A Design Based Research of an Earth Systems Based Environmental Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Assaraf, Orit Ben-Zvi; Orion, Nir
Titel	A Design Based Research of an Earth Systems Based Environmental Curriculum
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 5 (2009) 1, S.47-62 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Interdisciplinary Approach; Urban Schools; Core Curriculum; Water; Environmental Education; Junior High School Students; Science Curriculum; Systems Approach; Thinking Skills; Design; Instructional Development; Outdoor Education; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Teaching Methods; Case Studies; Guidelines; Questionnaires; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Kerncurriculum; Wasser; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Systemischer Ansatz; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Freiluftunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Richtlinien; Fragebogen
Abstract	This article presents a model for the development of an environmentally oriented unit designed to be implemented as an integral part of the science core curriculum. The program's main goal is encouraging students at the junior high-school level to develop systems-thinking and environmental insight as a basis for environmental literacy. A design-based research was employed in order to construct the learning program and improve it in consecutive cycles. The findings indicate that junior high school students who were involved in the learning process--through knowledge integration activities, scientific inquiry, and outdoor learning--achieved a meaningful improvement of their cyclic and systemic understanding of the water cycle. The article concludes with a summary of the program's design elements we recommend using in other programs seeking to foster students' understanding of natural cycles within the context of their influence on people's daily lives, rather than in the isolation of their specific scientific domains. It is suggested that an environmentally based science curriculum should involve authentic, real environmental topics, and at the same time, it should emphasize the role of scientific knowledge and skills that are needed for the development of environmental literacy. (Contains 3 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10