“WE ARE ALL THE SAME IN NATURE” TÜBİTAK 4008 PROJECT EVALUATION
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Target audience; Our study, which included 10 special education teachers and 10 students with mild mental disabilities, was conducted in out-of-school learning environments with activities based on nature experience. Teachers selected from different provinces and students selected from different schools constituted the participants. Our project, supported by Tübitak as project number 222B080, was completed between 12-16 June 2023, under the Nizip District Directorate of National Education. Purpose of the study; to assimilate activities based on nature experience with an interdisciplinary approach in out-of-school learning environments. The study consists of 16 activities in the disciplines of Astronomy, Science, English, Math, Music, Robotics, Art, Sports, History, Turkish Language and Creative Drama. Project implementation was completed in 5 days. The method of the study was chosen as a pretest-post experimental design. Qualitative measurement tools were used in the project. Pre and post-test results were compared and interpreted. After the project, there was an increase in the environmental awareness of the participants.
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