Mahnaz Jadidi; Mansooreh Jadidi; Mohammad Javad Amiri
Abstract
In today's world, the concept of education has changed a lot and hence it is necessary to change the process of educational activities. The increasing emergence of environmental issues and the meagerness of understanding in respect to the environmental education in society has led to the necessity for ...
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In today's world, the concept of education has changed a lot and hence it is necessary to change the process of educational activities. The increasing emergence of environmental issues and the meagerness of understanding in respect to the environmental education in society has led to the necessity for the effective environmental education in the academic environments. This research intends to find a more efficient model for students to achieve simultaneous-learning and memorizing of the carbon cycle among the existing educational approaches. Thus, by considering the importance of thinking in the educational process, the research has applied explanatory models and Bybee five-step. They are compared on learning-memorizing the carbon cycle in the ninth year Experimental Science textbook. This research has been done by quasi-experimental method. The sample is 60 of ninth grade female students of one of the public schools of Mallard Education who was divided into two groups. Multi-stage cluster sampling method was used to select them. The data collection tool was a researcher-made test whose validity and reliability were confirmed. Additionally, the normality of the distribution of scores was measured using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Moreover, independent and dependent group t-tests were used to test the research hypotheses. Based on the results, it was found that both teaching models have increased learning and retention in learners, but the educational design based on Bybee five-step model has been significantly more effective on learners' retention than the explanatory model.
Environmental Education
Mahnaz Jadidi; Ahmad Nohegar
Abstract
Population growth has led to unstable human use of ecosystems such as wetlands and has created numerous environmental problems. Shour, Shirin and Minab International Wetland is located in Hormozgan Province, where the livelihoods of local communities is directly dependent. This coastal wetland has been ...
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Population growth has led to unstable human use of ecosystems such as wetlands and has created numerous environmental problems. Shour, Shirin and Minab International Wetland is located in Hormozgan Province, where the livelihoods of local communities is directly dependent. This coastal wetland has been damaged in recent years that due to the ecological, socio-economic and cultural importance of the wetland, need to be protected. Because the best way to prevent environmental degradation is education and community participation, and students are one of the most important social groups in any community, students were selected as the target group. The purpose of this study is evaluating the impact of environmental education on the Level of Environmental Knowledge of students of different degrees in the context of Wetlands. The study was conducted in Tiab village schools from the marginal villages of the wetland and among the girls' schools in this village with a total of 313 students, 72 were selected as the sample. The sampling method is Purposeful and the research method is also cross-sectional. Data were collected through a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts. Reliability of the questionnaire was measured by SPSS-22 software and Cronbach's alpha was 0.8. Statistical tests were used to analyze the data. The results show that the provided training have a positive impact on all three levels and enhance the level of their environmental knowledge. Therefore, by educating students about the environment, we can take a positive step to protect the wetland ecosystems of the country.
