Environmental Education in the Science Curriculum in Different Countries: Turkey, Australia, Singapore, Ireland, and Canada

This study aimed to compare the objectives of environmental education topics in various countries. The present study is a qualitative study and content analysis was used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the categories of the objectives regarding the environment topic in the primary edu...

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Published inJournal of education in science, environment and health Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 129 - 141
Main Authors Derman, Mustafa, Gurbuz, Hasan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health 26.03.2018
Seyit Ahmet Kıray
Subjects
Biology
Chemistry
Cross Cultural Studies
Cultural Differences
Elementary Education
Environmental Education
Foreign Countries
Learning Activities
Physics
Science Instruction
science, curriculum, attainment, environmental education
Secondary Education
Canada
Turkey
Singapore
Australia
Ireland
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Summary:This study aimed to compare the objectives of environmental education topics in various countries. The present study is a qualitative study and content analysis was used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the categories of the objectives regarding the environment topic in the primary education were found to be higher in Turkey compared to other countries. The concept of the ozone layer in chemistry curricula and the concept of biodiversity in biology curricula were intensively included. No country had objectives regarding all subcategories in primary education. There are no objectives regarding field trip in physics subject in all countries. Objectives regarding the category of identifying issues and research question were included only in Australia. However, the activities for environmental education were determined to be at a low level in all the countries.
ISSN:2149-214X
2149-214X
DOI:10.21891/jeseh.409495