ERIC Number: EJ1285917
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Examining Teachers' Disposition towards Sustainable Education through Discriminant Analysis
Köybasi Semin, Fatma
Research in Pedagogy, v10 n2 p229-247 2020
This research aimed at predicting teachers' disposition to sustainable education from their views regarding the evaluation of curricula and student-centred teaching methods. The attempt was made to develop a convenient discriminant function for placement of teachers in lower, medium and higher levels of disposition to sustainable education. It is a quantitative research conducted on social studies teachers teaching at secondary schools in the central district of Sivas province of Turkey. It was found out that the variables such as perception regarding the evaluation of curricula and attitude towards student-centred teaching methods proved to be statistically significant in distinguishing teachers' attitudes regarding sustainable education by looking at their disposition in this regard. As a conclusion, the discriminant function generated here could provide an accurate classification percentage of 68.7% above the relative chance criterion.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Secondary School Teachers, Social Studies, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Evaluation, Student Centered Learning, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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