HANOI METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATION TRAN THI HUONG A STUDY ON HOW TO PROMOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LOVE FOR NATURE VIA THE TOPIC “PLANTS AND ANIMALS” IN GRADE 2 NATURE AND SOCIETY GRADUATION THESIS Primary education Hanoi, May 2023 HANOI METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATION TRAN THI HUONG A STUDY ON HOW TO PROMOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LOVE FOR NATURE VIA THE TOPIC “PLANTS AND ANIMALS” IN GRADE 2 NATURE AND SOCIETY GRADUATION THESIS Primary education Instructor: Dr. Pham Ngoc Son MA. Trinh Phan Thi Phong Lan (Teacher’s signature) (Teacher’s signature) Hanoi, May 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. The reasons for choosing the topic.
10 CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS ON NATURAL LOVE EDUCATION IN TEACHING GRADE 2 NATURE AND SOCIETY .1 The concept of Educating children’s love for nature and the role of Educating children’s love for nature in primary education.2 The importance of the topic “Pants and Animals” in Educating children’s love for nature.3 Psychological characteristics of grade 2 students and approach to Educating children’s love for nature.1 Educating children’s love for nature for primary school students in the general education 2018.2 Research on educating children’s love for nature for students at Son Dong Primary School, Hoai Duc District, Hanoi City. 21 Conclusion of Chapter 1. 28 CHAPTER 2: USING ACTIVE TEACHING METHODS TO PROMOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LOVE FOR NATURE VIA THE TOPIC "ANIMALS AND PLANTS" IN GRADE 2 NATURE AND SOCIETY .1 Some active teaching methods are used in grade 2 Nature and Society.2 Question-and-answer method .4 The discussion method .5 Role play method .6 Integrated teaching method.2 Developing lesson plans to promote students’ love for nature vis the topic “Plants and Animals” in grade 2 Nature and Society .1 Content the habitats of plants and animals .2 Content Protecting the habitats of plants and animals. 54 Conclusion of Chapter 2.
EXPERIMENTING WITH LESSON PLANS TO PROMOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LOVE FOR NATURE VIA THE TOPIC “ANIMALS AND PLANTS” IN GRADE 2 NATURE AND SOCIETY. Object, implementation time .1 Evaluate the constructed lesson plan. 71 Conclusion of Chapter 3. 73 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION.
78 2 DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP I hereby declare that the thesis titled “A study on how to promote primary school students’ love for nature via the topic “plants and animals” in grade 2 nature and society” is my research work, under the dedicated guidance of Dr. Pham Ngoc Son and MA. Trinh Phan Thi Phong Lan. I would like to sincerely thank the lecturers of the Faculty of Pedagogy of Hanoi Metropolitan University for guiding me in the process of implementing this thesis, especially I would like to express my sincere thanks to the teachers, students and parents of Son Dong Primary School for agreeing to participate in my research.
The research results in the thesis are truthful. The material used in the thesis is sourced, clear. The data reported below and the research results are completely truthful, not plagiarized or copied from any other research. All documents cited are clearly sourced.
I will take full responsibility for any fraud detected or copying in this thesis I hope that this thesis will be useful to those interested in primary education and contribute to improving the quality of education. Hanoi, May 2023 Student Trần Thị Hương 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I sincerely thank Dr. Pham Ngoc Son and MA. Trinh Phan Thi Phong Lan, who directly guided and supported me in the process of research this thesis.
Pham Ngoc Son enthusiastically guided me on research methods, as well as provided me with many important ideas to help me complete the thesis in the best way. Pham Ngoc Son has given his precious time to help me. I also want to express my deep gratitude to MA. Trinh Phan Thi Phong Lan, who enthusiastically guided me throughout the course of the thesis and encouraged me to constantly strive to complete the thesis in the best way.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who have supported and encouraged me during the course of this thesis. Your help and encouragement has helped me to complete this work effectively and achieve the best results. I sincerely thank Hanoi, May 2023 Sinh viên Trần Thị Hương 4 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Students present love for animals. Survey sheet for teachers at Son Dong primary school.
Survey sheet for Son Dong primary school. 25 Figure 4 Result of teacher survey. 26 Figure 5 Environmental protection products (Source: Internet). Picture of protecting the environment (Source: Internet).
Picture of favorite animal (Source: Internet). Homework of writing a paragraph expressing the love for nature. 64 LIST OF AND TABLES Table 1 Result of teacher survey. 37 Table 4 Worksheet of lesson 12.
The reasons for choosing the topic Nature plays an important role in every one's life. However, with the rapid development of science and technology, people gradually keep distance with nature. It can be seen that it is the worship of people that has caused Mother Nature to rise up with rage such as storms, floods, forest fires, droughts,. We are constantly harming nature, causing water pollution, forest fires to increase, floods that cause loss of life and property.
