A STUDY ABOUT GRADE 4 AND 5 STUDENTS IDEAS OF ENVIRONMENT

作者：Ozel A^*; Gul A; Basar C; Ozel E

来源：Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, 2014, 15(3A): 1450-1460.

• environment
• environmental awareness
• pictorial assessment
• nature
• environmental problems

This research was aimed to qualitatively determine grade four and five student ideas about the concept of environment. For this purpose, a hundred subjects were randomly selected among 194 grade four and five students that constitute 27.21% of the population of the school, Hayreddin Pasa Elementary School in Ankara in Turkey. In the selection of that school, the researcher employment in the same school was taken into the consideration for the convenience of the study. A pictorial assessment and a semi-structured interview were employed to explore the students ideas. Two instructional class periods were used for pictorial assessment of the students while class recesses in which students were thought to feel more comfortable were used to interview 30 chosen students. Two rating scales for drawing and interview parts were prepared and used to assess the data. The results show that grade 4 and 5 students have not reached a level of a consistent environmental awareness and that their idea and concept of environment includes living and non-living objects and in their immediate surroundings.

• 出版日期2014