Evaluating the effectiveness of natural resources and environmental education in schools in district one of Tehran using the Kirkpatrick model
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NastaranZahra Moradsaleh
1
(M.A. Department of Environment, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Sahar Rezaian
2
(Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.)
Keywords: Natural Resources, Kirkpatrick model, Education, Effectiveness,
Abstract :
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of natural resources and environmental education in schools in district one of the Tehran Education Department using the Kirkpatrick model. For this purpose, the amount of textbook information was assessed among the students of five schools (girls and boys) in the primary and secondary schools of this district in the academic year of 1397-1397. For this goal, first, textbooks for all grades of primary school and the first year of high school were studied, and among them, materials related to natural resources and environment were extracted and categorized, and according to the contents of each grade and its shortcomings, appropriate educational packages based on the texts and documents were prepared and available to students by the center for environmental training and environmental education of the environmental protection organization. These included: PowerPoints, films, stories, and short films suitable for the topics of natural resources and environment of each age group and educational level. The training sessions were held in one, two or three sessions in the volunteer schools, and in the first session, a pre-test was conducted and after the end of the training sessions, a post-test was conducted for the students. The results of this study showed that holding face-to-face and face-to-face environmental education classes was the most effective. In this study, the results showed that the most effective way is to hold environmental education classes in face-to-face status. The results were analyzed in SPSS software version 22. The results showed that holding face-to-face and face-to-face environmental education classes was the most effective procedure and the results of pre-test and post-test scores and statistical analysis of the third and fourth levels questionnaires of Kirkpatrick model also indicated the effectiveness of face-to-face training.
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