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AI InsightThe findings indicated that teachers’ conceptual understanding of water literacy was largely limited to experiences and practices derived from their everyday lives.
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Abstract
Designing instructional content that can respond to the needs of all learners in the teaching–learning process is essential for ensuring equal opportunities. Raising students’ awareness of the reciprocal interaction between the environment and society and fostering a consciousness of sustainable development in relation to society, the economy, and natural resources constitute major aims of the Science Curriculum. In this context, it is important to promote students’ water literacy, and to do so by considering not only typically developing students but also students with specific learning difficulties. This study aimed to reveal science teachers’ conceptual understanding and instructional practices related to water literacy in order to enhance water literacy among students in both groups. In addition, by using water literacy as a contextual framework, the study sought to explore what teachers do to foster responsibility values, decision-making skills, and career awareness. The study was conducted using a case study design. Twenty science teachers participated in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, drawings, and metaphor tests. Content analysis was employed to analyze the data. The findings indicated that teachers’ conceptual understanding of water literacy was largely limited to experiences and practices derived from their everyday lives. Although teachers proposed various practice-oriented suggestions to foster the value of responsibility, decision-making skills, and career awareness among both students with Specific Learning Difficulties and typically developing students, they reported that they did not incorporate substantially different activities for these two groups in their Abstract Designing instructional content that can respond to the needs of all learners in the teaching–learning process is essential for ensuring equal opportunities. Raising students’ awareness of the reciprocal interaction between the environment and society and fostering a consciousness of sustainable development in relation to society, the economy, and natural resources constitute major aims of the Science Curriculum. In this context, it is important to promote students’ water literacy, and to do so by considering not only typically developing students but also students with specific learning difficulties. This study aimed to reveal science teachers’ conceptual understanding and instructional practices related to water literacy in order to enhance water literacy among students in both groups. In addition, by using water literacy as a contextual framework, the study sought to explore what teachers do to foster responsibility values, decision-making skills, and career awareness. The study was conducted using a case study design. Twenty science teachers participated in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, drawings, and metaphor tests. Content analysis was employed to analyze the data. The findings indicated that teachers’ conceptual understanding of water literacy was largely limited to experiences and practices derived from their everyday lives. Although teachers proposed various practice-oriented suggestions to foster the value of responsibility, decision-making skills, and career awareness among both students with Specific Learning Difficulties and typically developing students, they reported that they did not incorporate substantially different activities for these two groups in their own teaching. Moreover, their classroom practices were found to be limited in terms of the diversity of instructional activities.
Özet
Öğretim sürecinde yer alan tüm öğrencilerin ihtiyaçlarına cevap verebilen içeriklerin hazırlanması fırsat eşitliği açısından önemlidir. Öğrencilerin çevre ve toplum arasındaki karşılıklı etkileşimini fark ettirmek, toplum, ekonomi ve doğal kaynaklara ilişkin sürdürülebilir kalkınma bilinci geliştirmek Fen Bilimleri Öğretim Programının önemli amaçlarından biridir. Bu bağlamda öğrencilerde su okuryazarlığının geliştirilmesi ve bu becerinin geliştirilirken yalnızca tipik gelişim gösteren öğrencilerin değil, özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan öğrencilerin de dikkate alınması önemlidir. Bu çalışmada her iki grupta yer alan öğrencilerde su okuryazarlığı geliştirebilmek adına öğretmenlerin su okuryazarlığı ile ilgili kavramsal anlamaları ve uygulamaları aynı zamanda su okuryazarlığının bir bağlam olarak kullanılmasıyla sorumluluk değeri, karar verme becerisi ve kariyer bilincine yönelik neler yaptıklarının ortaya çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma özel durum yöntemine uygun olarak yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya 20 fen bilimleri öğretmeni katılmıştır. Veriler yarı yapılandırılmış mülakatlar, çizimler ve metafor formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda öğretmenlerin su okuryazarlığı ile ilgili kavramsal anlamalarının daha çok günlük yaşantılarındaki deneyim ve tecrübelerle sınırlı olduğu; özel öğrenme güçlüğü olan ve tipik gelişim gösteren öğrencilerin sorumluluk değeri, karar verme becerisi ve kariyer bilincini geliştirmek için uygulamaya yönelik farklı öneriler sunsalar da kendi uygulamalarında her iki grup arasında önemli oranda farklı etkinliklere yer vermedikleri ve kendi uygulamalarında da uygulama çeşitliliği açısından sınırlı kaldıkları belirlenmiştir.