Taking Attention on Environmental Issues by an Attractive Educational Game: Enviropoly

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2011

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Elsevier Science Bv

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Public Relations and Advertising
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The Department of Public Relations and Advertising started its 4-year undergraduate degree program in 2000 under the School of Business. The Department of Public Relations and Advertising offers a program that stresses the skill of analytical thinking for students. The program is based on academic standpoints and supported by practices and new technologies. The department offers the opportunity to take elective courses from its own curriculum, or from other departments, in addition to theoretical and practical courses that complement each other. With a program offered in English, the Department of Public Relations and Advertising has mutual contracts with universities from Spain, the Netherlands and Finland within the scope of the “Erasmus Exchange Program”. In addition, the graduate degree program of “Public Relations and Advertising” under the Graduate School of social Sciences aims to sustain the continuity of undergraduate-level education and training, and to meet the demands of those pursuing to advance academically.

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Researches in interdisciplinary teaching methodologies on environmental education and in assessing their impact were recommended in Thessaloniki Declaration (UNESCO, 1997). Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study was to develop and field test an educational game, EnviroPoly, to promote environmental literacy. The game was piloted with 44 elementary/mid-level pre-service teachers. Afterwards five pre-service teachers met in a focus group to discuss the game and its procedures. The discussions and observations of the large group of teachers during play and the smaller focus group indicated that EnviroPoly is attractive, motivating, enjoyable and useful. Additionally the game was found to be applicable for different grade levels by adapting reading and question cards. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Environmental Education, Science Education, Educational Games

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World Conference on Educational Technology Researches (WCETR) -- JUL 05-09, 2011 -- East Univ, Nicosia, CYPRUS

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28

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.146
 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/1575

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