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Overcoming the oblivion of technology in physics education
2008
Technology is generally viewed as ‘applied science’, that is to say, as something that comes ‘after’ science. This conception justifies the lack of attention paid to technology in science education, especially where physics education is concerned. In this chapter we question this simplistic view of the science-technology relationship, historically rooted in the unequal appreciation of intellectual and manual work, and we try to show how the absence of the technological dimension in science education contributes to a naïve and distorted view of science which deeply affects the necessary scientific and technological literacy of all citizens, as well as the preparation of the future scientists…
Visions of the agents involved in the design, dissemination and use of digital educational materials in Spanish educational portals
2019
ABSTRACT This article collects results of a broader study dedicated to the analysis of the visions of the agents and actors involved in the design, diffusion and use of the digital educational materials present in Spanish educational portals that offer services and educational resources. It is part of an R + D + i project, called “Digital School”, dedicated to the analysis of the production and use of digital didactic contents in schools. The main purpose of the article is to present the results of the visions of teachers, students and families about the digital materials present in the institutional portals of Galicia and Valencia, offering suggestions for their improvement. After a biblio…
Implementing citizen science programmes in the context of university gardens to promote pre-service teachers' scientific literacy: a study case on so…
2022
This work presents an assessment of pre-service teachers’ argumentative practice, after implementing a novel teaching-learning sequence on soil health including a citizen science programme, which was applied outdoors at the university garden. The sequence was implemented at five Spanish universities with 351 undergraduates studying Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Education. It posed a final assessment task consisting in a real-world situation that involved making decisions on science-related issues: students needed to argue whether it was possible to use a piece of land as a school garden, based on soil data provided in a variety of formats. To assess participants’ level of achievement,…
Effective use of educational and vocational guidance services in distance education : the experience of USGM, Italy
2009
Efficient educational and vocational guidance services are more and more necessary to guide young students and professionals to the choice of suitable learning paths. In the distance education context, guidance and counselling services play a crucial role in the students course selection as well as in the management of studies and in the reduction of the drop out rate. This paper describes the experience of the Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi” in the study and research of effective guidance services able to fulfil the needs of different kind of users. Starting from a very heterogeneous student target, USGM guidance project has been conceived to increase the number of people experi…
Negotiating a New Culture of Doing Learning? A Study of Interaction in a Web Learning Environment with Special Focus on Teacher Approaches
2002
The article examines aspects of interaction, learning and teacher approach in an international, web-supported learning project, which was organised between three universities as part of their programmes in teacher education. The study focuses on interpretative resources which may contribute to how students perceive teacher interventions and presence in web-based learning activity. The roles and actions of teachers and students in a web-learning environment are not merely interpreted on the basis of intentional verbalised moves. The negotiation of the presence and role of participants is also guided by a variety of visual and linguistic cues on the web as well as the discourses around the le…
Using Rationale to Assist Student Cognitive and Intellectual Development
2010
One of the questions posed at the National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored workshop on Creativity and Rationale in Software Design was on the role of rationale in supporting idea generation in the classroom. College students often struggle with problems where more than one possible solution exists. Part of the difficulty lies in the need for students to progress through different levels of development cognitively and intellectually before they can tackle creative problem solving. Argumentation-based rationale provides a natural mechanism for representing problems, candidate solutions, criteria, and arguments relating those criteria to the candidate solutions. Explicitly expressing ration…
Learning Outcomes of an International Program in Cuba that Offers Undergraduates Opportunities in Authentic Research in Environmental Policy
2018
Short-term study abroad experiences are the most common type of undergraduate study abroad programs in the United States. Despite their prevalence, very few pedagogical frameworks exist that assist faculty in developing and implementing such educational programs. Moreover, and to the best of our knowledge, little empirical research exists on students’ learning outcomes following their participation in a short-term study abroad experience with an integrated, authentic research praxis. To address these potential gaps in the literature, two pedagogical frameworks were used to structure an international embedded program in Cuba which allowed students to engage in authentic research experiences …
The Complexity of Implementing a Guidance Counsellor Education Programme
2009
The Guidance Counsellor has a significant role to play in Irish secondary schools as they provide for the personal, social, educational and vocational development of the young people. At the National Guidance Forum (2007) the ‘Guidance for Life’ report was launched. In this report it suggests areas to improve in Guidance Services. One such suggestion it lists is to, Ensure that people working in guidance are well-trained and supported, with proper quality assurance procedures in place. (2007, p.34) In order the observe such a suggestion an exploration into the efficacy of the University of Limerick graduate diploma in Guidance and Counselling in providing quality graduates to practice as gu…
La metodología en el trabajo de huerto escolar y coherencia con la ambientalización curricular. Análisis de una práctica docente
2018
Esta investigación presenta un estudio de casos de una maestra de Educación Primaria que trabaja con el huerto escolar. Su fin es conocer el grado de integración de la sostenibilidad en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje y la metodología llevada a cabo con el huerto escolar. Se diseñan una serie de indicadores para cada una de las categorías de ambientalización curricular propuestas. Para analizar los resultados hemos utilizado una metodología cualitativa de corte interpretativo.
To which extent is ESD included in the training of secondary school teachers? Results of collaborative analysis
2017
Addressing the inclusion of sustainability in the training of teachers is essential if we want to enable the mobilization of capacities necessary to face the existing planetary emergency. The main goal of the present research is to analyse the effectiveness of collaborative work actions and of collective and individual evaluation of teaching guides and educational actions in relation to the inclusion of sustainability in the Master´s Degree in Secondary Education Teaching. Two subjects from Physics and Chemistry specialisation and other two from Biology and Geology specialisation have been analysed. Working groups have been created in order to identify the different sections of the teaching…