The Effect of Activities Performed in the Science Center on Students’ Perceptions of Out-of-School Learning Environments
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of the applications conducted in the science center within the scope of the science lesson “Solar System and Beyond” unit of the 7th-grade students in the secondary school, on the perceptions of the students about the out-of-school learning environments (OSLEs). In the quantitative part of the research, in which nested design, one of the mixed research designs, was used, the study group consisted of 42 students. Also, in the quantitative part of the study, a quasi-experimental design with the pre-test-post-test control group, which is one of the experimental research methods, was used. The Science course was conducted in the classroom with the students in the control group as the program predicted. In addition to the science lessons conducted in the classroom with the experimental group students, activities within the scope of the unit were carried out in the science center and the planetarium. Quantitative data were collected with the “Out-of-School Learning Environments Perception Scale (OSLEPS)”. The follow-up test was applied to the experimental group of students three months later. In the qualitative part of the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight students from the experimental and control groups. When the results obtained from the qualitative data are evaluated together with the quantitative data, it is seen that the practices in the science center and the perceptions of the experimental group students towards out-of-school learning environments differ positively compared to the control group students.
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Out-of-School Learning, Perception, Science Center, Planetarium, Science Teaching
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Yılmaz, E. (2018). Öğrencilerin uzaya ilişkin ilgi ve kavramlarını geliştirmeye yönelik okul dışı ortamlarla desteklenen bir eylem araştırması [Master’s thesis, Sakarya University]. National Thesis Center of Turkey. Available at: https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/handle/20.500.12812/434653
Aydın, A. (2001). Gelişim ve öğrenme psikolojisi. Alfa.
Balçın, M., & Yavuz Topaloğlu, M. (2019). Investigation of primary school students’ perceptions towards engineers and scientists at out-of-school learning environments. ODU Journal of Social Sciences Research, 9(1):157-170. Available at: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/odusobiad/issue/44137/450824
Balkan Kıyıcı, F., & Yavuz Topaloğlu, M. (2016). A scale development study for the teachers on out of school learning environments. Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 4(4):1-13. Available at: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1116317
Bozdoğan, A. E. (2007). Bilim ve teknoloji müzelerinin fen öğretimindeki yeri ve önemi [Doctoral Dissertation, Gazi University]. National Thesis Center of Turkey. Available at: https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/tezDetay.jsp?id=ceMMoqLTGhzWrEqhsFyBZA&no=KqBDdDveSPaLNTUMKm0rtQ
Bozdoğan, A. E. (2018). The effects of elective course designed with different contents on pre-service science teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and knowledge about organizing curriculum based field trips. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 17(3):446-461. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/18.17.446
Büyüköztürk, Ş., Çakmak, E. K., Akgün, Ö. E., Karadeniz, Ş., & Demirel, F. (2017). Eğitimde bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Pegem.
Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, W. L. (2015). Designing and conducting mixed methods research [Karma yöntem araştırmaları: Tasarımı ve yürütülmesi ] (Y. Dede & S. B. Demir, Trans.; 2 ed.). Anı.
Dawson, B., & Trapp, R. G. (2001). Probability & related topics for making inferences about data. In B. Dawson & R. G. Trapp (Eds.), Basic and clinical biostatistics (3 ed., pp. 69-72). Lange medical Books/McGraw-Hill.
Duruk, Ü., Akgün, A., Yılmaz, N., Özün, S., Aykut, N., & Tekin, S. (2018). Preservice science teachers’ views on their experiences in out of school learning environments. Diyalektolog, 2018(18):315-332. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22464/diyalektolog.226
Efron, R. (1969). What is Perception? In R. S. Cohen & M. W. Wartofsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1966/1968 (pp. 137-173). Springer Netherlands. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3378-7_4
Ertas, H., Sen, A. I., & Parmaksizoglu, A. (2011). The effects of out-of school scientific activities on 9th grade students’ relating the unit of energy to daily life. Necatibey Faculty of Education Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 5(2):178-198. Available at: http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/11/EFMED_FZE155.pdf
Ertas Kilic, H., & Sen, A. I. (2014). The effect of physics education based on out-of-school learning activities and critical thinking on students’ attitudes. Education and Science, 39(176):13-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15390/eb.2014.3635
Erten, Z., Taşçı, G., & (2016). Developing activities of out of the school learning environments for science classes, and analysing their effects on students’ scientific process skills. [Makaleler]. Erzincan University Journal of Education Faculty (EUJEF), 18(2):638-657. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17556/jef.41328
Kırgız, M. (2018). Konya Bilim Merkezi fen etkinliklerinin, katılımcılar tarafından değerlendirilmesi ve katılımcıların fen dersine karşı tutumları ve davranışları üzerine etkilerinin incelenmesi [Master’s thesis, Necmettin Erbakan University]. National Thesis Center of Turkey. Available at: https://acikerisim.erbakan.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/20.500.12452/3424
Köse, E. (2007). The reasons of the primary school children on choosen the out of class activities. Journal of Bayburt Education Faculty, 2(2):46-61. Available at: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/befdergi/issue/23174/247543
Lakin, L. (2006). Science beyond the classroom. Journal of Biological Education, 40(2):88-90. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2006.9656021
Neuman, W. L. (2008). Social research methods: Qualitative and quantitative approaches [Toplumsal araştırma yöntemleri: Nitel ve nicel yaklaşımlar] (S. Özge, Trans.). Yayın Odası.
