Environmental Education
Sorena Zandi; Mehran Farajollahi
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Considering the importance of environmental education in improving the relationship between humans and their environment, the purpose of this article is to identify the positive actions of Australia in this field. Because the usefulness of sharing information and benefiting from the experiences ...
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Considering the importance of environmental education in improving the relationship between humans and their environment, the purpose of this article is to identify the positive actions of Australia in this field. Because the usefulness of sharing information and benefiting from the experiences of other countries is one of the main elements of environmental education, this article focuses on examining their strategic priorities, previewed goals until 2025, and this country's completed projects, as reported by the Australian Association of Environmental Education. The method used in this article is descriptive-analytical research, and data collection is done via document analysis. The results show AAEE’s emphasis on setting its goals on providing necessary financial needs for its projects, supporting environmental educators and teachers, and expanding inter-chapter and international communications. From the findings of the article, appropriate models in accordance with the social, economic, psychological, and environmental characteristics of Iran are extracted, and with the necessary changes to improve the integration of these projects with such traits, they can be implemented in Iran. In the conclusion section, suggestions for building similar educational models are presented.
Environmental Education
Nafiseh Paivandi; Saeed Shahhosseini; Sirus Mansoori
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One of the most important recent concerns in the world is the environment and its protection. Environmental education by storytelling, which is based on children's thinking mechanisms, can be considered a method for child education. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness ...
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One of the most important recent concerns in the world is the environment and its protection. Environmental education by storytelling, which is based on children's thinking mechanisms, can be considered a method for child education. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of teaching environmental concepts through animism-based storytelling on children's environmental knowledge and attitude. The research is quasi-experimental, including two groups (experimental and control), a pre-test and a post-test. The statistical population includes all the first-grade elementary school students of Shazand, Markazi Province, Iran, in the academic year 2021-2022, with 17 people in each group selected by convenience sampling. The instrument was Leeming's (1995) questionnaire, which includes two subscales of environmental knowledge and environmental attitude. Data analysis was carried out using multivariate covariance analysis. The findings indicated that there is a significant difference between the environmental knowledge and attitude of the experimental group and the control group. The results indicated that presenting environmental concepts using animism-based storytelling had a significant effect on children's environmental knowledge and attitude. In conclusion, although storytelling can generally affect knowledge and attitude, animism-based storytelling has a more significant effect on children's environmental knowledge and attitude.
Environmental Education
Nazi Ahangar Partovi; Rasoul Yarahmadi; Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri; Hadi Ghaffari; Ali Emami Meybodi
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The aim of the current research is to design a qualitative model of circular economy education with the 3C (competency-based) approach in small and medium industries. The current research is exploratory in terms of its purpose and applied and developmental in terms of thematic nature. Its investigation ...
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The aim of the current research is to design a qualitative model of circular economy education with the 3C (competency-based) approach in small and medium industries. The current research is exploratory in terms of its purpose and applied and developmental in terms of thematic nature. Its investigation method is descriptive and analytical. This research was done with the meta-analysis method. The statistical population of the current research included related researches that were available inside and outside the country in the form of full-text articles, dissertations, and research plans in the databases and libraries of universities or government centers, and specialists who had relevant education or experience in this field. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 182 studies were examined. The results of the research led to the formation of a comprehensive model of cognitive, attitudinal, and skill dimensions and formed in 11 components and 60 items. Reliability was calculated through the Kappa coefficient with a value of 0.95, which is at the level of excellent agreement. This model provides information about the competencies required from the cognitive, skill, and attitude dimensions for the implementation of circular economy training in small and medium industries, and by warning the decision makers, it clarifies the necessary fields of attention, and by recognizing and examining them, they have a clearer understanding of the program. It provides training for the development of circular economy concepts in the organizations. This diagnosis helps to improve training and also helps professionals to create more efficient training programs within the industries.
