Teachers’ conceptions of Environment in Togo
This communication aims to assess the conceptions of Togolese teachers (in service and in pre-service) about environment. Many studies have highlighted the role of anthropocentric and ecocentric values on teachers and students’ conceptions about environment. Anthropocentrism is ‘human-centred’, conf...
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oai:ojs.pasithee.library.upatras.gr:article-27382019-09-12T05:37:11Z Teachers’ conceptions of Environment in Togo DZAMAYOVO, MENSAN AZADZI CASTÉRA, JÉRÉMY CLÉMENT, PIERRE Environmental Education, teachers’ conceptions, Togo, anthropocentric attitudes, ecocentric attitudes, multivariate analyses This communication aims to assess the conceptions of Togolese teachers (in service and in pre-service) about environment. Many studies have highlighted the role of anthropocentric and ecocentric values on teachers and students’ conceptions about environment. Anthropocentrism is ‘human-centred’, conferring intrinsic value mainly to humans. Ecocentrism is ‘ecosphere-centred’, emphasising the intrinsic value of the interrelated ecological systems. Moreover, a new conceptual axis related to anthropomorphic perspectives has been introduced in this work to analyse teacher’s conceptions. To what extent are the Togolese teachers aware of the importance of preserving the environment? Is there some correlation between their ecocentric, anthropocentric and anthropomorphic conceptions? To answer these questions, the Biohead-Citizen questionnaire was administered to 277 primary and secondary teachers, in service or pre-service, in Togo. Multivariate analyses show the presence and autonomy of the three kinds of conceptions, nevertheless with a positive correlation between ecocentric and anthropomorphic conceptions. Primary school teachers are more anthropocentric than their colleagues. These results are discussed in the perspective of improving environmental education in Togo. The discussion also includes a comparison between Togo and four other West and Central African countries (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Gabon, and Cameroon). Urray 2016-07-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/ejupUNESCOchair/article/view/2738 10.26220/une.2738 Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair; Vol. 3, N. 2 (2016) - Colloque SIEST Méditerranée, Marseille 2016 Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair; Vol. 3, N. 2 (2016) - Colloque SIEST Méditerranée, Marseille 2016 2241-9152 eng https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/ejupUNESCOchair/article/view/2738/3001 |
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Conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, fractions, rational numbers, secondary students Genetic screening, arguments, Bioethics and Biotechnology students Physics Education, modern physics teaching, quantum concepts ICT, video, counselling, professional orientation, business administration Problem solving, practice, difficulties, help, performance Special needs, autism spectrum disorder, science education, alternative conceptions on mechanics Narration, digital storytelling, Blendspace, Web 2.0 tools Textbooks, evaluation, teacher, student, educational policy Digital instruction, augmented reality, devolution, teaching-learning, applications, activity, informatics Professionalism, in-service teachers, pre-primary, primary education, perceptions Socio-cultural, historical approach, preschoolers’ interactions, explanatory schemes, conversational approach, science thinking and learning in early childhood Teaching goals, science teachers, ideal teacher, philosophy of education Teachers’ questions, classroom, analysis grid, TP of geology Digital signal Processing, Simulation Block, pedagogical sequence, conceptual model Expert teacher, prediction, time, technical drawing Learning games, epistemic games, contract, setting, simulation, mechanical waves, inquiry process Plants, scientist students, learning process, epistemological obstacle, quantitative study Intercultural sensitivity, interaction engagement, enjoyment, attentiveness, confidence, cultural differences, respect, Greek teachers Cultural capital, educational expectations, occupational expectations, primary school, natives, immigrants Earth sciences concepts, nursery school, primary school, sedimentary rock, geological time Artefact, technical object, categorization, learning, technological education Education for sustainable development, preschool children’s environmental reasoning, attitudes about environmental issues Concept formation, philosophical theories, biology education, vertebrate classes Primary school pupils, sustainability, behavioural theories, sustainability behaviour, pro-social behaviours, sustainability knowledge Entrepreneurship, education, didactic approach, teaching method 3D printer, creative design, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, activity Administrative leadership style, democratic