The Eurasia Proceedings Of Educational & Social Sciences (epess)

ISRES Yayıncılık

An instruction integrating biology, chemistry, and art was designed and implemented to teach plants to children aged between 10 and 12 in this study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the instruction from students" perspectives. The instruction designed was carried out within the context of A Journey to Botanical World 2 numbered 213B510 which was founded by Nature Education and Science Schools Program of Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. The educational activities of the project were implemented in June, 2014. 11 biology activities, three chemistry activities and seven art activities were carried out during the instruction which lasted nine days. 37 people participated in the instruction. The data of the study were obtained from the participants" journals. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. The data were coded and sub-themes were generated under each theme. The participants" views about the instruction they were exposed to were categorized into five themes: feelings, learning, awareness, attitude, and commitment to nature. Each theme and sub-themes belonging to these themes were presented in separate tables. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that the instructional integration of biology, chemistry, and art for teaching about plants made contributions to the participants" realizing their plant blindness. Moreover, as a result of the instruction, the participants wanted to engage in plant care and they enjoyed spending time with plants. The instruction also promoted participants" awareness about conservation of environment and their attitudes towards science and plants.

2017

Emine Cil