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Promoting Science Outdoor Activities for Elementary School Children: Contributions from a research laboratory
- Source :
- International Journal of Science Education, International Journal of Science Education, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2011, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/09500693.2011.583292⟩, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2013.
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Abstract
- International audience; Abstract The purposes of the study were to analyse the promotion of scientific literacy through practical research activities, and to identify children's conceptions about scientists and how they do science. Elementary school children were engaged in two scientific experiments in a marine biology research laboratory. A total of 136 students answered a questionnaire about their previous habits towards science and carried out the following actions: i) a guided visit to the laboratory; ii) a brief presentation of the research theme; iii) the development of two experiments; iv) a questionnaire about the experiments and science conceptions. The research methods included observation, document analysis and content analysis of the answers to the questionnaires. Additionally, each visit was video recorded in order to design learning materials. The results revealed that most of the pupils were able to follow every stage of experimentation. However, some of them misinterpreted results and conclusions. One implication of the study is that this type of outdoor activities is extremely important to promote meaningful science learning in children, but more care should be taken in practical science activity so that children can overcome some common difficulties about scientific inquiry.
- Subjects :
- Outdoor education
[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education
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education
Outdoor activities
050105 experimental psychology
Literacy
Laboratory
Education
Presentation
Elementary school
Promotion (rank)
Concept learning
Mathematics education
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Social Sciences & Humanities
14. Life underwater
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4. Education
05 social sciences
Scientifc inquiry
050301 education
Marine Biology (journal)
Scientific literacy
Content analysis
Psychology
0503 education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14645289 and 09500693
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Science Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2024d9d54078ab73467946d3e391d3b2