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Analysis of Conceptions of Earth System Cycles as Perceived by College Students  

Kim, Yun-Ji (Korea National University of Education)
Jeong, Jin-Woo (Korea National University of Education)
Wee, Soo-Meen (Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.29, no.8, 2009 , pp. 963-977 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to identify college students' conceptions of the earth system cycles as learners of earth science education (ESE) and draw educational implications. An eight-week creative story writing project was held with 62 non-science students taking a general course on earth science. Their creative stories were categorized by analyzing the conceptions and types of cycle with a story mapping technique. The cycle conceptions of earth systems were expressed diversely into 32; most of the cycle types were circular and complex, while the others were branch-shaped and linear types that fail to complete the cycles. College students' conceptions of the earth system cycles is biased toward natural-abiotic systems; less than 30% of them are shown to be aware of all three categories: natural-abiotic, natural-biotic, and human systems. It is essential to diversify the content of education on earth system cycles and help learners develop systematic methods of thinking so that they will be able to recognize the impacts of feedback from human activities through ESE.
Keywords
earth system; cycle; creative writing; story mapping;
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