The Impact of an Interdisciplinary Nature Education Project on Environmental Attitudes and Environmental Consciousness of Middle School Students

Buldur, Serkan; Bursal, Murat; Yücel, Eren; Erik, Nazan Yalçın

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“…Children who will be decisionmakers, policymakers, and other authorities on renewable energy in the future will accept renewable energy as a way of life and will be users of these new energy technologies (Keramitsoglou, 2016). Similarly, how effective renewable energy education will be closely related to the way the education is given (Buldur et al, 2018).…”

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Pre-service Teachers' Perception of Renewable Energy Sources: A Case Study of Düzce University

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2023

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This research was conducted to examine pre-service teachers’ perception of renewable energy sources, tendency to use renewable energy and opinions about the future use of renewable energy sources and to investigate whether they have basic knowledge about renewable energy sources. To this end, the Renewable Energy Perception Scale, a 5-point Likert scale, was administered to a total of 755 pre-service teachers in the Science Teaching and Primary Teaching Departments in the Education Faculty of Düzce University. The scale has three sub-dimensions, namely “Renewable Energy Knowledge”, “Renewable Energy Future Vision”, and “Renewable Energy Tendency”. In the whole scale and its sub-dimensions of “Renewable Energy Knowledge” and “Renewable Energy Tendency”, it was found that the pre-service primary teachers had a statistically significantly better perception of renewable energy sources than the pre-service science teachers. Also, younger participants were found to have a statistically significantly better perception in the “Renewable Energy Tendency” sub-dimension. There is a statistically significant gender-based difference in the “Renewable Energy Future Vision” sub-dimension. On the other hand, no significant gender-based difference was found for the whole scale and the other sub-dimensions. This study shows the importance of examining pre-service teachers’ perception of renewable energy in terms of their better teaching these sources to their future students.

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Pre-service Teachers' Perception of Renewable Energy Sources: A Case Study of Düzce University

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“…Researchers point out that environmental education in the natural environment enables students to explore real-life examples of principles, problems, and issues (Ballantyne, Fien & Packer, 2001). Courses in nature encourage children to collaborate, be more creative, and solve problems (Buldur, Bursal, Yücel & Yalçın Erik, 2018). Nevertheless, due to the crowded city life, distance from natural living, living conditions and the fact that technology also surrounds children's world, children spend less time in nature.…”

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Evaluation of STEM Education Supported by Nature Courses and Informatics According to Students’ Views

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2023

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the courses designed using the STEM approach, which combines nature-based learning environments with informatics from the perspective of students. Under the scope of nature-based courses, such as "Drama, Biomimicry, Ecoprint, Basic Electricity, Metamorphosis, and Bridging Science" were conducted for 10 days. Following, informatics-based courses such as “Digital Storytelling, Algorithm and Augmented Reality/Visual Block Programming” were instructed to students and employed to perform STEM activities by getting the inspiration of the courses. Then the views of 37 middle school students who participated in the courses were collected using a semi-structured form of qualitative data collection tools in four categories: Preparation, Instructional Material, Process, and Contribution. The data were analyzed by categorical content analysis, and the findings related to each subcategory, concept, and code for each category were presented in tables. In order to increase coding reliability, the opinions of two field experts and a measurement and evaluation expert were consulted. Consensus was reached with another expert, resulting in a 95% agreement. According to the study results, the students expressed positive opinions on the courses in general and stated that courses and game-based lessons that are based on learning by doing and experiencing are more interesting, and that the combination of nature-based learning and information technology is an important experience for them.

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“…Eğitimin bu rolünü etkili bir şekilde oynayabilmesi için öğrenenlerde çevreyle ilgili bilgi, duyarlılık ve olumlu tutum geliştirmek öncelikli öneme sahiptir. Bu özellikleri geliştirmek için ise çevre eğitiminin birinci elden kaynaklar ile yapılmasını yani gerçek hayattaki deneyimlerin etkisini ortaya koyan çok sayıda araştırma vardır (Avcı, Özenir, Kurt ve Atik, 2015;Buldur, Bursal, Yücel ve Yalçın Erik, 2018;Güler, 2009;Karakaş vd., 2018;Özdemir, 2007Palmberg ve Kuru, 2000;Sönmez, 2018). Disiplinler arası temelde arazi çalışmaları üzerine yapılandırılmış "Zaferin ve Termalin Başkenti Afyonkarahisar'da Kültür ve Ekoloji Temelli Doğa Okulu" projesini Sosyal Bilgiler öğretmenlerinin görüşleriyle değerlendirdiğimiz bu çalışmanın odak noktalarından biri uygulanan programın katılımcıların doğada yapılan çevresel faaliyetlere olan isteklilikleri ve çevresel düşünce düzeyleridir.…”

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Benefits of an Ecology-Based Nature Education Program: An Evaluation on the Basis of Participants’ Experiences

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The Impact of an Interdisciplinary Nature Education Project on Environmental Attitudes and Environmental Consciousness of Middle School Students

Abstract: Bu makale, en az iki hakem tarafından incelenmiş ve intihal içermediği teyit edilmiştir. / This article has been reviewed by at least two referees and scanned via a plagiarism software.

Cited by 10 publications

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Pre-service Teachers' Perception of Renewable Energy Sources: A Case Study of Düzce University

Pre-service Teachers' Perception of Renewable Energy Sources: A Case Study of Düzce University

Evaluation of STEM Education Supported by Nature Courses and Informatics According to Students’ Views

Benefits of an Ecology-Based Nature Education Program: An Evaluation on the Basis of Participants’ Experiences

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