Awareness as a broad term
is subject of many scientific disciplines such as psychology, education and
biology etc. Thus the awareness study about our surrounding and environment can
be called as a socio-scientific issues. The human species are often in interaction
with almost all living and non-living things in the world. And we are not aware
about these to some extent. The awareness changes according to the same
variables such as mobility, color contrast and similarity to the human being.
The living groups (plants and animals) come first rather than non-livings such
as stones, water and air. It is the clear that people have higher awareness
towards animals. Against plants and mushroom, the awareness is well below the
desired level. In this study, it was tried to determine the changes in middle
school students’ awareness towards animals, plants and mushrooms through nature
education. Nature education connects individual with nature. During the
education, students recognize livings in the nature and try to understand the
importance of nature for a sustainable future. Within the scope of the study,
47 secondary school students were given one week of natural education.
Students' answers were analyzed statistically. The pictorial information scales
applied before and after the education reveal a significant increase in plant
awareness, especially in a world where plant blindness is high.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Research Papers |
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Publication Date | May 28, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 10 Issue: 2 |