Historical development of non-formal environmental education in Turkey

Bu çalışma, 02-05 Mayıs 2012 tarihleri arasında Barcelona[İspanya]’da düzenlenen 4. World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES)’da bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.The article discusses the periods of environmental education development in connection with internal social and international global influences, mainly the effect of the First United Nations Conference on Human environment in Stockholm 1972, the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the 2002 Earth Summit in Johannesburg. The article pays attention to the impact of the social background and the role of science and pedagogical research on the different stages in the curriculum and textbook development. The content of school subjects and educational technologies has also evolved towards student-centered interactive education in and out of school. From past to present, there have been many institutions in Turkey which provide environmental education. Some of these organizations most of whom work on a voluntary basis providing only informal training are: The Turkish Association for the Conservation of Nature (TTKD) 1955, World Wild Fund (WWF-DHKV) 1975, Research Association of Rural Environment and Forestry (KIRCEV) 1989, Directorate of Intramural Physical Education and Scouting (OBESID) 1989, The Foundation for the Protection and Promotion of the Environment and Cultural Heritage (CEKUL) 1990, The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA) 1992, Scouting and Guiding Federation of Turkey (TIF) 1992 and Nature Society, 2002. Although there are lots of studies carried out regarding the environmental education in Turkey, the studies regarding the topic started in real terms in 1999. The environmental education programs, conducted outside schools and the college systems, have been in operation in Turkey since 1999 and are carried out in collaboration with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Universities, the General Directorate of National Parks and Environmental Protection and local authorities. The environmental education programs have 2 levels: theory and implementation. On the 'theory' level, experts in the field disseminate their knowledge of the features of the ecosystems of the protected sites and surrounding areas. On the 'implementation' level, all these features are studied in the field and the problems are identified and solutions are proposed. The target population of this environmental education project consists of teachers, scout leaders and those in post-graduate study. The program aims, through its teachings on nature, to popularize science among a wider population and to provide ways for the existing accumulation of knowledge to be used and implemented by this population. The program has provided a developmental framework for implementing field work and similar environmental education projects in the regions concerned and has brought about a more comprehensive and higher quality standard of education in the participating institutions. It is hoped that in the future the programs will reach more people and instill a lifelong desire, curiosity and motivation regarding ecosystems and the environment. Still there are many unsolved problems in environmental education.Acad World Educ & Res CtrNear E UniversityCyprus Educ Sci AssocBahçeşehir ÜniversitesiAnkara ÜniversitesiHacettepe Üniversites

Determination of the Relationship Between Social Media Addictions and Smart Phone Addictions of University Students

With the rapidly increasing technology, the purpose and usage tools of today's people are changing. The use of this changing technology responds to our needs and raises other problems. In this study, the relationship between social media addiction status and smartphone addiction status of university students was investigated. In this study, the relationship between social media addiction and smartphone addiction of university students will be tried to be revealed. This research was carried out by using a relational scanning model to determine the relationship between social media addictions and smartphone addictions. The study group consists of 270 university students studying at a university in Northern Cyprus. It was found that the scores of the students participating in the study from the Social Media Addiction Scale and the Virtual Tolerance and Virtual Communication subscale scores and the scores obtained from the Smart Phone Addiction Scale were statistically significant. It was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the scores obtained from the social media addiction scale and the sub-dimensions of the scale according to the internet access of the students

Determination of mobile addiction and social media addiction level of parents and their attitudes towards usage of technology

© 2019, Kassel University Press GmbH. The objective of this study is to determine the mobile addiction and social media addiction level of parents and their attitudes towards usage of technology. The study has a descriptive and correlational model pattern which is a quantitative research method. The sample of the study consisted of 200 preschool student parents. In order to collect the data," Mobile Addiction Scale"," Social Media Addiction Scale"and "Parent Attitude towards Technology Usage Scale"were used and the descriptive statistics of the scale scores and the relational findings between the scale scores were included. Accordingly, statistically significant and positive correlations were found between the scores of parents' subscales in the 'Parental Attitude Scale for Technology Usage and 'Mobile Addiction Scale'. It is hoped that the study will shed light on other researchers in terms of their attitudes towards mobile and social media addiction levels and usage of technology

Determination of mobile addiction and social media addiction level of parents and their attitudes towards usage of technology

© 2019, Kassel University Press GmbH. The objective of this study is to determine the mobile addiction and social media addiction level of parents and their attitudes towards usage of technology. The study has a descriptive and correlational model pattern which is a quantitative research method. The sample of the study consisted of 200 preschool student parents. In order to collect the data," Mobile Addiction Scale"," Social Media Addiction Scale"and "Parent Attitude towards Technology Usage Scale"were used and the descriptive statistics of the scale scores and the relational findings between the scale scores were included. Accordingly, statistically significant and positive correlations were found between the scores of parents' subscales in the 'Parental Attitude Scale for Technology Usage and 'Mobile Addiction Scale'. It is hoped that the study will shed light on other researchers in terms of their attitudes towards mobile and social media addiction levels and usage of technology

Determining Expert Opinions of the Faculty of Education on the Development of Distance Learning Course

© 2020. iJET. All Rights Reserved. A modern education system where students and faculty members are not obliged to come to the campus, where live, video, audio and interactive courses are taught in a fully virtual environment with face-to-face university education is called distance education. Based on the technological developments, the importance of distance education has also been revealed. The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of experts on the development of the ‘distance education’ course brought to the teacher training programmes. The participants of the study were selected from the purposeful sampling types with maximum diversity, criteria and easily accessible sampling methods. The data obtained as a result of interviews with experts from Northern Cyprus and Russian Universities were subjected to content analysis with a qualitative approach. In this study, which was designed as a case study, 20 academicians from 3 different departments working in the education faculty were included. In the study, a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was used as the data collection tool. Interviews were recorded with their consent. The data obtained as a result of interviews with experts were subjected to content analysis with a qualitative approach. As a result of the research, the experts reported teacher competencies, course application and system-oriented views for the development of the distance learning course