Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)最新文献

{"title":"DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE PRIMARY TEACHERS’ SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIVE OBJECTS: CASE OF OBSERVATION OF A BURGUNDY SNAIL","authors":"Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/17.23.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/17.23.34","url":null,"abstract":"The study programme of Primary Education includes Didactics of Natural Science Education (10 ECTS) and Culture and Technologies of Regional Studies (summer practicum) (5 ECTS). The latter study subject aims at educational learning of regional culture, animate and inanimate nature. In natural science education it is particularly important to ensure that curriculum is implemented through active engagement of learners: exploring, experimenting, exchanging experience and discovering. It is important to ensure that learning is conducted employing natural means and school learners are familiarised with real natural objects and phenomena. Therefore, the summer practicum for future primary teachers is organised in green learning environments through exploration and active involvement. \u0000During the summer practicum, which lasts two weeks, students take part in field or hiking trips, complete a big variety of assignments. One of them is familiarisation with the Burgundy snail: its observation and related research assignments. The snail is an appropriate object to learn animate nature as early as pre-school age. Since natural science education is based on the scientific approach, all the research assignments carried out at school contain the structure of a scientific method (observation, hypothesis, experiment, interpretation, conclusions). Growing snails in the classroom, learners are able to get acquainted with the features characteristic of organisms, parts of their bodies; a close access to snails allows for school learners‘ understanding of differences between animate and inanimate objects; a longer care of snails enables school students to observe the process of their reproduction: laying of eggs and development; while feeding snails it is possible to identify what they eat and what food they dislike; observing snails it is not difficult to notice their reactions to the environment and what organs help them to orient in the surrounding environment, etc. Keeping a living creature in the classroom, school children learn to follow hygiene regulations and to responsibly behave with animals. Possessing experience in raising animals, children are able to apply their knowledge and abilities in new contexts, i.e. speaking about feeding, keeping and living conditions of other animals, etc. Following the principle that “personal experience is much more important than the read truth”, school students received a task to keep and observe a Burgundy snail for a week. The students recorded experiments with the snails and reflected their activities in their observation diaries.\u0000The article presents the results received after the analysis of observation diaries of 19 students containing information collected while observing the Burgundy snail. The pedagogical influence of such activities on development of students’ scientific approach is also evaluated in the article.\u0000Keywords: development of scientific attitude, future primary teachers, observation of snails, research","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"205 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126988396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FIFTH GRADERS` EDUCATION OF INDEPENDENT SELF-INITIATIVE IN THE PROCESS OF NATURAL SCIENCE RESEARCH","authors":"Virginija Kriaučiūnaitė","doi":"10.48127/gu/17.23.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/17.23.23","url":null,"abstract":"When students graduate from the primary school, they face a new educational system based on a variety of subjects. Therefore, it is a necessity to teach them some skills of creativity, responsibility, especially initiative and independence in order to adapt to the contemporary school. \u0000The fifth graders of Vilnius Gabija gymnasium are always invited and encouraged to participate in doing natural science researches on their own. Moreover, they are able to choose the topic of their work independently. Of course, the students are welcome with their questions and are often advised by a teacher as they work with scientific projects during classes. In addition, family members are really enthusiastic and eager to help their children. As a result, it leads to the improvement of atmosphere which surrounds students. \u0000Furthermore, the fifth graders can choose themselves if they do a research project individually or in groups. Consequently, the final projects are presented in a lesson and classmates evaluate each other according to some criteria. First of all, students who listened are asked to name two things that were new and useful for them. Secondly, they provide two things that they really enjoyed about the presentation. Finally, students recommend each other what can be improved in the presented work. \u0000It is necessary to note that it stimulates students to become self-initiative and independent because they gain some peers` support and recognition. This kind of presentations teaches to listen to each other, formulate questions, express opinions and think critically. Students also practise to speak in public and are motivated to be responsible for the their initiative. Thus, a student`s initiative to choose a particular aspect of a research work is a great background for the future personal improvement. \u0000Keywords: independent self-initiative, fifth grade students adaptation, natural science research work.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127089171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION EVENTS’ INFLUENCE ON CHILDREN’S COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES DEVELOPMENT","authors":"Rūta Jacevičienė, Nijolė Zlatkauskienė, Irena Vežbickienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/17.23.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/17.23.17","url":null,"abstract":"The development of environment protection cognitive education is one of the main goals at pre-school institutions. Humans are bonded to the nature and surroundings from the birth. Words like “ecology” or “organic lifestyle” to many people is a matter of fashion either theoretical statements nowadays. However children do not need words, but beautiful everyday examples instead, so they could build own fundamental understanding and develop their lifetime skills. \u0000At first, child gets to know the World in his closest environment like himself, family, and nursery and also through nature observations. At our pre-school groups children have the most favourable opportunities to see and get to know the nature through the number of various activities and environment protection events.