Assessing teachers’ systems thinking skills during a professional development program in Turkey

Through effective professional development in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), teachers can help students gain knowledge, skills, and dispositions to build and support sustainable communities. This paper shares how a university in Turkey developed, implemented, and evaluated an ESD profe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cleaner production Jg. 172; S. 4348 - 4356
Hauptverfasser: Ateskan, Armagan, Lane, Jennie F.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier Ltd 20.01.2018
Schlagworte:
Community projects
education
Education for Sustainable Development
energy
In-service teacher
Professional development
questionnaires
social justice
students
summer
sustainable communities
Systems thinking
teachers
Turkey (country)
Turkey (country)
Education for Sustainable Development
Community projects
Systems thinking
Professional development
In-service teacher
ISSN:0959-6526, 1879-1786
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Zusammenfassung:Through effective professional development in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), teachers can help students gain knowledge, skills, and dispositions to build and support sustainable communities. This paper shares how a university in Turkey developed, implemented, and evaluated an ESD professional development program (PDP) for in-service teachers. The evaluation focused on how the program enhanced participants’ awareness of thinking in systems. Thirty-nine teachers from different parts of the country participated. The PDP took place over eight months and was launched by a five-day summer workshop that included presentations, hands-on activities, and field trips. The theme of energy was used throughout the workshop to emphasize how the environment, society, and economy are connected and interdependent. Teachers’ systems thinking skills were analyzed through a pre- and post-workshop questionnaire and concept maps. Results of the questionnaire showed statistically significant differences between teachers’ systems thinking scale scores before and after the workshop. Concept map analysis, however, identified that participants need more support relating concepts such as social justice to the environment and economy.
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ISSN:0959-6526
1879-1786
DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.094