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WISDOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION
2015
In higher education, much attention is being directed at the quality of the student experience. It is up to educators to begin to answer the sophisticated questions about the quality of undergraduate education, conceptualized in its broadest form by the institutions’ primary stakeholders. In this current context, the time is nigh for career services to maximize its contribution to the creation of powerful learning environments and take a greater role in shaping this discussion. This guiding model will benefit students, employers, and institutions alike. Wisdom is a construct of six interacting dimensions: 1) self-knowledge, 2) understanding of others, 3) judgment, 4) life knowledge, 5) life…
The Silver Voltameter: An Essential Instrument for the Definition of the Unit of Electric Current
2017
We discuss the restoration of a silver voltameter belonging lo the Historical Collection of Physics Instruments of the University of Palermo. We stress the essential role this instrument had in the definition of the unit of electric current.
The Historical Collection of Physics Instruments and the Museum System of the University of Palermo
2017
In 2011, the University of Palermo instituted the University Museum System (Sistema Museale di Ateneo, SiMuA), in order to coordinate all the museum activities with the aim to pursue common goals, to foster the development of their activities and making them accessible to the public at large. The SiMuA coordinates 6 Museums and 13 Collections. The Botanical Garden, founded in 1789, with its richness of cultivated flora, is the “flagship” of European living museums and the cradle of botany in Sicily; the Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein”; the Museum of Geology “G. G. Gemmellaro” and the “Specola”, the latter housed in the Astronomical Observatory founded in 1790; the Museum of Radiology and t…
An inquiry-based learning path to introduce modern physics in high-school
2018
Although Modern Physics (MP) is a scientific field of increasingly interest, due to its mathematical and conceptual difficulty, it was not generally taught in Italian high-schools. Recently, in order to reduce the gap between school curricula and modern technology, the Ministry of Education promoted the inclusion of MP in Italian secondary schools. MP hot topics produce interest and enthusiasm in learners at all ages, but to address this topic in high school in an effective way it is necessary to translate complex theories and highly-advanced experiments into an understandable language appreciated by students. In this contribution, we discuss an inquiry-driven learning sequence suitable to …
Augmented lectures: Benefits of supporting physics teaching with the theatre
2019
Abstract Young generations are less and less interested in studying STEM subjects. For this reason, numerous studies have strongly suggested a change in the methods scientific knowledge is developed in the learners, through the use of alternative and more creative strategies. In recent decades a strong interaction between scientific subjects and the arts has been established by means of theatre. The objective is to bring science to students and the public in ways that are engaging, instructive, artistic and, always, content-driven: the medium is the arts; the message is the joy of science. When we talk about Physics in a theatre show, are we only making a good dissemination or are we also t…
Costruzione e validazione del questionario DIDLab “La didattica Laboratoriale: apprendimenti e stili di conduzione con l’approccio IBSE”
2021
Il presente lavoro espone gli esiti della costruzione e validazione del questiona-rio “La didattica Laboratoriale: apprendimenti e stili di conduzione con l’ap-proccio IBSE” finalizzato a misurare il grado di conoscenza dell’approccio In-quiry-Based Science Education e lo stile di conduzione nella didattica labora-toriale, che ha visto coinvolti 523 corsisti del corso di specializzazione per le attività di sostegno didattico dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo; il test di misurazione costruito è composto da 42 item suddiviso in cinque macro-aree su scala Likert a 5 punti. Dall’analisi quantitativa condotta è emerso che il questionario ha buona con-cordanza, pensato per indagare sulle con…
Investigating Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge Of Scientific Inquiry
2014
This paper analyses the scientific inquiry in the context of modelling physical systems and point out some related teaching/learning strategies. Two relevant points are also discussed: i)- the different representations of scientific inquiry held by a sample of secondary school physics teachers and their competencies in conducting investigations aimed at solving scientific problems; ii)- what kind of supports can be supplied to teachers in order to modify their misconceptions about scientific inquiry and develop adequate competences related to Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Scientific Inquiry. The topic will be analysed in the light of some preliminary results of a course for in-service ph…
Impact of IBSE Methods and IBSE Materials on Student/Teacher Learning
2014
This study reports on the use of Inquiry-based science education (IBSE) materials and activities on the concept of Sound that have been used to teach lower and upper secondary school students by teachers who have participated in IBSE teacher education (Slovakia, Italy) as well as to teach pre-service teachers (Ireland). An IBSE method has been adopted by the ESTABLISH project (FP7, 2010-2013) to promote the implementation of innovative teaching and learning approaches for student-led inquiry based activities in the classroom. An IBSE approach is considered to encourage students´ active involvement in their learning compared to traditional methods. This project has developed teaching and lea…
An approach to the concept of statistical distribution: a pedagogical path based on Guided Inquiry
2014
This paper describes a teaching approach to the concept of distribution that uses a specific activity related to the field of statistical mechanics. The concept of velocity distribution of a particle system is dealt with using an Inquiry Based approach involving an experimental examination of Maxwell’s Distribution. Some outcomes of a teaching experiment are described.
Open Inquiry based learning experiences to understand the Nature of Science
2014
In this paper we address the question of the efficacy of an inquiry-based learning approach, with different levels of teacher’s guidance, to introduce the students to fundamental aspects of the Nature of Science (NoS). Explicit pedagogical approaches, in which specific instruction on the topic of NoS is provided in addition to the engagement in scientific inquiry, are generally considered more effective with respect to implicit methods, where NoS conceptions are expected to develop as a natural consequence of inquiry-based learning experiences alone. In our study, we further explore the connections between scientific inquiry and implicit development of NoS conceptions, by investigating the …