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Wyner, Yael – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
In the general activity of daily life, it is easy to miss our dependency on the Earth's ecology. At the same time that people are living apparently separate from the environment, our impact on the Earth is increasing. This study seeks to understand how teachers can bridge this persistent disconnect of daily life from ecology and human impact.…
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Biology, Secondary School Science
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Ozgelen, Sinan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
This study aims to investigate the relationships among epistemological beliefs, metacognitive awareness, and nature of science (NOS). Participants were 45 preservice science teachers (PSTs) enrolled in two sections of Laboratory Application in Science II course in a university in Turkey. All of the participants were juniors with the same science…
Descriptors: Science Education, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Epistemology
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Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin; Taylor, Neil – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
A 44-item questionnaire was employed to determine pre-service teachers' beliefs about how useful various specific actions might be in helping to reduce global warming, their willingness to undertake these same actions, and the extent to which these two might be related. The instrument was administered to pre-service science teachers (n = 104) at…
Descriptors: Climate, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Role Models