, or none of them. The data analysis showed that most of the local citizens showed mix reasoning (including ecocentrism and anthropocentrism) against mining in Cerattepe but they could not provide sound and scientific reasoning supported with evidence.

Keywords: Environmental dilemma, reasoning, socioscientific issues


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
CANSIZ, M., & CANSIZ, N. (2016). Artvin Citizens’ Reasoning About a Local Environmental Issue: Cerattepe. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 7(3), 88-93.

Harvard
CANSIZ, M. and CANSIZ, N. (2016). Artvin Citizens’ Reasoning About a Local Environmental Issue: Cerattepe. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 7(3), pp. 88-93.

Chicago 16th edition
CANSIZ, Mustafa and Nurcan CANSIZ (2016). "Artvin Citizens’ Reasoning About a Local Environmental Issue: Cerattepe". International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 7 (3):88-93.