Summary


THE EFFECTS OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING METHOD ON THE PRESERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
Environmental pollution is at the beginning of today's problems. It has become a necessity to educate environmentally sensitive individuals to ensure that future generations live in a healthier and more reliable environment. For this reason, environmental education has been seen as a necessity at all stages of education. With this research it is aimed that investigate to project-based learning method that used in Environmental Courses elementary science teaching students’ on the effect of environmental literacy. For this purpose, project-based learning method was examined impact on knowledge and behaviour subscales of environmental literacy of individuals. The study was carried out with the preservice teachers studying in third grade of Education Faculty of Firat University. The practice lasted totally 15 weeks and 3 hours per week. Study group included 55 preservice teachers. Single group pre-test and post-test model were used in this study. The Environmental Courses was processed activities set up by preservice teachers were active to the project-based learning method. Throughout the process preservice teachers have developed projects related to environmental issues engaged of by using scientific measurement tools (probeware). At the same time environmental course virtual classroom (Blackboard learning management system) application has been given place. Data collection tool in the research used knowledge for the environment and behavior measuring tools. According to the analysis of data obtained pre-test and post-test comparison of measurement tools was found a significant increase in favor of the post test all of sub-dimensions. This result, environmental course prepared by project-based learning method showed that a positive impact of environmental education course’ environmental literacy in all dimensions.

Keywords
Environment education, environmental literacy, project based learning method

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