Environmental Education
Hooman Bahmanpour; Mojgan Zaeimdar; Behrang Salajegheh
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The purpose of this study is to provide an optimal educational model to improve the general and specialized knowledge of Tehran citizens regarding biodiversity. In the first step, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to assess the level of citizens' awareness. Then, using the opinions of experts, ...
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The purpose of this study is to provide an optimal educational model to improve the general and specialized knowledge of Tehran citizens regarding biodiversity. In the first step, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to assess the level of citizens' awareness. Then, using the opinions of experts, various educational methods were weighed and evaluated. For this purpose, two target levels were designed as expected scenarios. Digest and Ant (ACA) algorithms were used to accurately evaluate and determine the optimal route with the lowest time and lowest cost. The results showed that women's general knowledge about biodiversity was higher than men’s and vice versa about specialized knowledge. On the other hand, there was a significant positive relationship between biodiversity knowledge and education level. Also, to achieve the first level goal, the "Combined educational model" with a weight of 1.196, and the educational model "Virtual educational model" with a weight of 0.608 were evaluated as the most appropriate and inappropriate educational model for transferring general knowledge to citizens, respectively. Regarding the purpose of the second level, the method of "face-to-face training" with a final weight of 64 and "preparation and distribution of training packages" with a weight of 43 had the highest score. Finally, the optimal path for raising the level of specialized knowledge of citizens has a weight of 161, which includes such things as achieving a good level of general knowledge, creating an educational environment, supporting the formation of environmental NGOs, incentives, needs assessment, and review.
Environmental Education
Ali Saeidi; Hamed Meiboudi
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Acquiring environmental knowledge is the first step towards environmental sustainability, and basically, the condition for the future survival of humanity is environmental knowledge, the ability to understand the principles of knowing the environment and living based on them. Green school standards, ...
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Acquiring environmental knowledge is the first step towards environmental sustainability, and basically, the condition for the future survival of humanity is environmental knowledge, the ability to understand the principles of knowing the environment and living based on them. Green school standards, which include physical space, organizational culture, and educational goals, provide an overview of a green school. One of the important duties of green schools is to provide a suitable field for environmental education for students. The aim of the current study is to identify the challenges of evaluating environmental education in green schools in Iran. In this paper using a survey method challenges were identified and investigated and then the data were analyzed by using SPSS software. After calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient between the variables and the determination coefficient, the research hypotheses have been examined using the correlation coefficient significance test. The results show that only the diversity of educational content and ambiguity in information sources are considered challenges in evaluating environmental education in green schools. Together, these two variables can predict up to %18.1 of the variance of challenges.
Environmental Education
Komeil Zoleikani Talavaki; Reza Mirarab Razi; Mostafa Azizi Shomami
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Environmental education (EE) raises awareness of issues impacting the environment upon which we all depend, as well as actions we can take to improve and sustain it. This study investigated the degree of consistency among the environmental components of the intended and implemented curricula belonged ...
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Environmental education (EE) raises awareness of issues impacting the environment upon which we all depend, as well as actions we can take to improve and sustain it. This study investigated the degree of consistency among the environmental components of the intended and implemented curricula belonged to the fifth grade Experimental Science textbook. The methodology in the first part was content analysis, while in the second part was a survey. The statistical population consisted of the fifth grade Experimental Science textbook and 120 fifth grade teachers of primary schools in Sari. The intended curriculum has been examined through the analysis of the objectives and the content of the Experimental Science textbook, and the implemented curriculum has been examined via a researcher-made questionnaire. Chi-square and one-sample t-test were run in data analysis process. The results indicated that with respect to the objectives, there was not any significant difference among the components of the environmental education. However, regarding the content, there was a significant difference among the components of the environmental education. However, there was a significant difference among the contents of the environmental components of the fifth grade Experimental Science course. Moreover, regarding the environmental components and the teachers’ opinions, there was a significant difference between the intended and implemented curricula, and hence not any consistency between the two. Therefore, due to the existing inconsistency, it is necessary for the Editing Council of the Experimental Science Book, as well as the school principals and teachers to put more efforts into reducing such inconsistency.
