Identifying the Components of the Green Curriculum and Presenting the Desired Model in Order to Promote the Environmental Culture of the Second Grade Elementary Students

Subject Areas : مدیریت ، برنامه ریزی و آموزش محیط زیست

afsane ahmadimoghadam ¹ , Mahboubeh Soleimanpour Omran ² , Behrang Esmaeili Shad Saeidian ³

1 - PhD Student in Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd Branch, Bojnourd, Iran.
2 - Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd Branch, Bojnourd, Iran. *(Corresponding author)
3 - Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd Branch, Bojnourd, Iran.

Received: 2020-10-30 Accepted : 2021-06-13 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Green Curriculum, students, Environment, Second Grade,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: The Green Curriculum is a practical program for sustainable learning, sustainable and systematic and interdependent education. The present study was conducted with the aim of designing and validating the optimal model of green curriculum in order to promote the environmental culture of elementary school students in 2020using a mixed exploratory research design. Material and Methodology: In the qualitative part, the thematic analysis method was used with inductive approach and in the quantitative part; the descriptive survey method was used. Based on the obtained components, a 73-item questionnaire was constructed. In order to validate the questionnaire, face validity, content validity and construct validity were used. The statistical sample in the quantitative section included 395 specialists in the field of curriculum, professors of educational sciences, deputies and directors of education in Khorasan Razavi province. In order to analyze the data, confirmatory factor analysis method and covariance-based structural equation modeling approach were used. Findings: Findings showed that the measurement tool had factor validity. Also, the values ​​related to estimating Cronbach's alpha coefficient in order to measure the internal correlation of basic themes were higher than 0.7, so the measuring tool related to these concepts had sufficient measurement accuracy. Discussion and Conclusion: The findings of the content analysis led to the design of a green curriculum model with 4 organizing themes and 20 basic themes.

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