16-week outdoor education program for pre-service classroom teachers¶
Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A semester-long (16 weeks) environmental education implementation in which pre-service classroom teachers worked in 12 small groups on assigned environmental issues, formulated research questions, searched scientific resources, and shared findings with the lecturer acting as moderator. The program combined indoor active learning with "activities suitable for th e outdoor education model", including field trips to a Bald Ibis reproduction station and Old Halfeti, brainstorming discussions after trips, school visits, and learning "how to plant trees, observe birds, and walk in the open air".
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Groups assigned environmental issues from the curriculum and a lecturer acting as moderator and participant observer throughout the semester
Constraints¶
- The study is limited with the classroom pre-service teachers in the experimental and the control groups
Target Learners¶
- sophomore classroom pre-service teachers
Learning Goals¶
- environmental literacy (knowledge, attitudes, uses, concern)
Claims¶
- Outdoor Education Posttest Advantage Attitudes Uses Concern [+M]
- Experimental Group Richer Course Outcomes Content Analysis [+M]
Related Designs¶
Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- Aysegul Derman, Elvan Sahin, Esme Hacieminoglu. (2016). Does Outdoor Education Make any Difference in Environmental Literacy of Pre-service Classroom Teachers? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL & SCIENCE EDUCATION, 11(15), 8491-8506. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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16-week outdoor education program for pre-service classroom teachers |
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A semester-long (16 weeks) environmental education implementation in which pre-service classroom teachers worked in 12 small groups on assigned environmental issues, formulated research questions, searched scientific... |
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