Environmental Education
Alireza Hamidieh; Alireza hajizadeh qomi; Ebrahim Farbod
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through the establishment of a green supply chain with the mediating role of government support and private sector participation with a green innovation approach. The research is practical and descriptive in terms of objective and data selection. The statistical population of the study is experts ...
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through the establishment of a green supply chain with the mediating role of government support and private sector participation with a green innovation approach. The research is practical and descriptive in terms of objective and data selection. The statistical population of the study is experts and pundits available in the field of the supply chain in the industrial park of greater Tehran. 136 people were selected by the non-probabilistic sampling method. Research data are collected according to a standard questionnaire. All extracted data are analyzed using SmartPls statistical software with a variance-based structural equation approach. Statistical indicators such as Cronbach's alpha Composite Reliability, criterion validity and convergence validity of mean-variance, and Fornell and Larker divergence validity have been used to explain the validity of the published questionnaire. The results of the study show that environmental regulations affected the establishment of a green supply chain with the mediating role of government support and private and public partnerships 0.228 and 0.627, respectively, affecting environmental performance. The direct effect of establishing a green supply chain on economic performance in short-term and medium-long term performance were 0.769 and 0.653 respectively. The result of the study can be deployed in green supply chain management (GSCM) at manufacturing companies, especially are located in Tehran. Through the approach of environmental regulations, government support, and the participation of companies in the profitability of themselves, the growth rate can be observed in the economic performance of the country.
Environmental Education
Masoumeh Samadi
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The purpose of this study is to analyze environmental education in the document of fundamental transformation of education and its validation from the perspective of experts. The research method of the first part is qualitative inductive content analysis. The analytical community was document of fundamental ...
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The purpose of this study is to analyze environmental education in the document of fundamental transformation of education and its validation from the perspective of experts. The research method of the first part is qualitative inductive content analysis. The analytical community was document of fundamental change in education and theoretical foundations document of fundamental change.The research method in the second part is the Delphi method. The study population of this section was the faculty members of the universities of educational sciences. Finally ten people were purposefully selected according to their works in the two fields of environmental education and the document of fundamental change and their interest in participating in the study.Based on the findings of thematic analysis, environmental education in the document of fundamental change in education has been considered from both theoretical and practical. In the theoretical field, the universal theme identified is the epistemological revival of environmental metaphysics with three pre-organizing themes central monotheism (with 9 basic themes), central resurrection with (with 3 basic themes) and human-centered (with 5 basic themes). In the practical field, the enumerated thematic theme is environmental competencies that have been considered with three themes: pre-organizing cognitive dimension (with 6 basic themes), emotional (with three basic themes) and behavioral (with 13 basic themes). The analysis of the data obtained from the judgment of the experts indicates that the experts confirmed the enumerated themes in both theoretical and practical dimensions. However, in the theoretical part, the most agreement of experts is on the themes of human-centered dimension and in the practical part, the most agreement is on the themes of cognitive dimension.
Mahnaz Jadidi; Mansooreh Jadidi; Mohammad Javad Amiri
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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.
Environmental Education
Parastoo Iranpour; Faezeh Taghipour; Seyed Behnam Sarvarinejad
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The aim of this study is to provide a model for promoting citizens' water literacy for sustainable media-based development. According to the purpose of this research, it is an applied and exploratory type that has been obtained by the method of Strauss and Corbin's systematic method of data foundation ...
