Yoon-Fah Lay,

Chwee-Hoon Khoo,

David F. Treagust,

A. L. Chandrasegaran

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2013, Номер 8(1), С. 199 - 215

Опубликована Янв. 10, 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of energy literacy among 276 Form 2 (Grade 8) Malaysian students as no similar study has been previously conducted in the country, as well as the contribution of students’ energy-related knowledge and attitudes on their energy-related behaviors. This was a non-experimental quantitative research using the sample survey method to collect data by using the ‘Energy Literacy Questionnaire’ (ELQ). Independent samples t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation, and multiple linear regressions were used to analyse the data. The study found that levels of energy literacy were relatively low suggesting that the implemented curriculum …

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Elvan Sahin

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2013, Номер 8(2), С. 269 - 283

Опубликована Апрель 10, 2013

The present study aimed to explain elementary teacher candidates’ energy conservation behaviors by using Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) Theory. Participants in this study were 512 students at Faculty of Education from two public universities in Turkey. Of the 512 students, 35.5% were enrolled in the early childhood education program, 30.9% were in the elementary science education program, and 27.7% were in the elementary mathematics education program. The rest of the participants were pursuing a graduate program under the department of elementary education. The results of multiple linear regression analysis reflected that VBN Theory could successfully explain the participants’ energy conservation behaviors. The …

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Sami Özgür

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2013, Номер 8(1), С. 255 - 268

Опубликована Апрель 10, 2013

In this paper, it is aimed to investigate the persistence of misconceptions in the topic of the human blood circulatory system among students in different grade levels. For this reason, after discussions with biology educators, two tests consisting of open-ended questions were developed by the researcher and administered to students in four different grade levels. The first test was administered to 319 5th and 7th grade students in elementary school and the second one was administered to 400 1st and 4th year university students studying in the departments of elementary school teaching, science education and biology education. Data were analyzed …

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Hatice Sancar-Tokmak,

Hikmet Surmeli,

Sinan Ozgelen

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2014, Номер 9(3), С. 247 - 264

Опубликована Июль 7, 2014

The aim of this case study was to examine pre-service science teachers’ (PSTs) perceptions of their Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) development after creating digital stories based on science topics drawn from the national curriculum. A total of 21 PSTs enrolled in Introduction to Computers II participated in the study. Data were collected through a demographics questionnaire, a TPACK diagram, an open-ended questionnaire, interviews, and observations. During the study, feedback was provided to participants during each step of the digital storytelling process: writing the stories, finding related pictures, matching the pictures to the stories; and preparing the digital files. The …

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Kristin Cook,

Cassie Quigley

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2013, Номер 8(2), С. 339 - 357

Опубликована Апрель 10, 2013

In this study, we investigated the ways in which university students connected with science through the use of photovoice (Wang & Burris, 1994) as a pedagogical tool. Results indicated that students came to appreciate their connections to the science that operates in their lives as they reflected on and became empowered with regard to the science content behind environmental issues of interest to them on campus. Photovoice allowed students to authentically inquire about local science, as well as the potential to generate change in their own community. This understanding is significant to science educators because first, it empowers learners to …

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Nermin Bulunuz

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2014, Номер 9(2), С. 215 - 234

Опубликована Апрель 10, 2014

This study investigates noise pollution levels in two elementary schools. Also, “noise level awareness and sensitivity training” was given for reducing noise pollution, and the effects and results of this training were evaluated. ‘Sensitivity’ training was given to 611 students and 48 teachers in a private and a public school. Questionnaires, sound meter observations, and the reflections of the student teachers participating in the study were used for collecting data. The findings showed that noise levels measured in both schools were much higher than national and international upper limits. The data obtained through the first questionnaire indicated that students and …

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Erin Redman

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2013, Номер 8(1), С. 1 - 34

Опубликована Янв. 10, 2013

Achieving a sustainable future requires that individuals adopt sustainable behaviors, which are often learned and cemented at a young age. Yet, traditional education efforts have been inadequate in fostering transformative change, in part because many programs focus on fact-heavy, teacher-centered techniques while neglecting the practices that behavioral and sustainability scholars highlight as central to creating change. To address this gap, the present research integrates three critical yet mostly disparate bodies of research— educational pedagogy, behavior change, and sustainability competencies. This interdisciplinary approach to education was implemented and evaluated with a small group of students during an intensive summer program and …

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Vasilia Christidou,

Irida Tsevreni,

Maria Epitropou,

Constantinos Kittas

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2013, Номер 8(1), С. 59 - 83

Опубликована Янв. 10, 2013

The present study explores the use of a conventional school ground of a primary school and its potential as a space for creative play and environmental learning. Children’s play behavior and views of the school ground are explored, as well as their vision for its improvement. The research constitutes part of a wider school ground project and was carried out in a primary school in Volos city, Greece, during the 2010-2011 schoolyear. Geographical and participatory design methods were used that capture children’s experience of space and their will for participation in redesigning their school ground. They included mapping of the …

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Pei-Ying Tsai,

Huey-Por Chang,

Wen-Hua Chang,

Sufen Chen

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2013, Номер 8(1), С. 85 - 107

Опубликована Янв. 10, 2013

Science teachers frequently select science news articles as supplementary teaching materials; however, the literature indicates that students encounter difficulties in examining and evaluating the news content and textual elements. This paper reports an instructional strategy of utilizing science news articles and investigates its effectiveness in enhancing students’ cognitive learning outcomes. In this quasi-experimental study, 118 seventh graders from four classes in one secondary school in Taiwan took part in the Science News Instruction (SNI). After eight weeks of instruction about Genetics and Reproduction, all students were requested to present their written arguments to the selected science news article. Two of …

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Aydın Kizilaslan,

Mustafa Sozbilir,

M. Diyaddin Yaşar

Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Год журнала: 2012, Номер 7(4), С. 599 - 617

Опубликована Окт. 11, 2012

Inquiry-based learning [IBL] enhances students’ critical thinking abilities and help students to act as a scientist through using scientific method while learning. Specifically, inquiry as a teaching approach has been defined in many ways, the most important one is referred to nature of constructing knowledge while the individuals possess a question about natural worlds and explore the answers for the questions. The aim of this content analysis study was to analyze research related to inquiry based teaching through published research reports in the form of full papers and theses by Turkish researchers. For these purpose national and international journals and …

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