A Response to ‘Student Teacher Understanding of the Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Layer Depletion and Acid Rain’ by Jane Dove

<p class="apa">The aim of this research is to investigate student science teachers’ opinions about the causes of degradation of ecosystems and the effects of such degradations on the environment. This research focuses on the following questions: What kind of descriptions do student science teachers ascribe to the reasons of degradation in ecosystems? What are the effects of ecosystem degradations on the environment? What are the misconceptions in relation to degradations in ecosystems? A total of 130 participating students, who were studying to become science teachers at Faculty of Education of Necmettin Erbakan University in Turkey, participated in this study. To reveal the participating students’ opinions about the reasons for degradations in ecosystems and their effects on the environment, they were asked to answer two open questions: (1) What are the reasons for degradations in ecosystems? (2) What are the effects of degradations in ecosystems on the environment? The participants were asked to answer these two questions. Data obtained from the questions were analyzed and the frequencies of the answers were classified in different categories. Moreover, these included some misconceptions such as ‘the greenhouse effect can lead to skin cancer’ and ‘ozone layer depletion leads to global warming’. The findings are compared with related literature and suggestions are presented.</p>

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Acid Rain and Ozone Layer Depletion: International Law and Regulation, Jutta Brunnee. 1988. Transnational Publishers, Inc., Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY. 300 pages. ISBN: 0-941320-51-0. $45.00

Bulletin of Science Technology & Society ◽

10.1177/027046768900900411 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 252-252

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

Acid Rain ◽

Ozone Layer ◽

Ozone Layer Depletion

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Prospective teachers and secondary students’ ideas on global environmental issues: Contradictions or similarities

International Journal of Learning and Teaching ◽

10.18844/ijlt.v10i1.3141 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

Filiz Kabapınar ◽

Candan Cengiz ◽

Oya Aglarci

Keyword(s):

Global Warming ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Secondary Students ◽

Prospective Teachers ◽

Greenhouse Effect ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Ozone Layer ◽

Ozone Layer Depletion ◽

Global Environmental ◽

Global Environmental Issues

The present study aims to investigate prospective teachers’ (PTs’) and secondary students’ (SSs’) ideas related to environmental issues. A case study design was adopted in this study. SSs (n = 100) who received instruction on environmental issues and PTs (n = 150) who attended courses concerning environmental education were participated in this study. An open-ended questionnaire was designed and used as a data collection tool. Written answers of the participants were analysed in ideographic terms. The results of the study showed that the PTs held a range of alternative ideas similar to SSs. They both linked environmental problems which were irrelevant with cause–effect chain. Yet, PTs provided a more scientific definitions regarding greenhouse effect, global warming and ozone layer depletion as compared to SSs. Keywords: Global environmental issues, prospective teachers, secondary students, environmental education, greenhouse effect, global warming, ozone layer depletion.

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