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The aim of this study is to provide a model for promoting citizens' water literacy for sustainable media-based development. According to the purpose of this research, it is an applied and exploratory type that has been obtained by the method of Strauss and Corbin's systematic method of data foundation theory. Due to the qualitative approach of the research, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 34 experts in the fields of environment, water, social sciences, and communications using theoretical sampling. Then the data were analyzed and 1120 primary codes of open coding, 71 categories of axial coding, and 23 main factors of selective coding were identified. The main contribution of this research is the promotion of water literacy, which have been formed according to the causal conditions (targeting and policy-making in water literacy, water valuation, water attitudes, water skills, water knowledge, literacy promotion), the underlying factors (media diversity) as well as the intervening factors (media politicization, journalists' dependence on sources of power), which was obtained through the strategies such as a change in educational system, pathology of educational master plans, interaction of industry, educational institutions and universities, promotion of social capital, interaction with media, audience, media greening, complete and rich media content, institutionalization of water discourse, agile media interaction. In the second stage, in order to weigh the causal conditions and strategies, hierarchical analysis was used. The results revealed that among the causal conditions, targeting and policy-making were the most important priorities in water literacy.
Environmental Education
Ali Ghorbani
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Considering the establishment of project management engineering in the country by the author, this article focuses on how to design a curriculum and important issues to be considered in the curriculum of civil engineering and project management and its objective is to promote the level of graduates who ...
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Considering the establishment of project management engineering in the country by the author, this article focuses on how to design a curriculum and important issues to be considered in the curriculum of civil engineering and project management and its objective is to promote the level of graduates who are not only unaware of the need for sustainable development, but also do not meet the aspirations of industrial organizations, professionals, and academics. This paper is an applied research based on a case study extracted from research findings. To achieve this objective, a review has been conducted to determine the main areas under study in sustainable development and the concept of sustainability in order to be included in the curriculum planning and course titles, and special attention has been paid to the role of civil engineering and project management. Preliminary data were collected using a review of important articles and credible evidence, specifically on studies in two case studies, one on the Civil Engineering and Project Management program at the University of the North East of England and the other in central Italy, which have been successful. The results based on the above research method have led to the design of a table with basic components to be considered in the civil engineering and project management curriculum in the country, which is self-applied and includes a proposed framework in 9 areas and 75 categories for inclusion in the curriculum of the mentioned disciplines as the output of this research.
Foozieh Dehzad Rostami; Ebrahim Salehi Omran; Sadegh Salehi
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Regarding to the role of higher education in the training of specialists, paying attention to environmental education in specialized fields, especially industries related to industry, is one of the responsibilities of this institution. However, in Iranian higher education, attention to such trainings ...
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Regarding to the role of higher education in the training of specialists, paying attention to environmental education in specialized fields, especially industries related to industry, is one of the responsibilities of this institution. However, in Iranian higher education, attention to such trainings is not desirable and in the curriculum of most disciplines, it is not considered. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the needs of environmental education for students of industrial engineering and industrial management. The research method is mixed exploratory-sequential and for this purpose, first with qualitative methods to study the needs and components of environmental education of the desired fields through interviews with 9 professors and content analysis of the topics of the desired fields in 8 universities in Other countries were discussed. Then, the components obtained from the qualitative stage were summarized and combined and provided to 60 experts for prioritization. The data were analyzed using chi-square test and Friedman test and the needs were prioritized. The results show that the components of knowledge and general issues of environment and industry and environmental considerations in the supply chain are in a higher priority than other components.
Masumeh Kargozar; Mahmoud Mehrmohamadi; Ebrahim Talaee; Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri
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The present study aims to investigate the existing status of environmental education in the second elementary school based on the components of environmental education. The methodology was the content analysis method of Entropy Shannon, which presents data processing in the context of content analysis ...
