School Students Conceptions about Biodiversity Loss Definitions Reasons Results and Solutions
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Ahmet Kilinc Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Namik Kemal Yeşiltaş
Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Tezcan KARTAL Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ümit DEMİRAL Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Baris Eroğlu Aksaray Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Research in Science Education (Q4) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0157-244X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 12-2013 |
| Kabul Tarihi | 12-04-2026 | Yayınlanma Tarihi | – |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 43 / 6 / 2277–2307 | DOI | 10.1007/s11165-013-9355-0 |
| Özet |
| Environmental degradation stemming from anthropocentric causes threatens the biodiversity more than ever before, leading scholars to warn governments about the impending consequences of biodiversity loss (BL). At this point, it is of great importance to study the public’s conceptions of BL in order to identify significant educational implications. However, a review of the literature reveals a relatively small body of research about the public understanding of BL. In this qualitative study, we thus strived to elicit Turkish school students’ conceptions about BL using a written questionnaire including open-ended questions with respect to the definition of biodiversity as well as reasons for, results of and solutions to BL. The sample consisted of 245 school students in a relatively small city. A two-staged content analysis was run on the responses. The results showed that school students most commonly preferred species … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Biodiversity | Biodiversity loss | Conceptions | School students |
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| Google Scholar | 70 |
| Scopus | 5 |
| Web of Science | 27 |