S. Oryan; S.M Shobeiri; M. Farajollahi
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, , Pages 115-129
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The aim of this study is to analyze the role of “Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Strategic Plan on Climate Change” in 5 different sectors of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water management, agriculture and food security, biological resources and health on knowledge, attitude ...
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The aim of this study is to analyze the role of “Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Strategic Plan on Climate Change” in 5 different sectors of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water management, agriculture and food security, biological resources and health on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of the society for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The research method is practical and it is descriptive-analytical study. According to the result of the study, all of three dimensions of KAP considered in 25 strategies of the 5 sectors, but they are not proportional. As of 229 programs of this plan, 24% and 26% are related to enhance the level of knowledge and attitude of community of Iran and 50% of programs are practical. The sectors with the highest and lowest proportion of programs related to the development of knowledge, are health sector (56%) and reducing greenhouse gas sector (8%) respectively. In addition, the sectors with the highest and lowest proportion of programs related to the enhance of attitude, are water management sector (44%) and health sector (12%). The most practical programs are relevant to agriculture and food security and reducing greenhouse gas sectors (60%) and the least practical programs are related to water management. It is suggested that knowledge and attitude of different stakeholders improve through education in order to practical programs that are more than 50% of the programs of this plan, become more effective.
B. Karim; M. Kian; M. Aliasgari
Volume 5, Issue 4 , September 2017, , Pages 9-23
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The purpose of this research was to design the Environmental education curriculum for Elementary education in Iran. The research method was a qualitative one, whereas in the second part of the research, a quantitative analysis was used. First, the theoretical foundations, documents and experiences of ...
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The purpose of this research was to design the Environmental education curriculum for Elementary education in Iran. The research method was a qualitative one, whereas in the second part of the research, a quantitative analysis was used. First, the theoretical foundations, documents and experiences of the pioneering countries were analysed for the Initial draft of the curriculum. Then, the designed curriculum was validated by 30 experts who were selected through purposeful sampling. The results showed the five elements of the curriculum, which were the basics, the goals, the content, the instruction and the evaluation method. In addition, the validation of the design was obtained 0/99. At the end, some practical suggestions were offered based on the findings.
F. GHassami; S.M. Shobeiri; M. Larijani; SH. Farahmand rad
Volume 5, Issue 3 , June 2017, , Pages 53-73
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Due to the presence of vocational and technical graduates in all economic activities, they should be trained in such a way that to be aware of the impact of their work and decision on the environment. In this regard, in this study we try to offer a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making model based ...
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Due to the presence of vocational and technical graduates in all economic activities, they should be trained in such a way that to be aware of the impact of their work and decision on the environment. In this regard, in this study we try to offer a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making model based on the environmental competency criteria for choosing an environmental education method in vocational and technical schools. For this purpose in the first by searching scientific resources, as well as discussions with experts, environmental competency criteria of technical and vocational graduates were identified, then three different questionnaires were designed for data collection and after distributing and collecting questionnaires among research experts, entropy Shanon method and hybrid DEMATEL-ANP approach were used for weighting and prioritizating of mentioned criteria. The results were used for ranking of environmental education methods using fuzzy Electre, fuzzy Topsis and fuzzy Saw. Since the results of the above-mentioned methods are not consistent with each other in some cases, for reaching a general consensus, the POSET method was used and finally, a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making model was proposed to select the best environmental education method in technical and vocational schools. The results show that prioritizing of environmental competency criteria is vary depending on the type of weighting techniques and group discussion is the most appropriate teaching method of environmental education.
S. Sarbaz; A. Setoodeh; M. Rahimi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 25-33
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This research is done to investigate the effect of environmental education on improvement of elementary school students’ attitude about animal rights by Semi experimental method. The statistical population was including the elementary school students, boys and girls of a public school in the city ...
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This research is done to investigate the effect of environmental education on improvement of elementary school students’ attitude about animal rights by Semi experimental method. The statistical population was including the elementary school students, boys and girls of a public school in the city Bardaskan.Sixty girls and sixty boys from fourth, fifth and sixth grades were selected through a simple random method, then the selected samples were divided into two experimental and control groups of 30 students. At first a pretest was given to both groups. After two weeks of pretest, at the end of the training sessions of both experimental and control groups a post test was applied. The related data of pretest and posttest were collected by a questionnaire based on attitude towards animal rights. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was calculated through Cronbach alpha (0/64). The Ancova covariance analysis test was used for analyzing the information. The test results showed that presenting active and purposeful education to students has a significant effect on students attitude improvement towards animal rights and also there is no significant difference between male and female students' responses (sig = 0.38).
