scholarly journals IMPROVISATION IN BIOLOGY TEACHING-LEARNING: A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF ILL-EQUIPPED LABORATORIES AT POST BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
B. G. Kubo ◽  
Yahaya M Kamar ◽  
D. I. Wushishi

Effective teaching for quality science education can only be achieved through “learning by doing” (practical activities) in well-equipped laboratory. The illequipped science laboratories have reached an alarming level thereby making learning by doing impossible. This paper takes a look at the concept and skills or techniques of improvising biology teaching equipment (instructional materials) as a viable alternative and a panacea to ill-equipped laboratories in our post-basic education in Nigeria. The paper recommends among other things, that schools should encourage and motivate science teachers to develop basic improvisation skills through the use of raw materials and resource persons in the host community.  

Author(s):  
Tatiane Rodrigues da Silva Soares ◽  
Alessandro Augusto de Barros Façanha ◽  
Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Diante da atual realidade vivenciada pela sociedade em face de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) e das possibilidades favoráveis que essas oferecem ao processo de ensino aprendizagem, visto alguns documentos como os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN), que regem a Educação Básica, indicarem as TIC como ferramentas eficazes no processo de ensino aprendizagem, surgiu a problemática de tentar entender porque as tão difundidas TIC não são devidamente utilizadas para fins educacionais, em função da aprendizagem dos alunos como poderiam ser. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar a percepção de professores de Ciências acerca do conhecimento e das possibilidades didáticas das TIC na educação. Nesse contexto, a pesquisa compreende um estudo de caso, em que foi observado o perfil do professor de Ciências do Ensino Fundamental e sua prática docente, os sujeitos foram professores do Ensino Fundamental II de uma escola da rede privada. A coleta de dados foi feita através de entrevistas com questionários abertos, os dados foram tabulados e agrupados em quatro categorias de análise. Essas categorias sugiram a partir da leitura das entrevistas, em que  foi feita uma saturação dos conceitos chave existentes nos depoimentos, de forma que as questões levantadas sugeriam uma forma particular de organização das informações obtidas durante o processo de obtenção dos dados. Observou-se com esta pesquisa que se as TIC forem bem aplicadas podem atribuir uma significância ao processo de ensino aprendizagem, e que contribuem significantemente para a motivação e interesse pela disciplina de Ciências. Palavras-chave: Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação. Processo de Ensino-Aprendizagem. Formação do Professor. Novas Metodologias de Ensino. AbstractGiven the current reality experienced by society in the face of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the favorable possibilities they offer to the teaching-learning process, since some documents such as the National Curricular Parameters (NCP), which rule  the  basic education, indicate ICT as Effective tools in the process of teaching learning, the problem of trying to understand why the widespread ICT are not properly used for educational purposes due to the students' learning as it could be arose. The objective of this research was to investigate the perception of science teachers about the knowledge and didactic possibilities of ICT in education. In this context, the research comprises a case study, where the profile of the elementary school science teacher and his or her  teaching practice were observed, the subjects were elementary school teachers II of a private school . Data collection was done through interviews with open questionnaires, data were tabulated and grouped into four categories of analysis. These categories suggest from the reading of the interviews, where a saturation of the key concepts in the statements was made, so that the questions raised suggested a particular way of organizing the information obtained during the process of obtaining the data. It was observed with this research that if the ICT are well applied they can assign a significance to the process of teaching learning, and that contribute significantly to the motivation and interest for the subject of sciences. Keywords: Information and Communication Technologies. Teaching and Learning Process. Teacher’s Training. New Teaching.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Ogunode Niyi Jacob

This study aimed to investigate the challenges facing the administration of STEM Education in Gwgwalada junior secondary schools of FCT, Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey design. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaires titled:' Challenges facing Administration of STEM Education Questionnaire” (CFASEQ).The sample for the study comprised of 200 teachers. A simple random sampling method was used to select the sample. One hypothesis and three research instruments were used for the study. Test and retest were employed to determine the reliability of the instrument. Simple percentages were employed to analyze the data collected and a chi-square test was used to test the hypothesis. The study revealed that challenges are facing the administrations of STEM Education in Gwagwalada junior secondary schools and these challenges include; inadequate infrastructural facilities, shortage of science teachers, lack of instructional materials, lack of motivation, inadequate fund, poor supervision, high population, poor capacity development program for science teachers and negative attitude of students towards STEM education. The result also revealed that100% of the respondents agreed that the implications of the challenge facing the administration of STEM Education are responsible for poor implementation of STEM education in Gwagwalada junior secondary schools of FCT, Nigeria. From the finding, it was recommended that the government increase the funding of education and give more priority to STEM Education.


