Topics on teaching the impact of humans on nature and the environment in the journal The American Biology Teacher from 2010 to 2021

Vpliv človeka na naravo in okolje je učna tema v slovenskih osnovnih šolah pri naravoslovju, biologiji in izbirnemu predmetu okoljska vzgoja. Glavni namen te teme je okoljsko ozaveščanje in razvoj okoljske pismenosti učencev, s čimer bi lahko dosegli trajnostni razvoj. Tako kot pri vsaki učni temi, se tudi pri poučevanju te pojavljajo tako splošne kot tudi specifične težave. Te smo podrobno opisali v teoretičnem delu, dodali pa smo tudi ustrezne rešitve, predloge in načine dela, ki lahko te težave odpravijo. Ker morajo biti učitelji pred poučevanjem ustrezno seznanjeni s posamezno učno temo, smo v ta namen analizirali tri učne načrte in tri učbenike za biologijo, v katerih je učna tema o vplivu človeka na naravo in okolje tudi zastopana. Učiteljem so v veliko pomoč pri poučevanju lahko tudi primeri dobre prakse, zato smo v magistrski nalogi analizirali 47 člankov iz spletne revije The American Biology Teacher od leta 2010 do 2021, ki so se navezovali na omenjeno temo in predstavljajo glavni del te naloge. Najprej smo članke pregledali in podatke zbrali v tabeli na podlagi naslednjih vsebinskih postavk: naslov članka, avtor, država avtorja, leto objave, število strani, število navedenih virov, vrsta prispevka, raven izobraževanja, struktura prispevka, tema članka, izvedljivost v Sloveniji ter zakaj nekaj ni (povsem) izvedljivo v Sloveniji. Za lažjo predstavo smo ugotovitve določenih vsebinskih postavk predstavili tudi grafično. Vse članke smo nato tudi vsebinsko analizirali, jih razdelili v določene sklope in opisali bistveno vsebino, ki lahko učiteljem pomaga pri poučevanju. Na koncu smo članke razdelili v 10 različnih tematskih sklopov, ki se nanašajo na učno temo o vplivu človeka na naravo in okolje. Določeni članki so primerni za specifično raven izobraževanja, nekatere pa lahko prilagajamo za različne ravni izobraževanja. Glavni namen magistrske naloge je bil torej analiza člankov s spletne revije The American Biology Teacher, ki predstavljajo primere dobre prakse in učiteljem omogočajo kakovostnejši pouk in odpravljanje težav pri poučevanju o vplivu človeka na naravo in okolje. Primeri dobre prakse omogočajo več poučevanja na prostem, in tako se lahko razvije pozitivna interakcija med učenci in okoljem ter naravo.The human impact on nature and the environment is a learning topic that appears in Slovenian primary schools in natural science, biology, and the optional subject of environmental education. The main purpose of this topic is environmental awareness and the development of students\u27 environmental literacy, with which we can achieve environmental sustainability. As with any learning topic, there are both general and specific problems in teaching this topic. We have described them in detail in the theoretical part, and we have also added appropriate solutions, suggestions and ways of working that can eliminate these problems. Because teachers must be adequately familiar with each learning topic before teaching, we analyzed three curricula and three textbooks for biology in which the topic of human impact on nature and the environment is also represented. Examples of good practice can also be a great help for teachers in teaching, so in our master\u27s thesis we analyzed 47 articles from the online magazine The American Biology Teacher from 2010 to 2021, which were related to the mentioned topic and represent the main part of this paper. First, we reviewed the articles and analyzed them in a table based on the following contents: article title, author, country of the author, year of publication, number of pages, number of cited sources, type of article, level of education, structure of the article, topic of the article, feasibility in Slovenia and why it is not (fully) feasible in Slovenia. To make it easier to visualize, we also presented the findings of certain content items graphically. We also analyzed the content of each article, divided them into certain topics and described the essential content that can help teachers in teaching. Finally, we divided the articles into 10 different topics, which relate to the human impact on nature and the environment. Certain articles are suitable for a specific level of education, but some can be adapted for all levels of education. The main purpose of the master\u27s thesis was the analysis of articles from the online magazine The American Biology Teacher, which present examples of good practice and enable teachers to enrich lesson and eliminate problems in teaching about the human impact on nature and the environment. Examples of good practice enable more outdoor teaching and can thus represent a positive interaction between students and the environment and nature