Developing Environmental Education Criteria and Indicators in Iranian Elementary Education System in 1404

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD in Philosophy of Education, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Curriculum Planning, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to formulate essential criteria and indicators of environmental education in Iranian elementary education system in 2025 horizon and to prioritize it, using qualitative research for formulation, criteria and indicators and quantitative research for Abstract Prioritization of criteria and indicators. Statistical population in the field of document analysis includes environmental content, bio-education, Supreme Leader's announcement on general environmental policies of the country, Article 50 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 20-year Perspective Document of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1404, National Document of Fundamental Education Transformation. As well as education (macro goals and strategies), the national curriculum document besides all the teachers and experts in the field of education and the environmental experts were selected by snowball sampling method. The selected people were 60 experts via snowball sampling method. Later, the theme analysis method was performed. According to the results, the philosophy of bio-education in Iranian education in the form of 9 axes, the macro goals of bio-education in the form of 14 macro goals, the essential criteria and indicators of bio-education in the fields of knowledge (21 criteria), understanding and understanding (5 criteria), individual and civil responsibilities (5 criteria), and questioning, analysis and interpretation (7 criteria) were both formulated and prioritized.

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Journals of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development
Volume 10, Issue 2
March 2022
Pages 99-115

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