Prospective teachers and secondary students' ideas on global environmental issues: Contradictions or similarities

Kabapınar, Filiz; Cengiz, Candan

doi:10.18844/ijlt.v10i1.3141

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“…Ecology provides the necessary basis for the protection of nature. Maintaining a habitat mosaic ensures the survival of a rich variety of species (Kabapinar, Cengiz, & Aglarci, 2018). Ecology science, like other scientific disciplines, relies on observational, experimental and purely objective analyses to distinguish between answers to how the world works (Stevenson, 2007).…”

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Issues in teaching the human and ecology concept

Gulmira¹,

Kuralay²,

Doskeyeva³

et al. 2022

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The purpose of this research is to evaluate the problems encountered in teaching the concept of human and ecology from the perspective of primary school teachers. The research was created in accordance with the qualitative research method. The study group of the research consists of 25 primary school teachers who are teaching in various primary schools in Kazakhstan in the 2022–2023 academic year. Research data were collected with a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. The research data were analysed by descriptive analysis method. As a result of the research, the majority of primary school teachers who participated in the research stated that they found the students' knowledge of human and ecology concepts at a moderate level. Majority of the primary school teachers who participated in the research stated that the students' interest in the concepts of human and ecology was high. The primary school teachers who participated in the research expressed the lack of materials, the inability to find the opportunity to practice, the lack of opportunity to develop projects, the inadequacy of cooperation with the family, the difficulty in sensitising the students and the inadequacy of the ecological infrastructure of the schools as the problems they encounter while teaching the concepts of human and ecology to their students. Keywords: Human and ecology, concept teaching, primary school teachers

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confidence: 99%