Author(s):  
Carlos Sampaio ◽  
Liliane Oliveira ◽  
Vanessa Nespoli

Sustenta que o acesso das escolas às novas tecnologias de informação poderá converter-se num poderoso instrumento para a superação de deficiências crônicas do sistema educacional brasileiro, sobretudo na educação básica. Nesse contexto, o processo educacional deve ser criativo e flexível, propiciando a criação de ambientes de aprendizagem que incorporem as novas tecnologias, colocando-as a serviço da formação de cidadãos críticos e produtivos. A criação desses novos ambientes de aprendizagem e sua ação eficiente exigem não só a implantação de uma infra-estrutura de laboratórios de informática, a utilização da rede mundial de computadores e de aplicativos facilitadores da aprendizagem, mas sobretudo alterações no papel dos principais atores do processo ensino-aprendizagem: a escola, o professor e o aluno. Palavras-chave: inclusão digital; acesso à Internet; escolas; informática na educação; informatização; censo escolar. Abstract This paper discusses that school access to the new information technologies will become a powerful instrument for the overcoming of chronic deficiencies of the Brazilian educational system, above all, in basic education. In this context, the educational process must be creative and flexible, propitiating the creation of learning environment that incorporates the new technologies, placing them in the service of the formation of critical and productive citizens. The creation of these new learning environments and their efficient action demand not only the implantation of an infrastructure of computer science laboratories, the use of the world-wide net of computers and learning applications, but above all, alterations in the role of the main actors of the teaching-learning process: the school, the teacher and the pupil. Keywords: digital inclusion; access to the Internet in schools; pedagogical use of computer science; computerization of schools; school census.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4392
Author(s):  
Apolka Ujj ◽  
Kinga Percsi ◽  
Andras Beres ◽  
Laszlo Aleksza ◽  
Fernanda Ramos Diaz ◽  
...  

The use and quality analysis of household compost have become very important issues in recent years due to the increasing interest in local food production and safe, self-produced food. The phenomenon was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine period, which gave new impetus to the growth of small home gardens. However, the knowledge associated with making high-quality compost is often lacking in home gardeners. Therefore, the objective of this research was to find answers to the following questions: can the quality of backyard compost be considered safe in terms of toxicity and nutrient content? Can weed seed dispersion affect the usability of backyard compost? In general, can the circulation of organic matter be increased with the spread of home composting? In this study, 16 different house composts were analysed for stability, weed seed contamination, toxic elements, and nutrient content using analysis of variance. The results of the research showed that the quality properties of the composts (including their weed seed dispersion effect) were greatly influenced by the different techniques and raw materials used. The toxicity levels, as well as the content of macro and microelements, were within the parameters of safe-quality compost. The specific macronutrient (Ca, Mg) and micronutrient (Fe, Mn) contents of the tested composts have a similar and, in some cases, more favorable nutrient supply capacity in crop production than the frequently-used cow manure-based composts. With a plan of basic education on composting, there is potential to encourage farmyard composting.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-88
Author(s):  
Vincentas Lamanauskas ◽  
Violeta Slekiene ◽  
Gabriel Gorghiu ◽  
Costin Pribeanu

Mobile technology is now part of the everyday life of teachers and students and thus tends to become an inseparable part of the educational activities. Teachers and students are increasingly using mobile technologies in teaching and learning. Therefore, it is purposeful to responsibly integrate technologies into the educational process. However, technical and pedagogical support is necessary in order to facilitate both teacher and students’ understanding of this educational potential. Besides, it is still very little known and there is very little evidence about the effectiveness of the application of these technologies in the teaching/learning process. This research aims to explore the perceptions of Romanian and Lithuanian teachers regarding the use of mobile technologies in education. Keywords: motivation to learn, mobile technology, preliminary study, science education, science teachers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Daiga Kaleja-Gasparovica

The study is devoted to the organization of the teaching/learning content of visual art and self-expression process in practice. The article, based on theory, explains creative self-expression in the context of pupil's meaningful learning, based on the new education policy and the developed guidelines in basic education. The individual experience of prospective primary school teachers and their understanding of self-expression in visual art has been clarified during the reflection and pedagogical observation in the study process in methods of teaching visual art which led to stating the research problem. The theoretical account offered in the article reveals pedagogical possibilities for prospective teachers to organize purposefully self-expression classes in visual art during the teaching practice so that the pupil, learning visual art without professional literacy in art, improved his/her transversal skills acquiring the experience of self-guided learning, critical thinking and problem-solving, innovation, cooperation, and civic participation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Iwona Markuszewska ◽  
Minna Tanskanen ◽  
Josep Vila Subirós

Abstract The aim of the article is to get a closer overview of the non-instructional methods of the teaching-learning process of geography. To achieve this goal, the results of the international project Borderland: Border Landscapes Across Europe (undertaken in 2012 and 2013, within the framework of LLP-Erasmus Programme) was presented. Special attention was paid on the innovative approach to learning methods, namely learning by doing (LBD) that was experienced in a multinational environment during the project’s implementation.