E. Esmaeili Alavijeh; L. Zebardast; M.J. Amiri; E. Salehi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 49-58
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The aim of this study was to compare environmental education effectiveness in sixth grade students. For this purpose, both formal and informal forms of education were applied. Research method was quasi-experimental method. Statistical population was all sixth grade female students in Karaj, so 5th district ...
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The aim of this study was to compare environmental education effectiveness in sixth grade students. For this purpose, both formal and informal forms of education were applied. Research method was quasi-experimental method. Statistical population was all sixth grade female students in Karaj, so 5th district was chosen randomly among 12 districts of Karaj, and then Negin Alborz Girls Elementary School was chosen. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with two sections namely; attitude and performance with three tests. The value of 0/85 was obtained for Cronbach’s alpha. The students were divided randomly into formal and informal groups. A test was conducted in both informal and formal groups, before education. Then a combination of lecture and Q & A methods were used in formal education while in informal group, the learning was performed by student. Finally 2 months later, a test was performed for both groups after education. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results showed that significant level t calculated, before education in both informal and formal groups ismore than 0/05 (p>0/05) and there is no significant difference. The significant level t calculated, after education and 2 months after education in both formal and informal groups is less than 0/05 (p
N. Mobarghai Dinan; A. Shahryari
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 77-88
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Women as the half of the world’s population, are also the managers of the resources consumption in the family. Women have a key role in the environmental management. So awareness of their environmental knowledge level and identifying current needs and shortcomings on this regard can have a significant ...
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Women as the half of the world’s population, are also the managers of the resources consumption in the family. Women have a key role in the environmental management. So awareness of their environmental knowledge level and identifying current needs and shortcomings on this regard can have a significant role on improving of the environmental culture in the society. In this research "training needs assessment" has been done for knowing the women different environmental training level and estimating their educational needs among the housewives in Tehran municipality of region 15. The research method for data collecting is descriptive and survey based. Data has been collected via questionnaires of housewives in region 15 which among them 1082 were selected as statistical sample. The reliability coefficient was confirmed by Cronbach alpha (0/86) and its validity has been assessed by expert comments. Data Processing and analysis also has been done with SPSS software. The results showed that the environmental knowledge and awareness level of the women in this region is high (0/88) but they have some problem about the recognition of the cause of some environmental problems. They think that all communicational methods are useful for environmental education. Furthermore face to face training and using TV programs as a social media are the most effective ways for their learning compared to the other ways.
E. Salehi Omran; L. Parhizkar; Kh. Hatamifar
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 89-99
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One of the causes of environmental crisis is the lack of environmental awareness. Certainly, one of the ways of creating it is proper training. As one of the most versatile tools for teaching in the country are textbooks, the present study aims at investigating the main components of environment teaching ...
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One of the causes of environmental crisis is the lack of environmental awareness. Certainly, one of the ways of creating it is proper training. As one of the most versatile tools for teaching in the country are textbooks, the present study aims at investigating the main components of environment teaching included in the sixth grade text books in Iran. The method of the study was content analysis using Shannon entropy analysis including texts, questions, exercises, and pictures of selected books. The findings showed that the highest significant correlation in social studies books was related to the component of the way of exploiting the renewable and non-renewable resources which was (.023%), and the least significant correlation was related to the components of population, ozone layer depletion, and the role of technology in environment as well as global warming. It is also showed that in the Persian text book (reading), the focus of attention was only on the soil components (.013%) and the human role in environmental protection (.002%). In the text book of science, (.004%) of focus was on the components of environment, jungles, and trees, and (.023%) to the ways of exploiting the renewable and non-renewable resources. In the sixth grade's thinking and research textbook, the attention was only on the jungles and trees without considering the other environmental components. In the text books of Quran, mathematics, work and technology, divine gifts, and Persian (writing), there is no attention to the environment. The results showed that there is not a balanced and comprehensive attention to the components of environmental education in the content of text books of the sixth grade in Iran.
H. Ghaffari; A. Younessi; M. Rafiei
Volume 5, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 79-104
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The idea of sustainable development emerged from environmental concerns and criticism of economic and industrial development and its ideal is to preserve resources for all generations with meeting the needs of the present generation. Sustainable development requires extensive changes in the lives of ...
