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Toru Doi, Yasuda Women's University, JapanEko Hariyono, State University of Surabaya, Indonesia
Toshio Kishimoto, Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, Japan
Özden Şengül, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
Abstract
Biodiversity, the foundation on which we live, is threatened by the negative impact of human activities on nature. It has been pointed out that in order to improve the current situation, each of us needs to change our way of thinking and behavior. We have therefore developed a curriculum for this purpose. This case study aimed to achieve two main objectives: (1) to develop and evaluate a curriculum (aimed at university students aspiring to become childcare and primary school teachers in Japan) to promote knowledge acquisition and behaviour change in biodiversity conservation; and (2) to examine its international versatility by implementing and evaluating the curriculum for Turkish and Indonesian to implement and evaluate the curriculum with university students. The sample for this study consisted of (1) 126 university students from four Japanese universities, (2) 22 university students from one Turkish university and 20 university students from one Indonesian university. The results of the evaluation by the Japanese class participants revealed that the curriculum stimulated interest and understanding of biodiversity conservation and triggered behavioural change. Evaluations in Turkey and Indonesia showed similar results, with Turkey revealing that it provided an opportunity to deepen awareness of the nature of science. This curriculum could be made internationally useful by adapting it to take account of local realities.
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Conference: ECE2025Stream: Curriculum Design & Development
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Doi T., Hariyono E., Kishimoto T., & Şengül �. (2025) Development and Evaluation of Teaching Materials for University Students on Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study ISSN: 2188-1162 The European Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 227-233) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2025.19
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1162.2025.19
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