The aim of this study is to present studies on nature and environmental education in related literature from 1977 to the present time by using bibliometric method. Nature and environmental education, which has an increasing popularity especially in the last years, gain a place in so many countries’ teaching policy. Thus, increasing number of scientific studies and researches on this field in the related literature draw attention. In this study, publications in nature and environmental education have been examined both bibliometrically and in content, and their distribution by years, institutions, journals, citations and the features of co-works have been presented with descriptive and visual maps. Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database has been used in obtaining data. “Nature education” and “Environmental education” terms were scanned with the aim of reaching highest number of studies from database. A total of 1312 publications have been included in study through various filtering processes. Bibliometric analysis techniques have been used in data analysis. VOSviewer programme has been used in determining the network analysis of those data obtained. In the study, the distribution of publications by years, the authors with the most publications, the journals, institutions and countries with the most publications have been determined. Besides, those data obtained have been discussed in the light of related literature by forming visual maps together with co-author, co-citation taken together, co-word and co-citation analyses. At the end of the study, some suggestions have been provided in the light of findings obtained.

"Abstract: This study aims to examine the relationship between 21st century learning skills of middle school students’ and their interest in career in STEM fields. In the study, single survey, causal-comparative and correlational survey research models are used. The study group of the research consists of 228 students studying at the sixth, seventh and eighth grade in a public middle school. In this research, 21st Century Learning Skills Inventory and STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS) are used as data collection tools. In the analysis of quantitative data, descriptive statistical techniques, independent samples t-test, one-way variance (ANOVA) analysis, and Pearson moments multiplication correlation coefficient are used. Discoveries of this study point out that 21st century learning skills of middle school students and levels of interest towards career in STEM fields of these students are above the average. According to the gender variable, while there was no significant difference among 21st century learning skills, there was a significant difference in terms of technology among interest in the career in STEM fields. In terms of class level, the significant difference regarding active learning, learning to learn, and problem solving is between sixth and eighth grade students, and it is in favor of the sixth grade students. Among the interest in career in STEM fields, the significant difference regarding science, mathematics, and technology is between sixth and eighth grade students, and it is in favor of the sixth grade students. On the other hand, middle and low-level positive and meaningful relations have been found between the 21st century learning skills of middle school students and their interest in career in STEM fields. Consequently, some suggestions were made in the light of the findings."

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Nature Education Activities (NEA), which are integrated into the lesson but implemented outside the classroom, on the attitudes and knowledge levels of primary school seventh grade students towards environmental education. The sample of this study, which was designed as quasi-experimental, consists of 56 students (30 girls and 26 boys) studying in two branches of a secondary school located in Tire town centre of İzmir province, selected by random sampling. In the study, Environmental Attitude Scale (EAS) and Environmental Knowledge Test (EKT) developed by the researcher were used as data collection tools. The attitude towards the environment and the average of achievement pre, post and permanence tests of the experimental group, in which the Nature Education Activities (NEA) developed by the researcher were applied, were found to be statistically significant compared to the control group.