摘要：This research was carried out to put forward the metaphors produced by gifted students' towards“environment” concept. A total of 156 primary school students participated in the research inAnkara BÄ°LSEM schools in 2010-2011 academic year. The analysis and interpretation of thedata was done with the phenomenological science design, content analysis technique ofqualitative research method. The research data was gathered by completing “Environment islike ..... Because .....” statement. According to the findings of the research; gifted students havecreated 59 different and acceptable metaphors related to environment concept. (2) Thesemetaphors were classified under 6 different conceptual categories after studied carefully inrelation with their common qualities. At the end of the research, It was understood that 44% ofthe gifted students perceived environment as a way of “sensitivity”, 16% as a way of expressing“life”, 12 % as a way of “importance”, 11% as a way of expressing “reflection”, 8.5% as a wayof expressing “happiness and peace” and 8.5% perceived it as a way of expressing “pollution”.As a result, metaphors can be used as a important research tool in understanding and explainingthe perceptions of gifted students towards environment.
