Examining Game Designs Compatible with the Planning, Implementation, Evaluation Model in the Context of Science Education

Year 2024, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 219 - 247, 27.12.2024

Sibel Yumak , Kübra Öçsoy , Saliha Öztürk , Elif Benzer

https://doi.org/10.17522/balikesirnef.1392825

Abstract

This study aims to examine the general features, quality, PIE (Planning, Implementation, Evaluation) model compliance, and environmental literacy of games created by pre-service science teachers using the PIE methodology. The research participants were pre-service science teachers who were enrolled in the elective course “Science, Sustainability and Environment (SSE)” as third-grade undergraduate students. The pre-service teachers were instructed to create a game using the PIE model while taking into account the environmental learning outcomes listed in the Ministry of National Education’s (MoNE) 2018 Science Curriculum. Three researchers assessed each of 13 designs independently, and reliability was determined using Miles and Huberman's formula (1994). The study's findings showed that the majority of the games were card games, and they were authentic. It was determined that the games met the PIE model's requirements for quality and compatibility. It was also established that the pre-service teachers primarily incorporated environmental awareness and subsequently knowledge in their games as part of the environmental literacy components.

Keywords

Educational games, science education, the PIE model, environmental literacy

Ethical Statement

The study involves human participants. Ethics committee permission (Date: 10.11.2023, Number: 11- 2023-524) was obtained from Necmettin Erbakan University, Social and Human Sciences Research Ethics Committee.

Fen Eğitiminde Planlama, Uygulama, Değerlendirme Modeline Uygun Oyun Tasarımlarının İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, fen bilgisi öğretmen adayları tarafından PIE (Planla, Uygula, Değerlendir) modeline göre tasarlanan oyunları; genel özellikleri, niteliği, PIE modeline uygunluğu ve çevre okuryazarlığı bileşenleri açısından incelemektir. Bu amaçla 3. Sınıfta öğrenim gören ve Fen, Sürdürülebilirlik ve Çevre (FSÇ) seçmeli dersini alan fen bilimleri öğretmen adayları araştırmaya katılmıştır. Öğretmen adaylarından Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı 2018 Fen Bilimleri Öğretim Programındaki çevre konulu kazanımlar ele alınarak PIE modeline göre oyun tasarımı yapmaları istenmiştir. Tasarımlar üç araştırmacı tarafından birbirinden bağımsız olacak şekilde değerlendirilmiş ve Miles ve Huberman’in (1994) sunduğu uyuşum formülü ile güvenirliğine bakılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda oyunların çoğunlukla kart oyunu türü olduğu ve özgün tasarım oldukları görülmüştür. Oyunların nitelik bakımında yeterli ve PIE modelinin çerçevesine uygun tasarımlar olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Öğretmen adaylarının oyunlarında çevre okuryazarlık bileşenlerinden en çok farkındalık ardından da bilgi bileşenlerine yer verdikleri tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Eğitsel oyunlar, fen eğitimi, PIE modeli, çevre okuryazarlığı.

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