Developing Systems Thinking Skills of Pre Service Science Teachers for becoming ESD Educators An attempt from Turkey

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2015-06-29

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Gulız, Karaarslan
Teksöz, Gaye

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Newtonian-Cartesian science separates feeling from knowledge, mind or body and from its ecological and emotional context (Orr, 2004, p.31). This positivist view of science deals with the truths about the universe and science education (SE) plays a role to transmit these truths (Littledyke & Manolas, 2010). On the other hand, ESD incorporates a transformative holistic way of understanding and practice (UNECE, 2011) and in the 21st century SE holds a crucial purpose to help students make critical judgements about science and increase their engagement for a more socially just, equitable and sustainable world (Carter, 2008). SE needs a paradigm shift from a narrow minded towards a broader, holistic perception of science (Orion, 2007). Therefore, we need a new thinking of which is called as systems thinking (ST) and defined as a framework to see the whole picture, establishing interrelationships and understanding nature in an integrated way (Capra, 1996; Sterling, 2003; Tilbury & Cooke, 2005).

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Education for sustainable development, Science education, Systems thinking

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http://weec2015.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Abstract-List-WEEC2015.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/77870

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8th WEEC Planet and People World Environmental Education Congress (29 Haziran - 2 Temmuz 2015)

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K. Gulız and G. Teksöz, “Developing Systems Thinking Skills of Pre Service Science Teachers for becoming ESD Educators An attempt from Turkey,” presented at the 8th WEEC Planet and People World Environmental Education Congress (29 Haziran - 2 Temmuz 2015), Guthenborg, Sweden, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://weec2015.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Abstract-List-WEEC2015.pdf.