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The present study aims to investigate the existing status of environmental education in the second elementary school based on the components of environmental education. The methodology was the content analysis method of Entropy Shannon, which presents data processing in the context of content analysis with a new, quantitative and qualitative look. The content of the project was responsive (all 4th, 5th and 6th grade books), and 9 main components and 43 sub-components. The results of content analysis showed that out of a total of 848 pages of the fourth elementary books, in total (189) pages, and 895 pages of the fifth grade of primary books in total (127) pages and from 914 pages of the sixth grade books in elementary The total (127) pages related to the key concepts of environmental education, and among all the components of environmental education, the greatest attention was paid to the component of biodiversity in 36 pages and the least attention was paid to the ozone layer component in (0). The most The coefficient of importance is related to biodiversity components (0.26) and the lowest coefficient of importance of the component is the effect of growth of ozone layer (0). According to the results of content analysis, it can be concluded that the environmental education of this period is very low, while explicitly in the upstream documents the issue of the environment, the necessity and importance of preservation and ways of its conservation as one The underlying dimensions of development are discussed in different dimensions.
Askar Jalalian
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According to the preamble to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, international crimes are crimes that cause for concern the international community. Accordingly, four international crimes have been counted and specified in the statutes. This research, which is of analytical-descriptive type ...
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According to the preamble to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, international crimes are crimes that cause for concern the international community. Accordingly, four international crimes have been counted and specified in the statutes. This research, which is of analytical-descriptive type and with library-documentary method, seeks to provide a strategy for environmental protection.The environment is a common heritage of humanity, and almost all countries suffer as a result of the damage it suffers. Since the Rio 1992 Convention, which linked sustainable development to the environment, the importance of paying attention to the environment has increased. Consideration should be given to recognizing environmental crimes as international crimes so that the International Criminal Court can have jurisdiction over them.this study seeks to answer the question that considering the principle of sustainable development and its necessities, how is it possible to criminalize environmental crimes in the category of international crimes? In other words, how is it possible to develop the concept of international crime into environmental crimes? And what is the relationship between sustainable development and the environment? Research findings indicate that according to several provisions of the Rome Statute of 1998, it is possible to develop the concept of international crime not only to environmental crime but also to other crimes, so in order to make it operational, research efforts must be paved and environmental protection Institutionalized.
Mahnaz Ranjbar; Sahar Tabibian; Saba Khalaj; Mojgan Noorafshan
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today, with rapid advancement of industry and technology, many concerns about the adverse consequences threaten human life. The objective of this research is to investigate environmental education as an implement to reduce and evaluate the environmental consequences of petrochemical products based on ...
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today, with rapid advancement of industry and technology, many concerns about the adverse consequences threaten human life. The objective of this research is to investigate environmental education as an implement to reduce and evaluate the environmental consequences of petrochemical products based on the hierarchical analysis. The methodology was a survey of a statistical group involving 30 managers and experts in the petrochemical industry. The tool for the survey has consisted of a questionnaire with a pair scale-single response. In this model, the validity of the research was confirmed by the Delphi method and obtaining the opinion of experts in the field of occupational health and reliability of the questionnaire calculated by the inconsistency rate (less than 0.1). First, three criteria including environmental impact, destruction of the natural environment, impacts on individual health, and the most important harmful effects of each criterion were identified. Among the three main criteria, the most influential factor is the environmental impact criterion with a relative weight of 0.670. The criteria for the destruction of the natural environment and health effect of petrochemical workers with a relative weight of 0.260 and 0.699, respectively, are in the next priority. The water pollution parameter with a relative weight of 0.602 is the most important among the 5 sub-criteria. The parameter of effects on the biological environment with a relative weight of 0.373 among the 3 sub-criteria, and the parameter of the respiratory system with a relative weight of 0.417 among the 5 sub-criteria have the greatest effect, respectively.
Ehsan Khajouie; Asghar Soltani; Keramat Esmi
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The purpose of this study was to a comparison of environmental education in the elementary schools curriculum of Iran and the selected countries based on the four elements of objectives, contents, teaching methods, and evaluation methods of curriculum. This study is qualitative research and comparative ...
