@article{2013,title={ANAYLSIS OF THE BEHAVIOURS OF SCIENCE TEACHER CANDIDATES TOWARDS HEALTHY LIVING},abstractNode={While technological advances are nowadays providing treatment for many of mankind’s health problems, technology is also contributing to other health-related issues. As teachers serve as role models for their students, it is important under these circumstances for teacher candidates who will in the future teach science and technology classes (which also cover health-related topics) to properly identify the behaviours associated with healthy living. Based on this observation, this study aimed to investigate whether there was a difference in the attitudes of first year and fourth year science teacher candidates towards healthy living behaviour. To this end, a total of 90 students between the first and fourth years receiving their education at the Department of Science Teaching were selected as the sample group of the study. The Healthy Living Behaviours Test developed by Hallab (1999) was applied to the selected group, and the data were interpreted according to percentage and frequency values. Based on the study results, unfavourable habits especially with regards to exercise and nutrition were identified in students’ healthy living behaviour. It was also observed that there were no significant changes in the healthy living behaviour of students during their four year undergraduate education. Following this study, variables that might affect health-related behaviours in a positive way should be investigated in studies conducted on larger and different groups.},author={Mehtap YURDATAPAN-- Elif BENZER - İlknur GÜVEN - Fatma ŞAHİN},year={2013},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}