Outdoor education is one of the popular subjects in education recently and used synonymously with different concepts such as adventure education, nature education, museum education, recreation education or experiential education. It is also considered as complementary of mainstream education and a rich learning environment by the researchers. The…

The study group of this research, which is planned to develop the Sustainable Scale of Earthquake Awareness, consists of the students studying at Duzce University in the academic year 2018-2019. 276 volunteer individuals (213 females, 63 males) participated to the research group determined by random sampling method. For confirmatory factor…

Real-world knowledge via exposure activities could be positively enriched with the aid of situated learning. In a way to practice this theory and to revolutionize the educational system, this phenomenological-qualitative research was conducted to analyze how natural history museum supports the interest of STEM students towards the environmental…

Knowledge and stewardship are essential factors in developing perceptions of the environment. This research determines if gaps in environmental knowledge and concern exist between genders as well as students majoring in science and those seeking non-science degrees. Approximately 1,229 first-year university students participated in this study.…

Almost four decades after having integrated environmental education in primary education in Mexico, it is important to prove the relationship between the environmental behavior shown by students and the environmental education they perceive, therefore, a structural equations model was designed and tested with information provided by 217 sixth…

The purpose of this study is to determine the mental models of primary school students about the concept of environment. The research group consisted of 400 students, 219 girls and 181 boys, enrolling to the 3rd and 4th grade in a primary school located in Istanbul. The students were asked to draw the environment and explain the items they draw.…

The purpose of the current study is to determine the opinions of children attending forest kindergarten about the concept of environment. The participants of the study are thirty six 50-70 month-old children attending a forest kindergarten. In line with the purpose of the study, the triangulation design, one of the qualitative research models, was…

This paper advocates developing an alternative path for encouraging environmentally responsible actions related to technical artifacts (useful, human-made objects). Environmental education can enhance the positive intrinsic motivation to care for and respect artifacts as unique individuals embedded in the network of functionality and not only…

The theatre as a didactic resource in the educational field has a great pedagogical value. In recent years several educational experiences have been carried out in the classrooms where theatre has been used as a teaching-learning tool. An educational tool with great potential from which to work in the classroom on socio-environmental problems. The…

Environmental education is a theoretical course included in elementary teaching programs in Turkey. Considering the importance of the practical application of theoretical knowledge, it is asked prospective teachers enrolled in this course to make a short film to raise their future students' environmental awareness. A total of 68 prospective…

The current study was conducted to investigate the contribution of the forest school approach to the development of preschool children. In this connection, the study group is comprised of 7 pre-schoolers aged at 48-60 months. The sample of the current study was determined by using the convenience sampling method, one of the purposive sampling…

The study aims to reveal the opinions of teachers working in forest schools about education and students in forest schools. To this end, the study group was constructed with the participation of 5 teachers working in forest schools. The study employed a case study design, one of the qualitative research methods. The data collection tool of the…

This study examines how environmental identity of prospective teachers studying in different departments of faculty of education has changed in some variables (such as their departments, gender, hometown, families' place of residence, enrollment to courses about the environment, activities about the environment, and their membership to…

The aim of this study was to investigate parents' perceptions of forest school. Qualitative research was adopted as a research design. The study was carried out with parents who have children enrolled in the forest school. Thirty-nine parents participated in this study. Their perceptions about forest school were investigated through interviews. In…

The aim of this study is to investigate and compare the prospective science and social studies teachers' knowledge of and misconceptions about atmospheric environmental problems. In this study, the causal-comparative design was used. The sample of the study consisted of 441 prospective science and social studies teachers studying at faculties of…