Thesis:

Synthesis of environmental literacy studies in Iran's primary school curriculum based on the development of students' environmental knowledge, attitude and behavior

The aim of this research is to synthesize studies of environmental literacy in the Iranian elementary school curriculum based on the development of students' environmental knowledge, attitude, and behavior. The research method of this research was qualitative. The present research has a fundamentally applied objective, a qualitative approach, and a metasynthesis research strategy, which is accompanied by inductive content analysis and then a meta-synthesis of the analyses performed. In this research, the main categories and themes were extracted, and after coding and selecting the main categories, a combination of these categories was carried out, which led to the design of a conceptual framework in the field of environmental literacy in the curriculum. The statistical population of this research was related to research related to environmental literacy and environmental education in the country that was published in the period from 2012 to 2014. Accordingly, the statistical population of the research included all research published in reputable domestic scientific research journals, theses, and research projects. These databases will include the Iranian Scientific Documents Center, the National Academic Jihad website, the private website of the Iranian Journals Bank, the Noor specialized journals website, and the Persian Searcher Alamnet. To select primary research using the above sampling framework, first, by reviewing the research background, valid keywords were determined to be used in searching for primary research. After determining the keywords for selecting primary research based on a series of entry and exit criteria, the desired research was selected. In the synthesis research section, the knowledge obtained from the synthesis research method will be obtained based on the stages of the synthesis research method according to Roberts and analyzed, and Maxqda 2020 software was used. The results showed that the comprehensive environmental literacy model is based on the development of students' environmental knowledge, attitude, and behavior.

Keywords: Keywords: Synthesis study, environmental literacy, curriculum, knowledge development, environmental attitude and behavior, energy, waste, climate change, environmental pollution