Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Education in Childhood
Course Code: ÇGEL535
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Create environment sensibility and conscious of environment.

Course Content

This course includes the subjects such as environment sensibility and conscious of environment.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Analyzes the relationship between child–nature interaction, environmental education, and sustainable development through contemporary theoretical perspectives.
2.Evaluates the effects of environmental education on children's cognitive, social-emotional, physical, and ethical development based on scientific evidence.
3.Analyzes scientific process skills and content areas used in environmental education and designs learning experiences that promote children's environmental awareness.
4.Critically evaluates the roles of families, teachers, and non-governmental organizations in fostering environmental awareness among children and develops collaborative practice recommendations.
5.Develops environmental education programs, nature-based activities, and sustainability practices for children and formulates project proposals to evaluate their effectiveness.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Atasoy, E. (2006). Çevre için eğitim: Çocuk doğa etkileşimi. Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi.
2.Büyüktaşkapu, S., Öztürk Samur, A., Koçyiğit, S., ve Özenoğlu Kiremit, H. (2013). Çocuk ve çevre. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık.
3.Kiremit, H. (2013). Çocuk ve çevre. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık.
4.Kansu, N. (2012). Çocuğumla doğadayız. Ankara: Elma Yayınevi.
5.Louv, R. (2010). Doğadaki son çocuk. (Çev. C. Temürcü). Ankara: Tübitak Yayınları
6.Önder, A. ve Özkan, B. (2013). Sürdürülebilir çocuk gelişimi: Okul öncesinde etkinliklerle çevre eğitimi. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Child and nature interaction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Environment concept and environment education, levels of environment education, bases of environment education
Week 3 - Theoretical
Environmental awareness and sustainable development
Week 4 - Theoretical
Environmental education in formal education
Week 5 - Theoretical
Environmental education and development relationship
Week 6 - Theoretical
The activity types in nature
Week 7 - Theoretical
Scientific process skills in environmental education
Week 8 - Theoretical
Scientific content areas in environmental education (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Role of parents on developing child’s environment sensibility
Week 10 - Theoretical
Role of parents on developing child’s environment sensibility
Week 11 - Theoretical
Role of none governmantal organizations on developing child’s environment sensibility
Week 12 - Theoretical
Environmet activities about environmet education
Week 13 - Theoretical
Environmet activities about environmet education
Week 14 - Theoretical
Environmet activities about environmet education
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment2%25
Term Assignment1%25
Final Examination1%50
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory145298
Assignment25214
Term Project120222
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)151
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026