The world has been trying to repair that damage. However, the only way to reduce all natural disasters is to live peacefully and protect nature. To do that, we need to promote educating students to love nature, only by loving, preserving and protecting nature can we really live in harmony with nature and thereby minimize all natural disasters. If we overuse resources without knowing how to reforest, use scientific water, we will live in a polluted environment and we will suffer the consequences of that pollution.
Promoting the love for nature plays a very important role for primary school students because this is an important period to form values, skills and attitudes about nature, environment and nature protection. Helps develop observation and analysis: Education about nature helps elementary students develop the ability to observe and analyze natural phenomena. They can learn about plants and animals, their growth and development processes. This helps students better understand the relationship between people and nature, thereby making appropriate decisions to protect the environment.
Strengthens mental and physical health: Exposure to nature helps primary school students improve their mental and physical health. Playing and living in the open space helps them reduce stress and improve their mood. In addition, activities such as planting 6 trees, taking care of the garden, and exercising outdoors also help to enhance the physical health of students. Help students understand and care about environmental protection: Education about nature helps primary school students understand the importance of environmental protection.
They will better understand the impact of human activities on the environment, thereby forming a responsible attitude and contributing to the protection and sustainable development of the environment. Currently, promoting the love for nature in general and primary school students in particular has not been paid enough attention. Education about nature for primary school students is facing many challenges and needs special attention. In today's technologically advanced era, primary school students often spend a lot of time on computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.
This has made them less time to explore, learn and experience with nature. In addition, with the development of urbanization, people's living space becomes more and more limited, causing difficulties in accessing nature. This has prevented many primary school students from being able to recognize, appreciate and understand important natural values, affecting their thinking and vision of the world around them With the topic "A study on how to promote primary school students’ love for nature via the topic “plants and animals” in grade 2 nature and society”, I think that this is a very valuable and necessary topic in this era. The promotion of love for nature will help students have basic knowledge about plants and animals, thereby helping them to take actions to protect the environment around them.
Moreover, it helps students to have knowledge about the environment, especially about plants and animals. This not only helps students better understand the diversity and beauty of nature, but also helps them 7 develop values such as respect, love and protection of the environment. Especially, for grade 2 students, this is a very important time to create curiosity and eager to learn about the world around. I hope that choosing this topic will help students have the opportunity to have access to valuable educational knowledge and experiences, thereby helping them to grow up and be able to contribute to build a sustainable and peaceful community.
Research purpose Proposing active teaching methods in grade 2 Nature and Society to promote primary school students’ love for nature. Research object Object: Promote primary school students’ love for nature via the topic “plants and animals” in grade 2 nature and society Research scope: Students of Son Dong primary school. Research questions - How is love for nature presented in grade 2 Nature and Society curriculum? - How to promote the quality and effectiveness of education primary school students’ love for nature via teaching grade 2 Nature and Society? 5. Research missions - Research the expression of love for nature at primary school age.
- Research and investigate natural love education via the topic Animals and Plants in grade 2 Nature and Society 8 - Proposing measures to promote the education primary school students’ love for nature via the topic “Plants and Animals in grade 2 Nature and Society. Research methods Theoretical research methods Analysis and synthesis methods Statistical and classification methods 7. Thesis structure In addition to the Introduction, the Conclusion, the List of references, the Content is divided into 3 chapters: Chapter 1: Theoretical and practical basis on Educating children’s love for nature in teaching of grade 2 Nature and Society Chapter 2: Using active teaching methods to promote primary school students’ love for nature via the topic "Animals and plants" in grade 2 Nature and Society Chapter 3. Experimenting with lesson plans to promote primary school students’ love for nature via the topic “Animals and Plants” in grade 2 Nature and Society 9 CONTENT CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS ON NATURAL LOVE EDUCATION IN TEACHING GRADE 2 NATURE AND SOCIETY 1.1 The concept of Educating children’s love for nature and the role of Educating children’s love for nature in primary education.1 The concept of Educating children’s love for nature According to Richard Louv: “Nature education is the process of helping students develop an understanding and appreciation of the natural environment, especially plants and animals, and to awaken a sense of love and respect for nature.
This education helps students realize that they are part of nature and have an important role in protecting and conserving the living species on Earth.” [1] According to Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc: "Educating children’s love for nature is an educational process that aims to help students have a deep understanding of the natural environment, especially about plants and animals, thereby arousing in them love and respect for nature, and forming human values, protect the environment, protect lives and improve the quality of human life” [2] According to Pham Ngoc Bao Ngoc: "Educating children’s love for nature is the process of educating people's souls, emotions, thoughts and actions with nature, in order to evoke and develop the values of love, love and responsibility for the natural environment, thereby helping people form a sustainable living concept, balancing economic benefits and environmental protection.” [3] 10 From there, it can be concluded that Educating children’s love for nature is an educational process that aims to help students have a deep understanding of the natural environment, especially about plants and animals, thereby arousing in them love and respect for nature, at the same time forming human values, protecting the environment, protecting lives and improving the quality of human life.2 The role of Educating children’s love for nature in Primary education.