A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER LITERACY AND WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONCERN

While global climate change and water literacy aim at the usage of water resources most effective as possible, natural events have brought water concerns to the agenda. The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of high school students attending BİLSEM about water anxiety in the context of climate change, water literacy and water conservation. In this study, case study, which is a type of qualitative research, was included in the research. The participants of the study of eight students with criterion sampling from purposive sampling methods. Participants consist of high school group students who attend the Science and Art Center. Data were collected in the research with the interview technique, which is a data collection method. In order to qualify the study as an academic study, after the opinions of the experts, the semi-structured interview form was arranged by including 9 open-ended interview questions and questions with demographic characteristics. At this stage, the opinions of 2 independent academicians who are experts in their fields were taken. The reliability of the study was calculated as 85% using the Miles and Huberman formula. Using and Consciousness; Increase, Future and Deterioration in the categories of the second sub-problem; In the categories of the third sub-problem, Decline and Fear; In the categories of the fourth sub-problem, Decrease, Exhaustion and Increase; In the categories of the fifth sub-problem, Teaching and Consciousness; Categories of the sixth sub-problem, Inadequacy; In the seventh sub-problem categories, Inadequacy; In the eighth sub-problem categories, Water depletion; In the ninth sub-problem categories, the words "Being Conscious" were the most preferred expressions by the participants. The increase in the number of water literate individuals is among the important measures to prevent possible water crises in the future. It is thought that these measures will reduce water concerns and enable individuals to approach the future more hopefully