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The idea of sustainable development emerged from environmental concerns and criticism of economic and industrial development and its ideal is to preserve resources for all generations with meeting the needs of the present generation. Sustainable development requires extensive changes in the lives of communities at all levels. This change requires the participation of citizens and civil society and people awareness and education about sustainable development is its prerequisite. Education is the infrastructure of development of our modern world and without accessibility to education and creating general awareness in humans, sustainable development will not exceed a superficial and vulgar slogan. The purpose of this research using descriptive document analysis is to explain and analyze the impact of education and especially environmental education on sustainable development. The findings suggest that a sustainable and comprehensive development will be via human resources development and the prerequisite of the occurrence and continuation of any development, is investment in human resources through education and especially environmental education which is a central core and pillar of any society. Considering that education is one of the most influential factors affecting the sustainable development of each country, wide, continuous, comprehensive and inclusive measures in order to increase environmental awareness is necessary. Economic view to the issue of education from the perspective of investment, according to World Bank standards and explaining its role in sustainable development, is the innovation of this paper.
P. Ghaemi; S.M .Shobeiri; M. Larijani; B. Rokrok
Volume 4, Issue 3 , June 2016, , Pages 33-44
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The objective of the current study is to evaluate training methods in order to select the appropriate methods to promote environmental awareness and finally to change individual behavior to protect the environment. The methodology of this study is a survey of a statistical group involving 260 public ...
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The objective of the current study is to evaluate training methods in order to select the appropriate methods to promote environmental awareness and finally to change individual behavior to protect the environment. The methodology of this study is a survey of a statistical group involving 260 public sector managers and experts in Tehran. The tool for survey consisted of a questionnaire with one question in Multi-Choice, Single-Response Scale to measure the interest of employees in training methods in offices. The results of survey in the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) were evaluated, taking into account all the factors. In this model, after consultation with scholars in the field of educational science with Delphi method, the parameters of time, cost, increasing the level of knowledge, the number of trainees, change of behavior and interaction among trainees were selected as the main criteria in AHP and the grading was carried out. The results of the study showed that workshop had the highest score with a weight of 0.515, and the options of distance education with a weight of 0.263 and lecture with a weight of 0.222 being the next priorities. Also in this study, the change in preference for any of the criteria, priority of training methods can be calculated with quantifying. As with the aim of increasing the number of trainees (from 7.6% to 37.8%), distance-education has higher priority than other options, and so with the aim of increasing the level of knowledge (from 16.9% to 60.3%), lecture will have higher priority.
Roksana Moogoui; Babak Abolghasempour; Mona Aliebrahimi
Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2016, , Pages 7-18
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Environmental education programs on enviro-nmental behavior of Sorkhe Hesar Forest Park visitors which is designed according to Systematic educational approach and tries to offer a instructional design model for environmental education. The main ...
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Environmental education programs on enviro-nmental behavior of Sorkhe Hesar Forest Park visitors which is designed according to Systematic educational approach and tries to offer a instructional design model for environmental education. The main issue of this study is social and environmental behavior of visitors in Sorkhe Hesar Forest Park. Although this Forest Park has rich biodiversity and natural resources, it has many problems due to lack of suitable utilization. The study sample is the citizens of district 13 of Tehran who are more than 284074 individuals; and finally according to data and Cochran formula, sample size became 308 ones. Effectiveness of this model was checked through one-sample t-test and the impact of the course was checked with pre-test and post-test. In order to compare the mean of pre-test and post-test, Mann-Whitney nonparametric test was done. The result showed that participants’ satisfaction was high and it means that the design model was acceptable. The difference in means of variables in pre-test and post-test, shows the effectiveness of the course on variables.
F Sigarchian; S.M Shobeiri; M Larijani
Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2013, , Pages 11-18
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Nano-technology has a lot of positive impacts in human life and industry is potentially one of these areas which gain a lot of benefit from nano development. Some environmental application of nano will be made possible through environmental education; of course this possibility depends ...
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Nano-technology has a lot of positive impacts in human life and industry is potentially one of these areas which gain a lot of benefit from nano development. Some environmental application of nano will be made possible through environmental education; of course this possibility depends on positive attitude in this regard .this research is going to investigate car industry manager’s attitude towards environmental education as a basis for nano application. This study is an applied research which uses a descriptive method based on survey approach. The statistical population is 63 car industry managers and data collecting tool is a self-administered questionnaire. Result showed that the managers had a positive attitude towards nano –application , but there was not any significant difference between managers attitude and the level of their education or their years of experiences , while there was a significant difference between their attitude and the kind of education field
Environmental Education
A Zamani moghadam; M Saedi
Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2013, , Pages 19-30
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This research is conducted to investigate the impact of environmental education on teachers knowledge, attitude and skills at Tehran district 12. The statistical population was all elementary school teachers. 60 teachers were chosen using simple random sampling; then the group was divided in to two 30 ...
