School Students Conceptions about Biodiversity Loss Definitions Reasons Results and Solutions
Yazarlar (5)
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Tezcan KARTAL
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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 |
| 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-focused definitions of biodiversity and understood BL through such various conceptual patterns as, 'balance of nature', 'forest', 'global warming', 'hunting' and 'indirect conservation'. At the end of the paper, the possible educational implications and future perspectives were discussed. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Biodiversity | Biodiversity loss | Conceptions | School students |
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| Atıf Sayıları | |
| WoS | 26 |
| SCOPUS | 30 |
| Google Scholar | 73 |