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Hilal Mert; Zafer Kus – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2023
The main purpose of this research is to reveal the identity to be constructed with the illustrations in the life science textbooks in terms of identity types. Case study, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the research. The data sources of the research consist of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade life science textbooks taught in Turkey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biological Sciences, Grade 1, Grade 2
Bas, Murat; Tay, Bayram; Isik Tertemiz, Nese – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2021
A subject worth examining was the interdisciplinary approach's planning and application of two distinct disciplines and investigating the value acquisition inclinations of students who participated in the multidisciplinary approach. In this context, the problem sentence of the research is that: Does integrate mathematics and life sciences teaching…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Instruction, Biological Sciences, Science Instruction
Kaya, Mehmet Fatih; Agir, Oktay – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
This research aims to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic process on the knowledge, thoughts, actions, and awareness of primary school pupils regarding "healthy life," in accordance with the attainments of the Turkish Life Science curriculum. The research was conducted using phenomenology. Maximum variation sampling was utilized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Health Behavior, Life Style
Karbeyaz, Aytekin; Kurt, Murat – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of teaching the subjects and concepts under "life in nature" unit of the 3rd grade life science lesson, on the academic achievement and attitudes of the students. In order to achieve this aim, a quasi-experimental model with pretest posttest control group was used in the study. In…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Biological Sciences
Simsek, Selçuk; Erdem, Ali Riza – Educational Research and Reviews, 2020
Life Science is a course that has been taught since the beginning of the first years of Turkish Republic. Life Science curriculum was revised in 1924, 1936, 1948, 1968 and 1998, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2018. When the structure of 2018 Life Sciences curriculum is examined, it is seen that the curriculum is composed of general aims, values, basic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Biological Sciences, Science Curriculum
Yilmaz, Ferat – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
Character encompasses six basic virtues. These virtues can be listed as wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. Each virtue comprises various character strengths that are creativity, curiosity, open-mindedness, love of learning, perspective, honesty, bravery, perseverance, zest, kindness, love, social intelligence,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Elementary School Science, Moral Values, Social Values
Ütkür Güllühan, Nur; Emral, Tugçe – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
This study aimed to examine how instruction of geography subjects in primary school third-grade Life Studies course with several methods affects students' attitudes toward this course and their spatial perception skills. To that end, the study was designed with exploratory sequential mixed methods approach. Two third-grade classes at a public…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Pretests Posttests
Polat, Hüseyin – International Education Studies, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate Life Sciences course entrepreneurship skills of the 3rd grade primary school students as evaluated by their parents. The study was conducted with the screening model. The participants of the study were the parents (47 mothers and 23 fathers) of the students (32 girls, 38 boys) who study in the center of…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Biological Sciences
Polat, Hüseyin – World Journal of Education, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the Life Sciences course decision-making skill of the 3rd grade primary school students as evaluated by the parents. The study was conducted in screening model. The participants of the study were the parents (41 mothers and 26 fathers) of the students (32 girls, 35 boys) who study in the center of the…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Biological Sciences, Parent Surveys, Screening Tests
Lee, Tammy D.; Lubischer, Jane L. – Science and Children, 2014
In this article, Tammy D. Lee and Jane L. Lubischer describe a classroom lesson designed to explore how animals use sound to communicate and how this communication affects their survival. Lee and Lubischer wanted to bring an awareness of how science is happening in students' own backyards. They developed a half-day 5E lesson integrating two…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Interdisciplinary Approach
Hastie, Peter Andrew – Education 3-13, 2013
The purpose of this article is to describe the outcomes of a parallel curriculum project between life sciences and physical education. Throughout a 6-week period, students in grades two through five became members of teams that represented different animal species and biomes, and concurrently participated in a season of gymnastics skills and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Integrated Curriculum, Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development
Unal, Fatma – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
In the most general sense children's rights can be defined as benefits which are protected by legal rules so that the child can grow up in a healthy, normal way and in freedom and dignity with the aspects of physical, cognitive, sensual, social and moral. The most important document regulating children's rights is the "Convention on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biological Sciences, Science Instruction, Textbooks
Yanez, Juan; Journell, Heather; Bergman, Daniel – Science and Children, 2012
With the world population recently surpassing seven billion people, it is critical for students to consider how such growth can lead to limited resources. Both the idea of diminishing resources and the magnitude of enormous numbers can be difficult for children (and many adults) to fully comprehend. For this particular lesson, the authors chose to…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Learning Processes, Grade 4, Grade 3
Aykac, Necdet – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2012
This study aims to evaluate primary school Life Sciences (1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades) and Social Sciences (4th, 5th, and 6th grades) course books in terms of gender discrimination. This study is a descriptive study aiming to evaluate the primary school Life Sciences (1st, 2nd, 3rd grades) and Social Sciences (4th, 5th, and 6th grades) course books…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Gender Discrimination, Sex Fairness, Biological Sciences
Snyder, Robert; Johnson, Jordan – Science and Children, 2010
"I've never heard of a small speck of dust that is able to yell" says Horton of a sound he hears well (Geisel 1954). It is always valuable to connect science to student's interests and their everyday world--so what better way to teach concepts relating to sound than to read "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss? Here the authors present several…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Methodology, Science Activities, Auditory Stimuli
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