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This research is conducted to investigate the impact of environmental education on teachers knowledge, attitude and skills at Tehran district 12. The statistical population was all elementary school teachers. 60 teachers were chosen using simple random sampling; then the group was divided in to two 30 teachers subgroup. The data were collected using a questionnaire and the reliability coefficient was calculated through cronbach alpha. The information processed and analyzed by independent t-test. Result showed that there is a significant difference in teachers environmental knowledge, attitude and skills before and after work shop and environmental education has had a positive impact on teachers skills.
Environmental Education
S.Z Shamsi Papkiadeh; S.M Shobeiri
Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2013, , Pages 55-65
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Literacy can be defined as new thought system in which values, attitudes and behaviors , as well as individuals and social responsibility should be developed according to and in full harmony with nature. In this study we have considered introducing math literacy into primary school curriculum as a prerequisite ...
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Literacy can be defined as new thought system in which values, attitudes and behaviors , as well as individuals and social responsibility should be developed according to and in full harmony with nature. In this study we have considered introducing math literacy into primary school curriculum as a prerequisite to establish and promote this new system based upon this program student , using environmental concept , would be able to think and explore problem solving and logical reasoning , therefore learn math and environmental issue . so in this research , we have considered math textbooks concepts and elements improve math literacy development that follows by promoting awareness , knowledge and behavioral changes towards environment. This study is an applied one and the research method is descriptive based on content analysis . The results that environmental resources showed have bee taken into consideration most, and some other elements are absent completely .
Environmental Education
S Salehi; Z Ghaemi asl
Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2013, , Pages 67-79
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This research examines the role of environmental education in environmental protection behavior of students. The research method in this study was the survey method that uses simple random sampling, 350 high school students from Babol (Mazandaran province) were selected as a sample for study. Required ...
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This research examines the role of environmental education in environmental protection behavior of students. The research method in this study was the survey method that uses simple random sampling, 350 high school students from Babol (Mazandaran province) were selected as a sample for study. Required information for this research was collected by using questionnaires and in spring 2012. Research data processed by using SPSS statistical software, where analytical and descriptive statistics were analyzed. The results showed that students' awareness of environmental problems in general is high, and in specific environmental problems is low. Also, there are significant differences, between environmental behaviors in different educational levels, but this difference was not observed among different fields of study. Finally, the findings showed that new environmental attitude has a positive impact on environmental protection behavior, but knowledge and environmental education has little impact on environmental behavior. This research examines the possible reasons for this matter.
Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri
Volume 2, Issue 5 , November 2013, , Pages 1-10
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Environmental problems, the spread of knowledge and the development of new technologies need Environmental curriculum in higher education and academic thinking on development planning for the dynamics of the relationship between past, present and future .In this regard, the present survey studies the ...
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Environmental problems, the spread of knowledge and the development of new technologies need Environmental curriculum in higher education and academic thinking on development planning for the dynamics of the relationship between past, present and future .In this regard, the present survey studies the "Analysis of environmental education programs to identify opportunities and threats in Higher Education". The research method is descriptive andapopulation of 739 people including Aoteachers and 719 students of environmental education of Ivan’s universities. Students are to simple random sampling. The table suggests that the sample size of 250 was selected and Morgan Krjysy. And practices for teacher’s census. The data in this study is a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The formula for determining the validity of the opinions of experts and LA and will 0/8 and reliability based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to be equal to %806 EFE Matrix is based on the analysis and interpretation of data Citing the results of 8 opportunities and threats were identified 8. That's according to the results of the component under study.
Environmental Education
forozan farrokhian; Mohmmad Hosseinpour; Atousa Soleimani
Volume 2, Issue 5 , November 2013, , Pages 31-38
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Environmental education as a lifelong process that a major part of it is performed in the school environment has an undeniable role in improvement of environmental problems. Hence, investment in school environment to raise children aware of environmental issues requires sensitive teachers with positive ...