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The purpose of this study was to a comparison of environmental education in the elementary schools curriculum of Iran and the selected countries based on the four elements of objectives, contents, teaching methods, and evaluation methods of curriculum. This study is qualitative research and comparative one, which has used Bereday model to compare the research data. Population includes countries all over the world, and the sample was comprised of United States of America, Britain, Canada, Australia and Iran that were selected through a purposeful sampling method. The most important environmental education documents were collected through websites of the selected countries and library resources and then analyzed using the four-stages method of Bereday. The findings showed that the objectives and contents of the Iranian curriculum are well explained and do not differ significantly from the objectives and content of the environmental education curriculum of the selected countries. Also, the use of simulation teaching methods, brainstorming and multimedia resources and ICT in environmental education has been neglected. Furthermore, the use of evaluation methods such as diagnostic evaluation and standardized tests have been ignored in the elementary schools of Iran.
Fatemeh Parasteh Ghombavani; Fahimeh Al-Sadat Haghighi; Seyed Milad Ramin Azad
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The book of "Human and the Environment" base on curriculum general approach (Flourishing divine nature) and according the five elements (Science, Thinking, Faith, Ethics and Practice) in four areas (self, people, creation and almighty creator) have been compiled to teach in the eleventh year in all disciplines. ...
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The book of "Human and the Environment" base on curriculum general approach (Flourishing divine nature) and according the five elements (Science, Thinking, Faith, Ethics and Practice) in four areas (self, people, creation and almighty creator) have been compiled to teach in the eleventh year in all disciplines. Since this lesson has entered to the country's educational system for the first time as an independent course and attend on the environmental issues seriously and with specific plans, the aim of this study is analysis of the internal aspect and the dimensions of appearance and content. This research was carried out using the descriptive analytical – survey method. The research sample includes three sections: the book of Man and Environmental (whole content), eleventh grades students (1931 person) and the teachers who taught the book (185 person) that participated randomly in this research of 11 provinces and 29 cities. In the book analysis section, the dimensions (categories) obtained from the content analysis are: text, assignments, questions, pictures, tables, charts, discussions, verses, know more and impact of content on the promotion of skills and individual interests. These dimensions are evaluated less than the hypothetical average for students and more than the hypothetical average for teachers with ranking and grade of importance differ from students. Accordingly, correction and alignment of dimensions with details in each of items has been suggested to remove the disadvantages and also ease of student learning and teacher training.
Hosein Alekajbaf; Masoud khadimi; Askar Jalalian; Mohammadyar Arshadi
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Climate resilience is referred to the social ability in the event of impulses and environmental degradation in pursuit of activities towards goals. Sustainability is established through adaptability and evolution. This will make communities less likely to witness large-scale emigration and the emergence ...
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Climate resilience is referred to the social ability in the event of impulses and environmental degradation in pursuit of activities towards goals. Sustainability is established through adaptability and evolution. This will make communities less likely to witness large-scale emigration and the emergence of environmental asylum phenomena as a response to environmental hazards. The climate resilience thinking, in the context of modern urban ecology, enables the integration of human and ecological factors and understanding of the interactions between them, develops sustainability strategies with respect to identification of interactions. An important discussion about upgrading resilience is paying attention to the participation of the people and the civil society, and it is also necessary to educate people about the environment. Therefore, the present research was aimed at investigating the direct role of environmental education in climate resilience and its effect on environmental asylum phenomena using a descriptive method of documentary analysis. The findings of the research suggested that sustainable development and ultimately, climate resilience will be achieved when environmental information is disseminated among people and through the participation of people in preserving the community. The importance of this issue has not been neglected from the point of view of international law, and several international documents have also been dedicated to this issue. Since the occurrence and evolution of climate resilience and as a result the sustainable development of countries depends on environmental education as the main pillar of each society, it is necessary to take measures in order to increase the environmental awareness of the people.
Marjan Masoomifard
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The e-learning system as an educational approach of the present age has always been faced with complexity of the interaction and quality of Collaboration in learning, hence the experts in this field have prepared different solutions. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship ...
