Bahman Saeidipour; Samane Dalir Bostansaraei
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This study investigated the application of mobile education in environmental learning in higher education from the perspective of faculty members of Chabahar University of Marine Sciences. The statistical population was all faculty members of the University of Marine Sciences in Chabahar city and by ...
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This study investigated the application of mobile education in environmental learning in higher education from the perspective of faculty members of Chabahar University of Marine Sciences. The statistical population was all faculty members of the University of Marine Sciences in Chabahar city and by Using a random sampling method and Morgan table, 86 individuals were selected as sample. The Pollara questionnaire was used to collect data. In the present study, "knowledge, attitude and faculty skills in the application of mobile education","Fields of mobile learning that use in blended environmental learning by students", " The relationship between mobile education and the level of students' environmental communication" and" the necessary infrastructure for mobile education in the system of higher education " checked out. The faculty and content validity was confirmed by 5 faculty members. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.86 by using Cronbach's alpha. Results showed that faculty members' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy for using mobile learning in environmental learning outside the classroom was significant. Also, according to faculty members, different uses of mobile phones are more effective in environmental education outside of the classroom, Of course, infrastructure needs to be provided to expand it into the process of blended learning.
A. Kalantari; B. Saeidipour
Volume 4, Issue 3 , June 2016, , Pages 5-11
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This paper investigates the effects of environmental education based on Connectivisim Theory on sixth elementary school graders’ environmental learning concepts and their contact with nature. The methodology used in this paper is quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group. Using ...
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This paper investigates the effects of environmental education based on Connectivisim Theory on sixth elementary school graders’ environmental learning concepts and their contact with nature. The methodology used in this paper is quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group. Using random cluster sampling method, a total of 55 female sixth graders from Kermanshah Third Education District in 93-94 academic year were selected and randomly assigned to experiment and control groups. The variables were measured using a learning verified test and the standard scale was in contact with nature by Nisbett et al (2009). Validity of measurement tools was confirmed by five experts and reliability of measurement tools was ruled admissible, using re-test and calculating correlation coefficient while the reliability of questionnaires was confirmed by Cronbach Alpha given internal consistency coefficient of data. Analysis of data using covariance analysis given the auxiliary variables (pretest) suggests that there is a significant difference between Connectivisim-based education and the conventional educational methods in schools in terms of learning environmental concepts (sig=0.008) and contact with nature (sig=0.000) which indicates the Connectivisim method, is more effective.
