ERIC Number: EJ1223611
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
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Education for Sustainable Development in Primary School: Improvement of Students' Ecocriticism Skills
Tekbiyik, Ahmet; Celik, Mustafa
Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, v5 n2 p178-191 2019
Ecocriticism analyzes the symbolic meanings attributed to nature and the mindsets created by these meanings through interpreting literature and cultural texts from an environmental perspective. The individuals who have gained ecocriticism skills are expected to create an awareness concerning possession of a distinctive value and to direct towards a non-anthropocentric understanding from an anthropocentric understanding. The purpose of this study is to develop ecocriticism skills of primary school students in the third grade. Action research design has been used in this study. A total of 15 students composed of 8 females and 7 males participated in the study. Data of the study were obtained with rhetorical discussion, analytical discussion, mind maps, and drawings. Following the implementations composed of discussions, mind maps and drawings, it has been determined that the implementations develop the ecocritical inquiry skills of students.
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Climate, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Natural Resources, Wildlife
Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health. Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090, Turkey. e-mail: jeseh.info@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jeseh.net
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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