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Environmental education as a lifelong process that a major part of it is performed in the school environment has an undeniable role in improvement of environmental problems. Hence, investment in school environment to raise children aware of environmental issues requires sensitive teachers with positive attitudes in this context. This study aiming at reviewing the role of educational level on the environmental attitudes of teachers in Ahvaz middle schools reviewed the four-item criteria of environmental attitudes of teachers. A descriptive and surveying methodology was used in this study. Data collection tool was the Fernandez-Manzanal et al.(2007) evaluation of environmental attitudes questionnaire. This questionnaire consisted four criteria: “Need for Education about Environmental Problems”, “The Importance of Fieldwork and Activities for Environmental Education”, “Environmental Contamination and the Need for Conservation”, and “Environmental Protection Action” that distributes among 331 middle school teachers. The results of descriptive analysis of data and independent ANOVA test indicated significant difference between teachers’ educational level with criteria of “Need for Education about Environmental Problems” and “The Importance of Fieldwork and Activities for Environmental Education”
Environmental Education
Elham Asrari; Masome Rahbari
Volume 1, Issue 4 , July 2013, , Pages 1-10
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One of the most important pollutions in environment is hospital waste. Separation of hospital waste should be performed at the starting point by the producer for management. This study examine the impact of environmental education on managing hospital staff, waste by medical personnel. The research method ...
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One of the most important pollutions in environment is hospital waste. Separation of hospital waste should be performed at the starting point by the producer for management. This study examine the impact of environmental education on managing hospital staff, waste by medical personnel. The research method of this study was through census and single group of 49 people including Katalom Hospital staff a city near Ramsar in 2013. Through observed standardized questionnaire of the Environmental Protection Agency, the rate of hospital waste separation in the relevant checklist was determined. Then the demographic information, knowledge and attitude as well as the performance of hospital staff on hospital solid waste management were measured via another questionnaire. Questionnaires were re-filled after 6-hour training. Wilcoxon test showed knowledge, attitude and performance of medical personnel after training courses improved potentially, and considering the results of the T-test, it showed that the amount of waste separation increased to 100% after training. Therefore education training for waste separation in hospitals is recommended.
Environmental Education
Hossein Meiboudi; Babak Omidvar; A.A Enayati; Sahar Rashidi
Volume 1, Issue 4 , July 2013, , Pages 11-19
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In this research, it has been attempted through a field study; with a descriptive - analysis approach based on questionnaires; to demonstrate the environmental awareness of primary school children in green and traditional schools based on parents' education. The statistics population consists of ...
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In this research, it has been attempted through a field study; with a descriptive - analysis approach based on questionnaires; to demonstrate the environmental awareness of primary school children in green and traditional schools based on parents' education. The statistics population consists of primary school students of green and traditional schools in Tehran. Ratings to the answers for the awareness is on the number of correct answers to the questions. Data, after being coded with SPSS software and statistical appropriate tests, was analyzed. The results showed that the percentage rate of answers environmental awareness questions of green schools is greater than that of traditional schools. Considering the correlation between parents' education and environmental awareness, it was also observed that there is no significant relationship between parent's education and the awareness of environmental issues at schools.
Environmental Education
mohammad niroo; G Haji Hossein Nejhad
Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 1-12
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This study examines the impact of environmental education based on the theory of MI, to reform the traditional teaching model. Selected samples contain two groups, tested samples and control samples are available. Based on the theory of multiple intelligences in Gardner's teaching groups of test and ...
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This study examines the impact of environmental education based on the theory of MI, to reform the traditional teaching model. Selected samples contain two groups, tested samples and control samples are available. Based on the theory of multiple intelligences in Gardner's teaching groups of test and for control groups, the traditional method is used. Research findings indicate that multiple intelligences theory teaching method based on Gardner's attitude and interest students in correcting of misconception of student in regard to environmental education. Compared to traditional teaching methods is supremacy. Traditional approach to education, with the aim of transferring knowledge to students by speech witch is often based on verbal communication and logical – mathematical intelligence is done which are based on individual differences, learning the basic tools to understand each student's outcome. The results of this study and final conclusion indicated the use of MI method teaching entrance of environmental education is rather very necessary.
Environmental Education
H Meiboudi; H Karimzadegan
Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 25-33
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The increasing development of society, the meaning of participation to all areas of social life is extended. This is a field study that uses a Survey research plan. The community contributing statistics to this research includes members and managers of nongovernmental environmental organizations, and ...
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The increasing development of society, the meaning of participation to all areas of social life is extended. This is a field study that uses a Survey research plan. The community contributing statistics to this research includes members and managers of nongovernmental environmental organizations, and also authorities of the City of Mashhad. SPSS software has been used for data analysis, and these data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. It was concluded that these organizations are an important part of the national effort to protect the environment. In environmental education, and in order to achieve better usage of the abilities of nongovernmental organizations in order to elevate the teaching of the environment in the nation, it is necessary that evaluating the teaching of the environment is conducted with correct programming at the upper executive and legal levels.Keywords: Environmental Education, participation, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Mashhad MetropolisKeywords: Environmental Education, participation, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Mashhad Metropolis
