Doğa Eğitiminin Öğrencilerin Fen Öğrenmeye Yönelik Motivasyonları ve Sosyalleşme Becerilerine Etkisi

Year 2020, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 1705 - 1725, 30.06.2020

Gülbin Özkan , Ünsal Umdu Topsakal

https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.701212

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı doğa eğitiminin öğrencilerin fen öğrenmeye yönelik motivasyonları ve sosyalleşme becerileri üzerindeki etkisini araştırmaktır. Araştırma İstanbul'da bir devlet okulunda 7. sınıf öğrencileri üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma boyunca 14 doğa eğitimi etkinliği gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak öğrencilere uygulamadan önce ve sonra Fen Öğrenmeye Yönelik Motivasyon Ölçeği ve uygulama sonunda Sosyalleşme Becerileri Açık Uçlu Soru Formu uygulanmıştır. Öğrencilerin sosyalleşme becerileri formunda verdikleri cevaplara görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla içerik analizi uygulanmıştır. Veri analizi sonucunda oluşturulan kod ve temalar tablolarda gösterilmiştir. Öğrencilerin Fen Öğrenmeye Yönelik Motivasyon Ölçeği yoluyla toplanan veriler T-Testi ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonunda, sonuçlar öğrencilerin doğa eğitimini sosyalleşme becerileri için yararlı bulduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca öğrencilerin bilime yönelik motivasyon puanlarının çalışma boyunca anlamlı bir değişim gösterdiği ortaya çıkmıştır.

Keywords

Doğa Eğitimi, Motivasyon, Sosyalleşme Becerisi, Çevre, Ortaokul Öğrencileri

Supporting Institution

Tübitak

Project Number

118B362

Thanks

Bu çalışma Tübitak 4004 projesi kapsamında gerçekleştirilmiştir.

The Effect of Nature Education on Students' Motivations towards Science Learning and Socialization Skills

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of nature education on students’ motivations towards science learning and socialization skills. The study was conducted on 7th-grade students in a state school in İstanbul. 14 nature education activities were performed. The data collection tools were: Students’ Motivation toward Science Learning Scale conducted both before and after the implementation and a Socialization Skills Open-ended Form performed at the end of the implementation. Content analysis was applied to determine the opinions of the students in the socialization skills form. The codes and themes formed as a result of data analysis were demonstrated within the tables. The data collected by students' Motivation Scale for Science Learning was analyzed with T-Test. At the end of the study, results indicated that students found the nature education helpful for socialization skills. Moreover, it was revealed that students’ scores of the motivations towards science demonstrated a meaningful change throughout the study.

Keywords

Nature education, Motivation, Socialization Skills, Environment, Middle School Students

Project Number

118B362

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