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Asia-Pacific Forum
on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 13, Issue 2, Article 3 (Dec., 2012) |
Can eco-schools improve elementary school students’ environmental literacy levels?*
Sibel OZSOY
Department of Elementary School Education
Faculty of Education
Aksaray University, TURKEYE-mail: sozsoy@aksaray.edu.tr
Hamide ERTEPINAR
İstanbul Aydın University, TURKEY
Necdet SAGLAM
Hacettepe University, TURKEY
Received 13 Mar., 2012
Revised 11 Jul., 2012
Contents
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method
- Research Design
- Participants:
- Data Collection Instruments
- Data Collection
- Procedure:
- Applications in Experimental Group: Eco-School Applications
- Applications in Control Group: Traditional School Applications
- Analysis of Data
- Results
- Descriptive Statistics of the Pre-test and the Post-test Results of Knowledge Subscale of ELQ
- Descriptive Statistics of the Pre-test and the Post-test Results of Attitude Subscale of ELQ
- Descriptive Statistics of the Pre-test and the Post-test Results of Environmental Use Subscale of ELQ
- Descriptive Statistics of the Pre-test and the Post-test Results of Environmental Concern Subscale of ELQ
- Inferential Statistics
- Conclusion
- References
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of eco-schools on elementary school students’ environmental literacy levels. Data of the study were gathered from 316 students enrolled to two elementary schools. One of the schools was determined as experimental group (n = 156) and students attending this school received eco-school application. The other school was set as control group (n = 160) and students enrolled to this school received traditional school application. Environmental Literacy Questionnaire with four subscales; environmental knowledge, attitudes, uses and concerns, was used to determine students’ environmental literacy levels. Results revealed that there were significant differences between control and experimental groups of different grade levels in terms of the all subscales of Environmental Literacy Questionnaire in favor of experimental group.
Keywords: Environmental education, environmental literacy, eco-schools
*This study is based on the dissertation entitled as “Effects of Eco-School Application on Elementary School Students’ Environmental Literacy Levels”.