leadership style, autocratic leadership style, transactional leadership style and teacher effectiveness DREEM, validation, educational department, educational environment, undergraduate students Teaching practice, higher education, TACD, determinant of action, organic chemistry Didactic of physics, mechanical work, diagrams, semiotic actions Mathematical training, probabilities, perceived self-efficacy beliefs, preschool teachers, inquiry-based approach Approach skills, program, investigation, enforcement Curriculum contents, curriculum analyses, curriculum content appropriateness and relevance, indigenous scientific knowledge, basic science curriculum Educational design, Massive Open Online Course, motivation, interaction Early childhood education, artmaking, visual languages, communication, documentation Physics education, investigation, problematization, buoyancy, video analysis, comparison of teaching Environmental Education, teachers’ conceptions, Togo, anthropocentric attitudes, ecocentric attitudes, multivariate analyses Biotic system, energy chain, task condition, student’s action, experimental protocol Ideology, education, Ideological State Apparatus, materialism, consciousness Electrical risks, domestic electricity, scientific education, prevention, conceptions, teachers Documentational genesis, mathematics, professional knowledge, resources, software Teaching practice, teachers, undergraduate students, exploratory study Critical reflection, teacher’s education, practicum, teacher’s preparation, reflective skills Autism spectrum disorder, science education, folk physics test Precursor model, socio cognitive approach, primary education, light, shadow Online communities of practice, virtual communities of practice, systematic review Effects, systematic approach, students’ understanding, tonal values, tertiary institutions Proximal function of language, thematic segmentation, representation scenic, cognitive conflict, TIC Educational engineering, motivation, commitment, evaluation Anthropology, teaching, heuristic research Teaching practices, trigonometric formulas, ICT Didactics, assessment, curriculum, training, performances Didactic transposition, science education, manual analysis, atom Conceptions, students 5 to 7 years, time, speed, methodology, qualitative analysis Intercultural activities, reflection, narratives, transformative learning Art education, artistic creation, education, subjective teaching, creation Teaching practice, JATD, automatic, game descriptors Comparatism, dietitian school, epistemic games, social practice of reference, didactic transposition Professional communication skills, situational teaching, teaching professional Web simulation, experimental design, adaptive scaffolds, biology, high school Digital educational scenarios, AESOP, mechanical engineering, constructivism Inquiry, learning tool, social media and university students Teacher practices, joint action, interactive decision, technical object Bac-3 and Bac + 3 project, chemistry, semiotic register, modelling process Teaching practices, JATD, didactic action, didactic game, practical epistemology Analyse lexicométrique, analyse thématique, triangulation méthodologique, biodiversité, curriculum Aspects of adulthood, emerging adulthood, higher education students, roles of adults Science teacher, teacher training, ground realities Complex technological system, car, energy, environment, secondary education Expert teacher, task, difficulty, prediction, technical drawing Erasmus, student mobility, emerging adulthood, higher education, student development Greek ethnic schools, spatiality, heterotopia, third space, intercultural and language learning, diaspora Ecological reasoning, nature’s predictability, two-tier questionnaire, nature views Schooling of disabled pupils, school ancillaries, science education, partnership Initial training, pedagogical knowledge learning, identification methodology, activity control feedback loop, aware and unaware learning Force on the tooth, three dimensional perception, graphic representation, digital models Teaching practices, TACD, practical epistemology, transactions, transistor Critical Reflection, art in education, teachers’ education, university pedagogy, transformative learning Immigrants, socio-economic status, habitus, educational aspirations and expectations, young people’s educational choices Large-scale electricity generation systems, energy chain model, elementary education Sentiment analysis, opinion mining, education, commercial systems, benchmark |
