Designing a Theoretical Idea of Extracurricular Activities with an Approach to Environmental Education and its Validation by Teachers and Curriculum Experts

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Somayeh Asadzadeh ¹ , Maryam Seif naraghi ² , Ezatollah Naderi ³ , Qodsi Ahghar ⁴

1 - Department of Educational Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Educational Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Educational Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Educational Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-01-24 Accepted : 2020-02-01 Published : 2020-02-20

Keywords: Curriculum, Environmental Education, extracurricular activities,

Abstract :

   The purpose of this study was to design a curriculum model of the above activities with an environmental education approach for second grade students and to validate it from the perspective of curriculum specialists and relevant teachers. The type of applied research is the field research. The statistical population of the study consisted of all curriculum specialists and teachers of Miandoab city (35 specialists and 445 teachers) in the academic year of 1398-1989. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by curriculum experts and teachers and its reliability was 0.91 after initial implementation by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square test). The findings indicate that the proposed model for the curriculum of extracurricular activities for environmental education is desirable. Also, there was no significant difference between the two groups regarding the desirability of the proposed model.