Investigating the Relationship between Pre-Service Teachers' Scientific Literacy, Environmental Literacy and Life-Long Learning Tendency

Autor/in	Saribas, D.
Titel	Investigating the Relationship between Pre-Service Teachers' Scientific Literacy, Environmental Literacy and Life-Long Learning Tendency
Quelle	In: Science Education International, 26 (2015) 1, S.80-100 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1450-104X
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Scientific Literacy; Environment; Lifelong Learning; Interdisciplinary Approach; Correlation; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Conservation (Environment); Foreign Countries; Preschool Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Private Colleges; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umwelt; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Korrelation; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Ausland; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Privathochschule; Statistische Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	The study investigates the relationship between pre-service teachers' scientific literacy (SL) and their environmental literacy (EL). It also seeks significant differences in SL at different levels of a tendency towards life-long learning (LLT). With the world facing critical environmental problems, an interdisciplinary approach to teaching science and environmental issues may help students to regulate their learning, foster curiosity, and stimulate their motivation to learn, all of which would influence their overall SL. For this pre-service teachers' understanding of SL with respect to the environment is important. The scores from tests that assessed pre-service teachers' SL and EL were analysed for correlation. Findings from the study show that pre-service teachers' SL is correlated with four dimensions of EL, environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, perception of environmental uses, and environmental concern. Analysis of the data also reveals a significant difference between the SL of participants in the first and third levels of four levels of LLT, while there is no significant difference between the SL of participants at other levels. Implications of the findings are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Council of Associations for Science Education. Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Education, Buca, Izmir 35150, Turkey. Tel: +90-532-4267927; Fax: +90-232-4204895; Web site: http://icaseonline.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01