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Conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, fractions, rational numbers, secondary students Genetic screening, arguments, Bioethics and Biotechnology students Physics Education, modern physics teaching, quantum concepts ICT, video, counselling, professional orientation, business administration Problem solving, practice, difficulties, help, performance Special needs, autism spectrum disorder, science education, alternative conceptions on mechanics Narration, digital storytelling, Blendspace, Web 2.0 tools Textbooks, evaluation, teacher, student, educational policy Digital instruction, augmented reality, devolution, teaching-learning, applications, activity, informatics Professionalism, in-service teachers, pre-primary, primary education, perceptions Socio-cultural, historical approach, preschoolers’ interactions, explanatory schemes, conversational approach, science thinking and learning in early childhood Teaching goals, science teachers, ideal teacher, philosophy of education Teachers’ questions, classroom, analysis grid, TP of geology Digital signal Processing, Simulation Block, pedagogical sequence, conceptual model Expert teacher, prediction, time, technical drawing Learning games, epistemic games, contract, setting, simulation, mechanical waves, inquiry process Plants, scientist students, learning process, epistemological obstacle, quantitative study Intercultural sensitivity, interaction engagement, enjoyment, attentiveness, confidence, cultural differences, respect, Greek teachers Cultural capital, educational expectations, occupational expectations, primary school, natives, immigrants Earth sciences concepts, nursery school, primary school, sedimentary rock, geological time Artefact, technical object, categorization, learning, technological education Education for sustainable development, preschool children’s environmental reasoning, attitudes about environmental issues Concept formation, philosophical theories, biology education, vertebrate classes Primary school pupils, sustainability, behavioural theories, sustainability behaviour, pro-social behaviours, sustainability knowledge Entrepreneurship, education, didactic approach, teaching method 3D printer, creative design, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, activity Administrative leadership style, democratic leadership style, autocratic leadership style, transactional leadership style and teacher effectiveness DREEM, validation, educational department, educational environment, undergraduate students Teaching practice, higher education, TACD, determinant of action, organic chemistry Didactic of physics, mechanical work, diagrams, semiotic actions Mathematical training, probabilities, perceived self-efficacy beliefs, preschool teachers, inquiry-based approach Approach skills, program, investigation, enforcement Curriculum contents, curriculum analyses, curriculum content appropriateness and relevance, indigenous scientific knowledge, basic science curriculum Educational design, Massive Open Online Course, motivation, interaction Early childhood education, artmaking, visual languages, communication, documentation Physics education, investigation, problematization, buoyancy, video analysis, comparison of teaching Environmental Education, teachers’ conceptions, Togo, anthropocentric attitudes, ecocentric attitudes, multivariate analyses Biotic system, energy chain, task condition, student’s action, experimental protocol Ideology, education, Ideological State Apparatus, materialism, consciousness Electrical risks, domestic electricity, scientific education, prevention, conceptions, teachers Documentational genesis, mathematics, professional knowledge, resources, software Teaching practice, teachers, undergraduate students, exploratory study Critical reflection, teacher’s education, practicum, teacher’s preparation, reflective skills Autism spectrum disorder, science education, folk physics test Precursor model, socio cognitive approach, primary education, light, shadow Online communities of practice, virtual communities of practice, systematic review Effects, systematic approach, students’ understanding, tonal values, tertiary institutions Proximal function of language, thematic segmentation, representation scenic, cognitive conflict, TIC Educational engineering, motivation, commitment, evaluation Anthropology, teaching, heuristic research Teaching practices, trigonometric formulas, ICT Didactics, assessment, curriculum, training, performances Didactic transposition, science education, manual analysis, atom Conceptions, students 5 to 7 years, time, speed, methodology, qualitative analysis Intercultural activities, reflection, narratives, transformative learning Art education, artistic creation, education, subjective teaching, creation Teaching practice, JATD, automatic, game descriptors Comparatism, dietitian school, epistemic games, social practice of reference, didactic transposition Professional communication skills, situational teaching, teaching professional Web simulation, experimental design, adaptive scaffolds, biology, high school Digital educational scenarios, AESOP, mechanical engineering, constructivism Inquiry, learning tool, social media and university students Teacher practices, joint action, interactive decision, technical object Bac-3 and Bac + 3 project, chemistry, semiotic register, modelling process Teaching practices, JATD, didactic action, didactic