10.28945/3134 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yavuz Akpinar ◽  
Huseyin Simsek

The emergence of learning objects for teachers as a focus of educational concentration is relatively new and much of the discussion has not been based on the actual development of objects, but different definitions, learning theories, properties and standards or decorative packages of learning objects (LOs). Also, in many teacher education programs, prospective teachers take a computer literacy class separate from content methods classes and rarely engage in producing authentic teaching/learning experiences. This research goes somewhat to address prospective K-12 teachers’ development of learning objects. In this study, a group of prospective K-12 science teachers’ learning objects were examined, evaluated and compared with LOs developed by instructional designers (IDs). A total of forty learning objects were closely investigated and effectiveness of eight of them was tried out with 180 target students in classrooms. Detailed analysis of the LOs demonstrated that while both the preservicers and the IDs use similar number of instructional elements in their LOs, the IDs seem to represent concepts and procedures with screen objects other than the text and used the text for supporting graphical objects. Both groups developed LOs similar in quality measured with the LORI 1.5. Statistical tests on the data obtained from classroom usage of the LOs showed marked improvements in the students’ learning.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 284-292
Author(s):  
Roldan D. Atienza

Science teachers play an important role in improving science literacy of their students. In achieving and building students’ interest and literacy about science, teachers must have an appropriate approach to be used in teaching. In teaching science, students must be active and participative in the learning process. Engaging students in variety of activities can help them in constructing their own knowledge by experiencing and observing results of the experiment. Teachers must provide real world experiences for students to engage with around global issues. This took the form of service-learning projects emphasizing issues of global concern, or working in teams to devise and debate solutions to real-world problems. Notably, these activities were student-centered and inquiry-based. Teachers also incorporated their own cross-cultural experiences into the classroom through informal conversation, discussions, around artifacts and photos, and lesson plans that incorporated knowledge gained and relationship built though their global experiences. The need for utilizing real life experiences in science teaching is a must in today’s classroom as the new generations of learners are ready to work with the different global issues and concerns of which can play an important role in the learning process. However, the utilization of real life experiences in science instruction grows as a measure when teachers are able to develop an engaging and positive learning environment for learners. With this, teachers should carefully plan how to utilize the students’ real life experiences efficiently and effectively in inquiry-based science instruction to enhance more the teaching-learning process. The focus of this study was to determine the real life experience in inquiry-based earth and space science instruction in public secondary schools in Batangas City. The descriptive method of research was applied in the study, with the questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument responded to by 102 science teachers. Based on the analysis, it was revealed that real life experiences in science areas were moderately utilized by the students while teachers applied inquiry-based learning activities along its phases of exploration, concept introduction, and concept application to a moderate extent. It was recommended that the proposed learning plans be used to enhance science instruction and an instrument or assessment tool may be developed to determine the impact of utilization of real life experiences in teaching-learning process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-203
Author(s):  
Milica M. Gajić ◽  
Tomka B. Miljanović ◽  
Snežana S. Babić-Kekez ◽  
Vera D. Županec ◽  
Tamara T. Jovanović

Research studies aimed at finding a more efficient model of teaching biology are still sporadic and inconsistent in the contemporary literature. The main aim of the research was to examine the correlation between the application of teaching strategies in biology teaching and students' school achievements, depending on how much the teacher respects their learning styles. The method of theoretical analysis and descriptive method were applied in the research. The sample consisted of 151 third-grade students (39.7% male and 60.3% female) of upper-secondary school. Kolb’s Inventory of Learning Styles and Questionnaire for Assessing the Teaching Strategies of Biology Teachers were used as data gathering tools. Independent t-test, χ2 - square test, and One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze data. The results showed that there was a statistically significant correlation between teaching strategies, learning styles, and students' school achievement in biology learning. At the same time, students perceived the applied teaching strategies differently, and manifested different dimensions of learning styles. This was followed by the conclusion that students achieved better school achievements in biology teaching when they were taught in the ways that corresponded to their learning styles, which pointed to certain implications for inquiry-based teaching, as well as in education of future biology teachers. Keywords: descriptive method, inquiry-based teaching, learning styles, teaching strategies in biology, theoretical analysis


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