Environmental Education in High School 9th-12th Biology Course Curricula Started to be Implemented in 2007

ERDOĞAN M., Bahar M., Usak M.

KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.2230-2235, 2012 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2230-2235
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Biology Course Curriculum, Environmental Education, Environmental Literacy
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study is to analyze 9th - 12th grade Biology Course Curricula started to be implemented in 2007 with regard to concepts and attainments addressing to environmental education. In this regard, 9th - 12th grade Biology Course Curricula were analyzed using content-analysis technique, one of the qualitative research methods. 9th -12th grade Biology Course Curricula started to be successively implemented since 2007 were downloaded from the web-site of Board of Education (BoE) and then content analyzed across the components of environmental literacy, that is the ultimate aim of environmental education, and how much emphasis are given to any components of environmental literacy was also investigated. Examining the components of environmental literacy, it is observed that the attainments in biology course curricula are related with cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains; but much more emphasis are given to the attainments associated with cognitive domain compared to other domains. At the end of the study, suggestions are provided to curriculum developers and biology teachers, who implement the curricula to realize the aims of environmental education.