| Yazarlar |
Sükran Uçuş
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Turkey |
| Özet |
| Outdoor education, supports students interpret their society, nature and the world via experiences, learning by doing. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the Life Sciences Curricula in Turkey from 1st to 3rd grade in elementary school education in terms of objectives, contents, teaching-learning processes and evaluation. Adding that, it is aimed at developing recommendations in covering afore mentioned aspects. The study was based on qualitative research which is consisting of teachers’ perceptions and document analysis for life sciences curricula. Thus, data were collected by document analysis and semi-structured interviews made with 8 teachers working in the city center and towns of Kirsehir, Turkey. Critical case sampling was used for choosing participants. The content analysis which is from qualitative research method was used in this study. Data source of the study is all the gains in life sciences curricula of Turkey (grades 1-3). These courses are more relevant with life and experiences so that they were discussed in details in terms of outdoor education. Outdoor education activities in curricula are quite important for children’s discovering, exploring, establishing cause-effect relation, observing and problem solving. Therefore, applying different approaches and techniques and improving education environment with different materials during outdoor educational activities play a significant role in reaching aimed targets in children. In this manner, the importance of outdoor education in early years, the basic features of outdoor education activities, process and concepts, the role of teacher has been included in this research. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Curricula | Elementary education | Outdoor education | Teachers’ opinions | Turkey |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SCOPUS dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology |
| Dergi ISSN | 1303-6521 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 08-2015 |
| Cilt No | 2015 |
| Sayı | 1 |
| Sayfalar | 167 / 175 |