game, practical epistemology Analyse lexicométrique, analyse thématique, triangulation méthodologique, biodiversité, curriculum Aspects of adulthood, emerging adulthood, higher education students, roles of adults Science teacher, teacher training, ground realities Complex technological system, car, energy, environment, secondary education Expert teacher, task, difficulty, prediction, technical drawing Erasmus, student mobility, emerging adulthood, higher education, student development Greek ethnic schools, spatiality, heterotopia, third space, intercultural and language learning, diaspora Ecological reasoning, nature’s predictability, two-tier questionnaire, nature views Schooling of disabled pupils, school ancillaries, science education, partnership Initial training, pedagogical knowledge learning, identification methodology, activity control feedback loop, aware and unaware learning Force on the tooth, three dimensional perception, graphic representation, digital models Teaching practices, TACD, practical epistemology, transactions, transistor Critical Reflection, art in education, teachers’ education, university pedagogy, transformative learning Immigrants, socio-economic status, habitus, educational aspirations and expectations, young people’s educational choices Large-scale electricity generation systems, energy chain model, elementary education Sentiment analysis, opinion mining, education, commercial systems, benchmark DZAMAYOVO, MENSAN AZADZI CASTÉRA, JÉRÉMY CLÉMENT, PIERRE Teachers’ conceptions of Environment in 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Conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, fractions, rational numbers, secondary students Genetic screening, arguments, Bioethics and Biotechnology students Physics Education, modern physics teaching, quantum concepts ICT, video, counselling, professional orientation, business administration Problem solving, practice, difficulties, help, performance Special needs, autism spectrum disorder, science education, alternative conceptions on mechanics Narration, digital storytelling, Blendspace, Web 2.0 tools Textbooks, evaluation, teacher, student, educational policy Digital instruction, augmented reality, devolution, teaching-learning, applications, activity, informatics Professionalism, in-service teachers, pre-primary, primary education, perceptions Socio-cultural, historical approach, preschoolers’ interactions, explanatory schemes, conversational approach, science thinking and learning in early childhood Teaching goals, science teachers, ideal teacher, philosophy of education Teachers’ questions, classroom, analysis grid, TP of geology Digital signal Processing, Simulation Block, pedagogical sequence, conceptual model Expert teacher, prediction, time, technical drawing Learning games, epistemic games, contract, setting, simulation, mechanical waves, inquiry process Plants, scientist students, learning process, epistemological obstacle, quantitative study Intercultural sensitivity, interaction engagement, enjoyment, attentiveness, confidence, cultural differences, respect, Greek teachers Cultural capital, educational expectations, occupational expectations, primary school, natives, immigrants Earth sciences concepts, nursery school, primary school, sedimentary rock, geological time Artefact, technical object, categorization, learning, technological education Education for sustainable development, preschool children’s environmental reasoning, attitudes about environmental issues Concept formation, philosophical theories, biology education, vertebrate classes Primary school pupils, sustainability, behavioural theories, sustainability behaviour, pro-social behaviours, sustainability knowledge Entrepreneurship, education, didactic approach, teaching method 3D printer, creative design, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, activity Administrative leadership style, democratic leadership style, autocratic leadership style, transactional leadership style and teacher effectiveness DREEM, validation, educational department, educational environment, undergraduate students Teaching practice, higher education, TACD, determinant of action, organic chemistry Didactic of physics, mechanical work, diagrams, semiotic actions Mathematical training, probabilities, perceived self-efficacy beliefs, preschool teachers, inquiry-based approach Approach skills, program, investigation, enforcement Curriculum contents, curriculum analyses, curriculum content appropriateness and relevance, indigenous scientific knowledge, basic science curriculum Educational design, Massive Open Online Course, motivation, interaction Early childhood education, artmaking, visual languages, communication, documentation Physics education, investigation, problematization, buoyancy, video analysis, comparison of teaching Environmental Education, teachers’ conceptions, Togo, anthropocentric attitudes, ecocentric attitudes, multivariate analyses Biotic system, energy chain, task condition, student’s