Nanoscale science and technology education: primary school students’ preconceptions of the lotus effect and the concept of size

Author(s):  
George Peikos ◽  
Anna Spyrtou ◽  
Dimitris Pnevmatikos ◽  
Penelope Papadopoulou
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S367) ◽  
pp. 377-378
Author(s):  
Ana Torres-Campos

AbstractIn this poster is presented the development and testing of a pilot project to teach basics of astronomy to primary school students. This is a learning program that bases on the interdisciplinary nature of astronomy with amusing and playful activities. The objective of the programme is to engage children in astronomy and make them aware of the importance of the development of science and technology for society. The program has been tested a small non-government-funded school in the state of Puebla, in Mexico. Due COVID-19 lockdown the classes had to switch from face-to-face to online. Over 80% of the students that completed the course had considerably increased their knowledge of astronomy and requested to continue with the classes on the next school term.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 3031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Buket Ballıel Ünal

This study was conducted with the purpose of analyzing and interpreting the perceptions of 4th grade primary school students studying in the province of Muğla towards science, using the pictures they draw.The study was implemented in the school year of 2015-2016 with 41 4th grade students from the classes A-B at the Toki Ş. J. Yb. Alim Yılmaz Primary School in the province of Muğla. The pictures drawn by the participating students were analyzed semantically and the method of content analysis was used. The study analyzed and interpreted how the students perceived the concept of “Science”, the content they employed in the pictures they drew, whether they were able to establish a connection between Science and their lives, and whether there were differences between male and female students in terms of the content of the pictures they drew. Collaboration was made with three science and technology teachers and two image experts in the analysis. Separate coding lists were formed for each case for the analysis of the qualitative data and the data were coded.In the light of the findings obtained, it was found that 73.6% of male students drew an experiment environment within the theme of laboratory, while 90.9% of the female students did so. It was found that a large proportion of male and female students were influenced by the subjects “our sensory organs”, “technological developments”, “our body and systems”, “classifying matter” and “pollution”, which are included in the curricula.It was concluded that most male and female students perceive the concept of science only in terms of experiments, while this ratio is higher for female students who drew more detailed and colorful environments; they did not think of science outside school and laboratory environments; the connection they established between their lives and science did not exceed the public’s attitude towards this issue, visual stimulants in their surroundings, and what was taught and shown to them by educational institutions; the number of students who used themes other than the drawings and subjects in the textbook was very low; and their levels to relate science and technology class information to daily life were low. Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu araştırma, Muğla ilinde öğrenim gören ilkokul 4. Sınıf öğrencilerinin Fen Bilgisine yönelik algılarının çizdikleri resimlerle analiz edilerek yorumlanması amacı ile yapılmıştır.Araştırmanın uygulaması 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılında Muğla ili Toki Ş.J. Yb. Âlim Yılmaz İlkokulunda 4. sınıf A-B şubelerinde öğrenim gören 41 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmaya katılan öğrencilerin çizdikleri resimler anlamsal açıdan incelenmiş ve içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin “Fen Bilgisi” kavramını nasıl algıladıkları, çizdikleri resimlerde hangi içeriklere yer verdikleri, Fen Bilgisi ve yaşadıkları hayat arasında bağlantı kurup kuramadıkları ve kız ve erkek öğrencilerin çizdikleri resim içeriklerinde farklılıklar olup olmadığı analiz edilmiş ve yorumlanmıştır. Değerlendirme yapılırken üç fen ve teknoloji öğretmeni ve iki resim uzmanı ile çalışılmıştır. Nitel verilerin analizinde her bir durum için ayrı ayrı kodlama listesi çıkarılmıştır ve kodlamalar yapılmıştır.Elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda, erkek öğrencilerin %73,6’sı resimlerinde laboratuvar teması içerisinde deney ortamı resmederken, bu oranın kız öğrencilerde %90,9 olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Kız ve erkek öğrencilerin büyük bir bölümünün müfredat programlarında yer alan “duyu organlarımız”, “teknolojik gelişmeler”, “vücudumuz ve sistemler”, “maddenin sınıflandırılması” ve “çevre kirliliği” konularından etkilendikleri görülmüştür.Kız ve erkek öğrencilerin büyük bir bölümünün fen bilgisi kavramını sadece deney olarak algıladıkları, kız öğrencilerde bu oranın daha yüksek olduğu ve erkek öğrencilere göre daha detay ve renkli ortamlar çizdikleri, fen bilgisini okul ve laboratuvar ortamı dışında düşünmedikleri, yaşamları ve fen bilgisi arasında kurdukları bağın, bu konuda toplum tutumunun, çevrelerindeki görsel uyaranların ve eğitim kurumlarının onlara öğrettikleri ve gösterdiklerinden daha öteye geçemediği, ders kitabında bulunan çizim ve konuların dışında tema işleyen öğrenci sayısının çok az olduğu ve fen ve teknoloji dersi bilgilerini günlük hayatla ilişkilendirme düzeylerinin düşük olduğu tespit edilmiştir.


Author(s):  
Maija Aksela ◽  
Veli- Matti Vesterinen

Welcome to the final issue of the first volume of LUMAT. With two regular issues, three special issues, eleven research articles, two perspective articles and thirty general articles published, the first volume of LUMAT has been a success. With three special issues and two regular issues lined up for the second volume, we hope to continue publishing quality articles on research and practice in math, science and technology education. The purpose of the journal is to share good practices, and present especially Finnish but also international know-how in the field of math, science and technology education. With this purpose in mind, it has been a pleasure to publish several manuscripts from our colleagues around the globe. Also this final issue of the first volume includes articles from Finnish as well as international educational researchers. The first article, by Jeronen, Karjalainen, Kuoppala, Sääskilahti and Tirri discusses the new student admission process of subject teacher education. Their topic is especially interesting, as the coming years are about to bring changes to student admission processes of Finnish universities. The second article is a product of an international collaboration with Finnish and North American researchers. The study by Tolppanen, Rantaniitty, McDermott, Aksela and Hand investigates how Finnish comprehensive school students received a multimodal writing lesson. They conclude that general writing skills benefit students in production of multimodal writing during science lessons. The last study published in this issue discusses the use of classroom response systems (also known as clickers) in physics teacher education. According to the results of the North American researchers Milner-Bolotin, Fisher and MacDonald clicker-enhanced pedagogy is a promising vehicle for developing pedagogical content knowledge of science teachers. The results of this study are interesting also from a Finnish perspective, as also Finnish teacher educators are searching new ways to implement use of modern educational technology to science and mathematics teacher education.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Yujuan Li ◽  
Robert N. Hibbard ◽  
Peter L. A. Sercombe ◽  
Amanda L. Kelk ◽  
Cheng-Yuan Xu

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