Investigating Views of Classroom Teachers and Students on the Interaction of Children with Nature

Purpose: This research aims to investigate the interaction of primary school students with nature and to evaluate these interactions in terms of classroom teachers’ views. Methodology: Case study method within the qualitative research approach was used in the study. The study group of this research...

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Veröffentlicht in:Kastamonu eğitim dergisi 2021-01, Vol.29 (1), p.37-51
Hauptverfasser: ÇAĞLIYAN, Tuğçenur, ALTUN, Taner
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose: This research aims to investigate the interaction of primary school students with nature and to evaluate these interactions in terms of classroom teachers’ views. Methodology: Case study method within the qualitative research approach was used in the study. The study group of this research includes 10 classroom teachers and 18 primary school students on 3th grade who were selected randomly and voluntary basis. So as to get basic data, semi-structured interviews has used by asking 10 question to teachers and 5 for students. The data were analyzed through the “constant comparative analysis” method, one of the qualitative data analysis methods. Findings were presented in tables and direct quotations from teachers’ conversations were used where appropriate to support the analyzed data. Conclusions: According to results of the study, most of the participants have a common view that a great number of students are exposed to virtualization when they are getting away from the nature and have a fear against to nature and also they do not have the chance to know the nature. When the results obtained from the students were examined, it was concluded that the students did not know the meaning of terms such as natural life and organic. It has been determined that the topics that students wonder about nature are related to the growth and nutrition of animals and plants and also the current issues. Suggestions: At the end of the study, some suggestions were made for the practical applications that can be made in the educational environments about the internalization of the natural life by the students. Çalışmanın Amacı: Bu araştırmanın amacı öğrencilerin doğa ile etkileşimlerinin öğrenci ve öğretmen görüşleri açısından incelenmesidir. Yöntem: Çalışmada nitel araştırma yaklaşımlarından özel durum çalışması kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu gönüllülük esasına dayalı olarak rastgele seçilen 10 sınıf öğretmeni ve üçüncü sınıfa devam eden 18 ilkokul öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak mülakat tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. Yüz yüze yapılan mülakatlarda sınıf öğretmenlerine 10 ve öğrencilere beş sorudan oluşturulmuş yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde nitel veri analizi yöntemlerinden “sürekli karşılaştırmalı metod” kullanılmıştır. Bulgular tablolar şeklinde sunulmuş, katılımcıların alıntılarıyla desteklenmiştir. Sonuçlar: Araştırmada sonuçlara göre öğretmenler öğrencilerin doğal yaşam ile ilgili konularda
ISSN:2147-9844
2147-9844
DOI:10.24106/kefdergi.4166