Saribas, Deniz and Doganca Kucuk, Zerrin and Ertepinar, Hamide
(2016)
Evaluating Effects of an Exhibition Visit on Pre-Service
Elementary Teachers’ Understandings of Climate Change.
Journal of Turkish Science Education, 13 (1).
pp. 19-30.
ISSN 1304-6020
Abstract
This research aims to investigate the extent to which a visit to a climate change exhibition embedded
within an environmental education course affects pre-service elementary teachers’ understandings about
climate change. The sample comprised 58 pre-service teachers, enrolled in the environmental education
course offered as part of the Elementary Education program at a private university in Turkey during the
2011/2012 academic year. The course lasted 13 weeks and was composed of various environmental issues
as well as an exhibition visit and student reflections. Pre- and post-reflections written by pre-service
elementary teachers’ were analyzed and coded to examine the effect of the visit on their understanding of
climate change. It was found that the course, and specifically the exhibition, had a positive effect on their
understanding of climate change and ways in which to ameliorate the problem.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Environmental Education; Understanding of Climate Change; Pre-service Elementary
Teachers; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
12827 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.12973/tused.10154a |
| Depositing User: |
Zerrin Doganca Kucuk
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| Date Deposited: |
28 Apr 2020 10:47 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Journal of Turkish Science Education |
| Publisher: |
Trabzon |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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