The analysis of high school students' perceptions towards environment concept

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dc.contributor.authorKaya, Hueseyin
dc.contributor.authorCoskun, Muecahit
dc.contributor.authorAydin, Fatih
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:10:18Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:10:18Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis research was carried out to put forward high school students' metaphors towards environment concept. The study group of the research consisted of 136 students that attend Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Turhan Social Sciences High School in Istanbul Turkey in the second term of 2009/2010 academic year. The data of the research were gathered by completing Environment is like. because. statement. The analysis and interpretation of the data were done using the phenomenological science design and content analysis technique of qualitative research method. According to the findings of the research, high school students produced 60 valid metaphors towards environment concept. The metaphors mentioned were classified into seven conceptual categories (environment as the expression of pollution, beauty, life, space, importance, reflection and variation) in terms of their common features. The research results indicate that students produced more metaphors that emphasize the importance of environment followed by the metaphors that express reflection, space and beauty. In the suggestions section, it was emphasized that teachers should teach the concepts via metaphors and such applications should be carried out to different student groups, teachers, teacher candidates and parents.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1597en_US
dc.identifier.issn1991-637X
dc.identifier.issue13en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1591en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/8114
dc.identifier.volume5en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000280348800007en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAfrican Journal of Agricultural Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectMetaphoren_US
dc.subjectenvironmenten_US
dc.subjectstudenten_US
dc.subjectgeographyen_US
dc.subjectenvironment educationen_US
dc.titleThe analysis of high school students' perceptions towards environment concepten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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