Views of pre-service primary school teachers regarding computer assisted environmental education
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The main aim of this study is to highlight the importance of computer assisted instruction in environmental education. Recently, the importance of environmental education in many countries has begun to increase in parallel with environmental problems. This has led to increased interest in environmental education. The fact that computers were the most important invention of the 20th century is reflected in the fact that computer assisted instruction has been put into practice in all fields of education sciences. The research was done in the Department of Primary Teacher Training, Education Faculty, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in the 2012-2013 academic year. According to the results of the analyses, the attitudes of prospective teachers’ towards computer assisted instruction in environmental education are positive. However, the female prospective teachers attached more importance to computer assisted environmental education than the males. Key words: Computer assisted instruction, environmental education, prospective teacher, environmental citizenship.
Source: Educational Research and Reviews
DOI: 10.5897/err2013.1672
Author: TURAN Ilhan
Institution: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2123872774