Study the effect of teaching sociological studies with project method on elementary school 6th grade male students’ environmental literacy

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

sardar akbari ¹ (Department of Education, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran.)
maryam sameri ² (Department of Education, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran. *Corresponding Author)

Received: 2018-10-20 Accepted : 2019-03-06 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: Project method, sixth grade, Environmental literacy, Sociological Studies,

Abstract :

Aime: the present study has been accomplished with the purpose of “The effect of teaching sociological studies with project method on elementary school 6th grade male students’ environmental literacy”. Methods:The project method was of pseud-experimental kind which were used in pre-test and post-test with group control plans in its accomplishment. The sample of present research comprise 70 male students of elementary school 6th grade in Dist.1 of Urmia City in academic year 2016-2017 that were selected randomly using convenience sampling and were randomly categorized into 2 groups. In the present study, Salehi Omran and Agha Mohamadi’s Environmental Literacy Measurement Tool (2008) was used with approved contextual justifiability and sustainability coefficient of 771/0 for data collecting. For data analyze descriptive statistics (indexes of central tendecy and dispersion) and inferential (T-test of 2 independent groups and Analyze of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used. Results:The results showed that there is an significant difference among the students’ mean grade points in testing and controlling groups regarding their environmental literacy (knowledge, attitude and potentiality) with fault level of 5% (p <05/0) and the difference is in favor of students with the project method. Conclution: Therefore, it can be concluded that using active project teaching method has a positive effect on students’ environmental literacy. Therefore, it is recommended to provide students with the necessary resources to implement a project teaching method in schools in order to increase the environmental literacy of the students.  

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