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Download full textKarakaya Cirit, Didem; Aydemir, Selçuk – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of secondary school students' knowledge about three Global Environmental Problems: Global Warming, Acid Rain, and Ozone Layer Depletion. 638 7th grade (N=316) and 8th grade (N=322) students enrolled in five different secondary schools participated in this study. The survey method was used to…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, World Problems
Atabey, Nejla – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
Today, the decrease of bonds established with nature due to the use of technology, the increase in urbanization and the change of daily routines might affect people's attitudes and behaviours towards environment negatively. Considering that attitudes are one of the most important factors affecting behaviours, in the current study, it is aimed to…
Descriptors: World Views, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Ecology
Mutlu, Fatma; Nacaroglu, Oguzhan; Dogan, Mustafa – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2021
The aim of this study was to examine the awareness levels of the gifted students and normally developing peers related to the environmental education concepts. In line with this purpose, the survey design, which is one of quantitative research methods, was used in the study. 209 gifted students receiving education in a Science and Art Center in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Knowledge Level, Environmental Education, Gender Differences
Direct linkCanbazoglu Bilici, Sedef; Küpeli, Mehmet Ali; Guzey, S. Selcen – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2021
This activity provides opportunities for middle school students to design bio-inspired, eco-friendly vehicles. Twenty-four 8th grade students (12 girls, 12 boys) engaged in the activity which was implemented in four class periods, 40 minutes each, in an elective Environmental Education course. During the activity, students engaged in engineering…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Engineering, Design, Natural Resources
Ablak, Selman; Yesiltas, Erkan – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2020
Humans have been living in an environment since its existence. Human approaches and attitudes towards the environment in which they live have changed over time. It is hoped the negative attitudes of humans towards nature, the environment and environmental problems will change in a positive way, due to increasing levels of awareness occurring…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Environmental Education, Concept Formation, Conservation (Environment)
Marques, Rita Ruivo; Malafaia, Carla; Faria, Joaquim L.; Menezes, Isabel – Environmental Education Research, 2020
The WaterCircle (WC) project was implemented in a school, with young adolescents, to address environmental problems. Framed in a participatory research (PR) approach, this school-and-community based intervention includes the use of online tools through which environmental problems in the community are discussed within and by a group of students.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Citizen Participation, Conservation (Environment), Early Adolescents
Coban, Gul Unal; Akpinar, Ercan; Kucukcankurtaran, Evren; Yildiz, Eylem; Ergin, Omer – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
Environmental problems grow gradually and their effects are felt in various ways such as shortage of potable water. Among the various solutions offered to solve these problems, there is one standing which has the potential of encapsulating all the solutions in, that is "water education". Therefore, the aim of this study is to present the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Water, Student Attitudes, Grade 6
Yilmaz-Tuzun, Ozgul; Tuncer, Gaye Teksoz; Aydemir, Murat – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
The aim of this study was to determine the elementary teachers' knowledge about air pollution. Ozone depletion, global warming, acid rain, and renewable energy were also addressed in this study to get holistic picture about air pollution. A total of 183 teachers from the 91 schools in Ankara participated to the study. The data obtained were…
Descriptors: Energy, Foreign Countries, Climate, Pollution
Tuncer, Gaye; Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren; Ertepinar, Hamide – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2005
Patterns of consumption and production are not sustainable in developed/developing countries. In developed countries, the levels of pollution, especially those causing global change, are far too high and trends go in the wrong direction. In developing countries, there is too much strain on the local resource base, and this strain is increasing due…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Population Growth, Life Style, Sustainable Development