Ok, Z., & Aslan, O. (2020). Evaluation of workshops at Konya Science Center by primary and secondary school students. Cumhuriyet International Journal of Education, 9(1):28-45. Available at: http://cije.cumhuriyet.edu.tr/en/pub/issue/53201/522419
Orion, N., Hofstein, A., Tamir, P., & Giddings, G. J. (1997). Development and validation of an instrument for assessing the learning environment of outdoor science activities. Science Education, 81(2):161-171. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199704)81:2<161::AID-SCE3>3.0.CO;2-D
Öztürk, A., & Başbay, A. (2017). The Effects of curricula at Mevlana Public and Science Center on students’ science process skills and attitudes toward science. Kastamonu Education Journal, 25(1):283-298. Available at: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kefdergi/issue/27737/309050
Patton, M. Q. (1997). How to use qualitative methods in evaluation. Sage.
Plakitsi, K. (2013). Teaching science in science museums and science centers: Towards a new pedagogy? In K. Plakitsi (Ed.), Activity theory in formal and informal science education (pp. 27-56). Brill.
Rennie, L., & McClafferty, T. (1995). Using visits to interactive science and technology centers, museums, aquaria, and zoos to promote learning in science. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 6(4):175-185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02614639
Salmi, H. S. (1993). Science centre education: Motivation and learning in informal education (Publication Number 9417665) [Doctoral dissertation, Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland)]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Ann Arbor. Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED363613.pdf
Sarıoğlan, A. B., & Küçüközer, H. (2017). Investigation of preservice science teachers’ opinions regarded to outdoor school learning environments. Journal of Research in Informal Environments (JRINEN), 2(1):1-15. Available at: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jrinen/issue/30340/299912
Sen, A. I., Ertas-Kilic, H., Oktay, O., Ekinci, S., & Kadirhan, Z. (2021). Learning science outside the classroom: development and validation of the out-of-school learning environments perception scale. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 24(1):19-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-020-00070-7
Sontay, G., Tutar, M., & Karamustafaoğlu, O. (2016). Student views about “science teaching with outdoor learning environments”: Planetarium tour. Journal of Research in Informal Environments (JRINEN), 1(1):1-24. Available at: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jrinen/issue/26875/263991
Türkmen, H. (2010). İnformal (sınıf-dışı) Fen Bilgisi eğitimine tarihsel bakış ve eğitim sistemimize entegrasyonu. Cukurova University Faculty of Education Journal, 3(39):46-59. Available at: https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/120411/
Yılmaz, A. (1996). Müzelerde çocuk eğitiminin müze koleksiyonları bağlamında değerlendirilmesi ve Rahmi M. Koç Sanayi Müzesi örneğinde irdelenmesi (Publication Number 51101) [Master’s thesis, Yıldız Technical University]. National Thesis Center of Turkey. Available at: http://dspace.yildiz.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/1/11672
Yılmaz, E. (2018). Öğrencilerin uzaya ilişkin ilgi ve kavramlarını geliştirmeye yönelik okul dışı ortamlarla desteklenen bir eylem araştırması [Master’s thesis, Sakarya University]. National Thesis Center of Turkey. Available at: https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/handle/20.500.12812/434653
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Doldur, M., & Ertas Kilic, H. (2023). The Effect of Activities Performed in the Science Center on Students’ Perceptions of Out-of-School Learning Environments. Science Insights Education Frontiers, 15(1), 2149–2173. https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.23.or101
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