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The e-learning system as an educational approach of the present age has always been faced with complexity of the interaction and quality of Collaboration in learning, hence the experts in this field have prepared different solutions. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the various types of interaction in e-learning with collaborative learning quality. This study is a descriptive-correlational and conducted through a survey method. The statistical population of the study consisted of 172 undergraduate students of e-learning in environmental education, Using Cochran's formula, 120 of them were selected by simple random sampling and completed a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. The research findings were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient show that there is a meaningful and direct relation between the types of interaction (teacher-student, student-student, student-content, content-teacher, teacher-teacher) with collaborative learning quality in e-learning, While There was no significant relationship between interaction (content-content) and the quality of collaborative learning. Also, the results of the Friedman test, used to rank the types of interaction, showed that student-student interaction had the most importance in collaborative learning, and the interaction between "teacher-teacher" and "content-content" had the least importance among types Interactions. Therefore, it seems that the interactivity that exists between students ensures the quality of collaborative learning in e-learning.
Sima Abasi; Zahra Rezaee
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Since a long time ago human being and nature have had a mutual influence on each other. As the civil institutions and technological tools have developed, human being has been influenced by nature in a period of time and in return it has made changes in great scale which in some cases have caused environmental ...
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Since a long time ago human being and nature have had a mutual influence on each other. As the civil institutions and technological tools have developed, human being has been influenced by nature in a period of time and in return it has made changes in great scale which in some cases have caused environmental and ecological threats. For this reason, the study of environmental issues in literature is considered as an essential element in comparative literature studies and a cultural discourse has been made for protection of the environment. As a cultural media, literature and specially poetry have a significant effect on behavioral and motivational domains and on awareness of their audience toward the environment. In Persian contemporary poems, Nima and his successors have created a new point of view toward nature and environment which had some of the poets like Sohrab to encourage people to respect their environment. This study will analyze the point of view of contemporary poetry toward environment, the position of it and the way of environmental education with an emphasis on Sohrab’s poems as the establisher of this approach. As a result, it’s been figured out that the need of paying attention to the environment and making people aware of the ways they can respect it has led to the emergence of a new domain in poetry with educational functions, this domain was established by Sohrab Sepehri for the first time in Persian poetry.
Neda Parishani; Seyed Ebrahim Mirshah Jafari; Fereydoon Sharifian; Mehrdad Farhadian
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The present study aimed to investigate the inclusion of environmental education topics in Iranian secondary education textbooks and prioritizing neglected topics. In the qualitative section, a semi-structured interview was conducted with curriculum specialists and environmentalists to find answers on ...
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The present study aimed to investigate the inclusion of environmental education topics in Iranian secondary education textbooks and prioritizing neglected topics. In the qualitative section, a semi-structured interview was conducted with curriculum specialists and environmentalists to find answers on how to include environmental education topics in the secondary education curriculum. The research community included all the curriculum specialists in Isfahan universities and environmentalists from Tehran and Isfahan. In the present study, the information was saturated after an interview with 24 specialists. In the quantitative section, a questionnaire was distributed among teachers to prioritize the relevant topics that were neglected in the environmental education curriculum. The statistical population of this section included all biology, geology, chemistry and geography teachers in Isfahan province with a multi-stage cluster sampling, 258 teachers were selected. The results of the study indicated that most of the experts believed that the topics of environmental education should be integrated with all courses. The results of the survey of the four groups of teachers showed that they think that the three items of protecting the natural environment of the country, the social, economic, and environmental consequences of electric energy production from renewable and non-renewable sources and the need for renewable energies and environmental impacts from fossil fuel consumption are at the top of the list of neglected topics in Iran's environmental education.
Shaho Karami; Mehdi Esmaeili Bidhendi; Mostafa Naderi
Volume 6, Issue 4 , September 2018, , Pages 9-18
Somayeh Oryan; Jeiran Amiraslani
Volume 6, Issue 4 , September 2018, , Pages 37-52
Khatereh Feyzbakhsh Vaghef; Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri
Volume 6, Issue 4 , September 2018, , Pages 79-90
