Identifying concepts of green curriculum based on educational fields: a qualitative research

The green curriculum is to preserve nature for future generations. In order to teach the environment and include it in the curriculum of students, it is necessary to emphasize on the document of transformation and areas of education as a big map and high-level document. The current research aims to investigate the foundation of the green curriculum in education in line with the fields of education.

This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and contractual content analysis. The data was collected by means of semi-structured interview and Delphi questionnaire and theoretical saturation was reached with 25 people. Data analysis was used using theme analysis or theme analysis. Validity assessment of the current research was done using the three-strain method and the reliability of the Kappa coefficient.

In relation to the research objective of the green curriculum, 4 dimensions of the goal, content, teaching and evaluation methods were identified with 28 subcategories and 46 subcategories were identified in 6 areas of education and training.

According to the results of the research, in order to create a suitable foundation for the green curriculum, it is necessary to strengthen biological knowledge and awareness along with environmental education from the early years of formal education in education.