TY - JOUR TT - Analysis of Nature Education Studies in Turkey: A Meta-Synthesis Study AU - Kahyaoğlu, Mustafa PY - 2016 DA - October JF - Academia Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi JO - AJER PB - Mustafa KAHYAOĞLU WT - DergiPark SN - 2619-9351 SP - 1 EP - 14 VL - 1 IS - 1 KW - Doğa eğitimi KW - Meta sentez KW - Türkiye N2 - The aim of this study is to analysis the nature education studies in Turkey by using meta-synthesis method and present the type of tendency in nature education field. In the research, a total 25 studies made up of 13 article, 9 dissertations and 3 assertions which were published between the years of 2010-2015 and chosen through purposeful sampling method were analysed. Google academics search engine, TUBİTAK ULAKBİM, Dergi Park, YÖK National Dissertation Center, EBSCOhost-ERIC databeses took advantages of selecting the studies. Each study were examined within the context of the study’s purpose, subject area, method, sample, data collection tools, teaching applications and results by being subjected to content analysis. Obtained data were interpreted depending on the frequency and partly illustrated through tables and graphs. In the research, the result showed that a significant portion of the studies were conducted with the effects on attitudes towards environmental of nature education. Besides, it was seen that a few number studies opining on nature education, effects on environmental knowledge, environmental awareness, cognitive structure and environmental responsible behaviour of nature education. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/egitim/issue//300089 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/286339 ER -