ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FLIPPED EDUCATION STRATEGY IN GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM FOR DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPTS AMONG SECOND GRADE SECONDARY SCHOOL
The current study aimed to know the effectiveness of using the flipped classroom strategy in developing the environmental concepts of second-grade secondary students in the subject of geography. The research followed the quasi-experimental design. The research sample consisted of (70) students in the second grade of secondary school in the Qena Educational Administration. They were divided into two groups, one of which was experimental of (35) students who were taught the second unit of the geography curriculum (environment, its system and management) according to the flipped class strategy, and the other was a control consisting of (35) students who were taught for the same unit in the usual way for the 2019/2020 academic year. A list of environmental concepts was prepared, which was extracted after analyzing the content of the curriculum, as well as from multiple readings in this area, and an environmental concepts test, a teacher's guide, a student handbook, an educational channel on YouTube and a platform on the Edmodo website for the topics of that unit were prepared according to the inverted classroom strategy.
The results of the research revealed the existence of statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) between the mean scores of students for the control and experimental groups in testing environmental concepts for the benefit of the experimental group. Geography.
It recommended the possibility of using the flipped classroom strategy in teaching different courses and for different educational stages.
https://jes.journals.ekb.eg/article_182314_0e394e09bf76c5f2fe84b00dd28fb729.pdf
2021-05-01
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10.21608/jes.2021.182314
Key words: flipped classroom strategy
environmental concepts
Mohamed F.
Mobarak
1
Directorate of Education in Qena
AUTHOR
Ferra H.
Mohammad
2
Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University
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Ahmed H.
Mohamed
3
Faculty of Special Education, South Valley University
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ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN ENGLISH CURRICULA OF PRIMARY STAGE IN INTERNATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL SCHOOLS - A COMPARATIVE STUDY
This study aimed to identify to what extent the content of the English language curricula of the primary stage for the international (American) schools and the governmental schools include environmental issues. The descriptive comparative method was applied to compare between the two curricula. The researchers prepared a list of environmental issues, designed an analysis form for the two curricula, the content was analysed, a questionnaire for educators applied on 20 educators from governmental schools and 20 educators from international schools and another questionnaire was presented to pupils applied on 30 pupils from governmental schools and 30 pupils from international schools.
After analysing the two curricula, the results show that there is an obvious difference between the two curricula in discussing the environmental issues.
The study recommends reformulating the English language curriculum of the governmental schools to cope with what is happening in the field of environment and focus on the environmental awareness and behaviour.
https://jes.journals.ekb.eg/article_182315_9d7dbd3fcb44251cf14fe3fa58218ed0.pdf
2021-05-01
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10.21608/jes.2021.182315
Mirna S.
Adeeb
1
Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University
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Abdel Messeh S.
Abdel Messeh
2
Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University
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Amira E.
Khater
3
Faculty of Women, Ain Shams University
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