action, experimental protocol Ideology, education, Ideological State Apparatus, materialism, consciousness Electrical risks, domestic electricity, scientific education, prevention, conceptions, teachers Documentational genesis, mathematics, professional knowledge, resources, software Teaching practice, teachers, undergraduate students, exploratory study Critical reflection, teacher’s education, practicum, teacher’s preparation, reflective skills Autism spectrum disorder, science education, folk physics test Precursor model, socio cognitive approach, primary education, light, shadow Online communities of practice, virtual communities of practice, systematic review Effects, systematic approach, students’ understanding, tonal values, tertiary institutions Proximal function of language, thematic segmentation, representation scenic, cognitive conflict, TIC Educational engineering, motivation, commitment, evaluation Anthropology, teaching, heuristic research Teaching practices, trigonometric formulas, ICT Didactics, assessment, curriculum, training, performances Didactic transposition, science education, manual analysis, atom Conceptions, students 5 to 7 years, time, speed, methodology, qualitative analysis Intercultural activities, reflection, narratives, transformative learning Art education, artistic creation, education, subjective teaching, creation Teaching practice, JATD, automatic, game descriptors Comparatism, dietitian school, epistemic games, social practice of reference, didactic transposition Professional communication skills, situational teaching, teaching professional Web simulation, experimental design, adaptive scaffolds, biology, high school Digital educational scenarios, AESOP, mechanical engineering, constructivism Inquiry, learning tool, social media and university students Teacher practices, joint action, interactive decision, technical object Bac-3 and Bac + 3 project, chemistry, semiotic register, modelling process Teaching practices, JATD, didactic action, didactic game, practical epistemology Analyse lexicométrique, analyse thématique, triangulation méthodologique, biodiversité, curriculum Aspects of adulthood, emerging adulthood, higher education students, roles of adults Science teacher, teacher training, ground realities Complex technological system, car, energy, environment, secondary education Expert teacher, task, difficulty, prediction, technical drawing Erasmus, student mobility, emerging adulthood, higher education, student development Greek ethnic schools, spatiality, heterotopia, third space, intercultural and language learning, diaspora Ecological reasoning, nature’s predictability, two-tier questionnaire, nature views Schooling of disabled pupils, school ancillaries, science education, partnership Initial training, pedagogical knowledge learning, identification methodology, activity control feedback loop, aware and unaware learning Force on the tooth, three dimensional perception, graphic representation, digital models Teaching practices, TACD, practical epistemology, transactions, transistor Critical Reflection, art in education, teachers’ education, university pedagogy, transformative learning Immigrants, socio-economic status, habitus, educational aspirations and expectations, young people’s educational choices Large-scale electricity generation systems, energy chain model, elementary education Sentiment analysis, opinion mining, education, commercial systems, benchmark |
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This communication aims to assess the conceptions of Togolese teachers (in service and in pre-service) about environment. Many studies have highlighted the role of anthropocentric and ecocentric values on teachers and students’ conceptions about environment. Anthropocentrism is ‘human-centred’, conferring intrinsic value mainly to humans. Ecocentrism is ‘ecosphere-centred’, emphasising the intrinsic value of the interrelated ecological systems. Moreover, a new conceptual axis related to anthropomorphic perspectives has been introduced in this work to analyse teacher’s conceptions. To what extent are the Togolese teachers aware of the importance of preserving the environment? Is there some correlation between their ecocentric, anthropocentric and anthropomorphic conceptions? To answer these questions, the Biohead-Citizen questionnaire was administered to 277 primary and secondary teachers, in service or pre-service, in Togo. Multivariate analyses show the presence and autonomy of the three kinds of conceptions, nevertheless with a positive correlation between ecocentric and anthropomorphic conceptions. Primary school teachers are more anthropocentric than their colleagues. These results are discussed in the perspective of improving environmental education in Togo. The discussion also includes a comparison between Togo and four other West and Central African countries (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Gabon, and Cameroon). |
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