Neha Jain
Humanities
May 2024
This comparative study examines the curricular structure, teaching methods, opinions of teachers, resources allotted, and student involvement in the middle school education system with regard to the study of geoecology in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The geoecology study incorporates aspects of both ecology and geology and is hence an important part of students' upgraded knowledge on environmental issues, particularly about areas that feature problems of resource depletion, ecosystem deterioration, and climatic change. In Kyrgyzstan, interactive, student-centered methods of teaching are preferred to Kazakhstan's highly organized lecture-based approach with supplementary activities. The results show that teachers in Kazakhstan report being more confident about their abilities to foster environmental awareness and critical thinking and spend much more instructional time on the geoecology topics. Both countries have significant common challenges such as curricular limitations, scarce resources for teaching, and the need for teacher trainings among many other factors.
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