"It happened, what's the problem?" and "A guide through the problem" - A model for consideration of ecological issues in chemistry education
Abstract
In order to improve the ability to apply knowledge of chemistry (acquired in the existing educational system) in real life, the model for consideration of ecological issues was developed and applied in high school. The model consists of a continuous text "It Happened, What's the Problem?" and a test with non-continuous text "A Guide Through the Problem", which were prepared for consideration of the problem of eutrophication. All results obtained (average achievement of 70.9 +/- 14.3 %) showed that the application of the model enabled: understanding of an ecological problem based on scientific representations of the term eutrophication given in the continuous text, realization that pollution of the environment may be directly related to modern life, application of acquired knowledge of chemistry to observe and understand the cause and effect of eutrophication in the environment, to draw a scientific conclusion, and understanding the importance of science and technology discoveries for s...olving ecological problems. In addition, the model contributed to the development of student's environmental literacy (ecological knowledge and cognitive skills), ability to think critically, and provided possibilities for classroom knowledge to become applicable in real life.
Keywords:
environmental education / ecological problem-eutrophication / environmental literacy / application of chemistry knowledgeSource:
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2015, 80, 12, 1567-1580Publisher:
- Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade
Funding / projects:
- Theory and practice of science in society: multidisciplinary, educational and intergenerational perspectives (RS-179048)
DOI: 10.2298/JSC150522072K
ISSN: 0352-5139
WoS: 000367186500010
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84957568802
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Hemijski fakultet / Faculty of ChemistryTY - JOUR AU - Korolija, Jasminka N. AU - Rajic, Snezana AU - Tosic, Milena AU - Mandić, Ljuba M. PY - 2015 UR - https://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2016 AB - In order to improve the ability to apply knowledge of chemistry (acquired in the existing educational system) in real life, the model for consideration of ecological issues was developed and applied in high school. The model consists of a continuous text "It Happened, What's the Problem?" and a test with non-continuous text "A Guide Through the Problem", which were prepared for consideration of the problem of eutrophication. All results obtained (average achievement of 70.9 +/- 14.3 %) showed that the application of the model enabled: understanding of an ecological problem based on scientific representations of the term eutrophication given in the continuous text, realization that pollution of the environment may be directly related to modern life, application of acquired knowledge of chemistry to observe and understand the cause and effect of eutrophication in the environment, to draw a scientific conclusion, and understanding the importance of science and technology discoveries for solving ecological problems. In addition, the model contributed to the development of student's environmental literacy (ecological knowledge and cognitive skills), ability to think critically, and provided possibilities for classroom knowledge to become applicable in real life. PB - Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade T2 - Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society T1 - "It happened, what's the problem?" and "A guide through the problem" - A model for consideration of ecological issues in chemistry education VL - 80 IS - 12 SP - 1567 EP - 1580 DO - 10.2298/JSC150522072K ER -
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Korolija, J. N., Rajic, S., Tosic, M.,& Mandić, L. M.. (2015). "It happened, what's the problem?" and "A guide through the problem" - A model for consideration of ecological issues in chemistry education. in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade., 80(12), 1567-1580. https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC150522072K
Korolija JN, Rajic S, Tosic M, Mandić LM. "It happened, what's the problem?" and "A guide through the problem" - A model for consideration of ecological issues in chemistry education. in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. 2015;80(12):1567-1580. doi:10.2298/JSC150522072K .
Korolija, Jasminka N., Rajic, Snezana, Tosic, Milena, Mandić, Ljuba M., ""It happened, what's the problem?" and "A guide through the problem" - A model for consideration of ecological issues in chemistry education" in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 80, no. 12 (2015):1567-1580, https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC150522072K . .