Fen Bilimleri Öğretmenlerinin Fen Öğretiminde Hayvanat Bahçelerinin Kullanımına Yönelik Görüşleri
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2022
Yazarlar: Kaplan, Gülçin, Hakan TÜRKMEN
Journal of Research in Informal Environments, Uluslararası, 2022
Özet
One of the informal teaching environments, Zoos, which appeals too many of the purposes in the science curriculum, represents a natural part of life, and can contribute numerous in so many ways to students. With describing the use of "Zoos" by science teachers; It is expected that it will be a good guide for us to provide the infrastructure to solve the problems, which determined by the study group, for the effective use of these environments and to raise qualified individuals. When the literature is examined, it is seen that there is a gap for investigating how zoos are used by science teachers. The purpose of this study is to reveal the views of science teachers about the use of "Zoos", which is one of the informal teaching environments, in a context of a descriptive study. In the study, "Case Study", one of the qualitative research designs, was used. The study group consists of 106 science teachers and they determined by using the "Convenience Sampling" method. The data collection tool consisting of 8 open-ended questions was applied to the participants via "Google Forms". The collected data were analyzed with the “Content Analysis Method”. It was seen that most of the participants were aware of the importance of the use of zoos and its benefits both educationally and for the students, however, they stated they had problems such as the difficulties of permission-procedural process, cost, classroom management etc. On the other hand; there are also participants who are against the use of zoos because of the thought that animals are separated from their natural environments. Participants stated that the selection criteria of zoos to visit were including distance, diversity of animals, cost, etc.