Inquiry-based learning. Beliefs of trainee teachers in a physics course

The teaching of physics should be supported by practical or laboratory activities that seek to develop the scientific competencies of the students who study physics, so it is necessary to propose innovative strategies, such as research-based learning, in which students answer research questions through the analysis of data, which increases the interaction between the student and the physical concepts under investigation. Therefore, the objective of the study was to analyze the beliefs of teachers in natural science training at a public university in Colombia who take the subject of physics on research-based learning, to provide information on how to guide the use of innovative strategies. The study responds to a type of quantitative research with a descriptive approach and was based on a field design. On the other hand, the results reflect slightly positive beliefs of students in initial teacher training who study physics about research-based learning as an innovative strategy, although it is recommended to expand the sample to generalize. Finally, the analysis reveals as a conclusion that the implementation of innovative methodologies such as inquiry-based learning for science teaching, especially physics, should be promoted and supported more effectively to foster motivation, skills development, and conceptual understanding. of the scientific contents.

Problems of Inconsistency and Didactic Functions of ICT Tools in Computer Science Courses

The purpose of the study is to consider problems of continuity of computer science education at the school and university levels. This article analyses the main reasons for the lack of continuity at the tertiary level. The continuity of learning providing the interrelation between different levels of life-long learning is one of the approaches to solve the problem of improving the quality and efficiency of the educational process. The results of the study reveal that different levels of computer science training for school leavers are needed to solve this problem. In respect to the analysis of the main conditions for planning the teaching process, differentiated teaching is recommended as a good solution to the situation.

Projects in Computer Science Training – An Example with Numerical Series

When it comes to teaching computer science, working on software projects is a quite natural pedagogical approach. Its main advantage is the increased motivation for learning, which arises from the opportunity to immediately see the application of acquired knowledge. In this paper, the authors share their experience of creating a project in computer science for high school students, making a cross-curricular connection with mathematics. Emphasis is placed on interactive teaching methods in the classroom.

Content and Quality of Science Training Programs Matter: Longitudinal Study of the Biology Scholars Program

The current study examined a well-established science training program, the UC Berkeley Biology Scholars Program, to see which aspects of the program contribute to students’ greater integration into their professional communities and intentions to persist in science career pathways.

Organization of the Educational Process on Natural Science Training in Higher Education Institutions on the Basis of Innovation and Heuristics

The relentless informational variability in the field of natural sciences, today's need for the training of highly competent, versatile, apologetic future specialists, as well as the low motivation of psychology students to teach natural disciplines, was established by us in the process of their questioning, require the search for new, non-standard solutions in the organization of natural science training of future psychologists in institutions of higher education. We believe that one of the effective ways to solve this problem is the organization of the educational process with the natural scientific training of future psychologists in higher education institutions based on innovation and heuristic. To organize the educational process from the natural science training of future psychologists on the basis of innovation and eurestiality, there is a need to determine such ultra-innovation pedagogical technologies and teaching methods that will meet the requirements of the time, contribute to the formation of psychology students' motivation to study natural sciences and improve the quality and the effectiveness of natural science training. We have characterized pedagogical technologies, namely: coworking technology, barcamp technology, workshop technology, SMART technology, BYOD technology and such innovative methods as: lecture-visualization, video lecture, debates, round table, electronic brain assault , a laboratory experiment and a design-role-playing game, which, in our opinion, will contribute to the implementation of the educational process with the natural science training of future psychologists in higher education institutions based on innovation and heuristic.

Ciência aberta na perspectiva de especialistas brasileiros: proposta de taxonomia

Objetivo: Este estudo tem como objetivo contextualizar a Ciência Aberta, propondo uma versão brasileira da taxonomia desenvolvida originalmente pelo grupo Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research (Foster), presente no projeto Open Science do Programa Comunitário de Investigação e Inovação, intitulado Horizon 2020. Método: Adotou-se a pesquisa do tipo bibliográfica, documental, descritiva de abordagem dedutiva, com procedimentos do método Delphi. Utilizou-se a pesquisa bibliográfica com o intuito de recuperar documentos que pudessem dar aporte para conceituação do termo Ciência Aberta, em uma base de documentos adicionados no gerenciador de referências Mendeley. Foram recuperados 158 registros e optou-se por apresentar o conceito mencionado em 13 deles, considerando-se os melhores ranqueados e a quantidade de usuários que os adicionaram em suas bibliotecas Mendeley ou observado o contexto da publicação e deste estudo. A segunda etapa da pesquisa envolveu a tradução e ampliação da taxonomia utilizando o método Delphi, reunindo 13 pesquisadores especialistas na temática sobre Ciência Aberta em geral ou em algumas de suas facetas, os quais cooperaram na proposta de inclusão de novos termos da taxonomia, bem como a validação e sugestões de novos recursos e conceitos na tradução livre realizada inicialmente. Resultado: Para a primeira etapa, o resultado das definições apresenta aspectos do ecossistema da Ciência Aberta envolvendo particularidades filosóficas, científicas, sociais, tecnológicas, políticas e econômicas. O segundo resultado desta pesquisa apresenta a proposta de incorporação de novos termos, compondo uma taxonomia com 11 facetas e 82 rótulos na taxonomia. Conclusões: Vivencia-se um momento transitório de transformação na comunicação científica, envolvendo o surgimento de novos movimentos relacionados à ciência e ao fortalecimento de uma infraestrutura que transpassa a tecnologia utilizada, o que, certamente, pode ser notada na proposta de taxonomia construída em colaboração de pesquisadores e especialista que atuam com a Ciência Aberta ou alguma de suas facetas.