\u0000When organising environment protections events (e.g. Quiz), we pay attention to details, so each task encourages child’s interest, develops his thinking and problem solving skills and motivates child to share own experience and findings with class friends. Children’s encouragement and incorporation into the cognitive process develops children’s cognitive competency skills, which they practice through activities at the environment protection events. At the environment protection event we always link children’s knowledge with their abilities. It means that child must be encouraged to see the close relation between the current and new knowledge either abilities. At the environment protection events we always aim to encourage children to deliberately tackle tasks. Thoughtful, interesting and innovative event helps to achieve our aims. At these events it is very important to introduce environment protection rules to children in a way that captures their interest, brings joy and helps children to discover new things, so each step becomes a beautiful journey towards human kindness to nature. \u0000Keywords: cognitive competency, environment protection education, quiz, cognitive education development.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133380511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION IN PRE-SCHOOL GROUP: THE EXPERIENCE OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES","authors":"Milana Beišienė, Rasa Damulytė","doi":"10.48127/gu/17.23.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/17.23.12","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decades, the pre-school and primary educations get more and more attention in Lithuania. It is emphasized to ensure the child’s active participation in education (learning) process and to seek qualitative education of the child. The daily changing world requires constantly stimulate children’s curiosity, help them to survive the joy of discovery and gain knowledge. The project activity – is one of the most effective methods of pre-school education. \u0000During the project in the nursery – kindergarten, a lot of opportunities for children’s cognitive activity were provided by trips: children had the possibility to observe, explore, fix the results of observations and compare them with their friends and finally draw conclusions. The activities were consistently complemented with the variety of educational backgrounds, and different activities promoted children’s interest in nature, its phenomena, the surrounding environment, thus created the favorable conditions for a variety of ways to develop the social and nature protection needs, children’s self-expression and creativity, and most importantly – to be active participants in the activities. The project “Gamtos takeliu keliaukime kartu” (Go together through nature paths) was very interesting for children and received a good evaluation of their parents. \u0000Keywords: project method, natural science education, pre-school education.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129525640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MOODLE TESTS FOR ASSESSING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEMISTRY LABORATORY WORKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION","authors":"Dagnija Cedere, Sandra Kalniņa","doi":"10.48127/gu/17.23.109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/17.23.109","url":null,"abstract":"Assessment is an important component of education quality assurance in higher education institution. The type and form of assessment depend on different factors. The use of tests in assessing the academic achievement is an effective method that ensures the objectivity of the assessment. \u0000The Chemistry course acquired by students of different science specialities of University of Latvia envisages the assessment of students’ laboratory works. The current experience shows that the academic staff finds it difficult to evaluate objectively student’s knowledge and skills when assessing the laboratory work according to the protocol handed in by the student after the work. \u0000The aim of the study is to find an effective method of assessing the academic achievement that could provide objective assessment of student’s laboratory work. In order to reach the aim, the suitability of the Moodle tests contained by the e-learning environment to the assessment of laboratory works in chemistry was explored. Each test has been compiled according to the aim and objectives of the laboratory work and it includes both reproductive and analytical tasks. The participants of the study were 112 first year students – the future biologists and optometrists. \u0000The comparison of the test marks with marks that students had in test works and examination allows concluding that Moodle tests are easily applicable in assessing students’ academic achievement in laboratory works. The test assessment gives objective information about students’ understanding of the laboratory work, the gained knowledge and deduction skills. The assessment process takes little time and provides operative feedback both to students and the academic staff. \u0000Keywords: laboratory works in chemistry, assessment, tests, e-learning environment Moodle","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125664895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SMARTPHONE USE IN EDUCATION PROCESS: STUDENT ACTIVITIES DURING LITHUANIA’S ENTOMOLOGIST SOCIETY’S EVENT “THE INVERTEBRATE OF THE YEAR - PORTUGUESE SLUG (ARION LUSITANICUS)” IN 2016","authors":"Danguolė Savičienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/17.23.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/17.23.59","url":null,"abstract":"Today’s student is truly a digital person, cell phone and computer are inseparable part of his life. I have this opinion, that in the educational process, it is necessary to apply various methods, including the use of smartphones. This way, smartphones become the tool to provide the ability to transfer the knowledge for students in the language they can understand. This report describes one of the cases where smartphones are used in the educational process.\u0000In the report, it will be described how students participated in Lithuania’s entomologist society’s event “The invertebrate of the year - Portuguese slug (Arion lusitanicus)” in 2016” (the goal of the event - to unite the Lithuania’s entomologists and other nature preservation enthusiasts in order to investigate the amount of territory this slug has invaded, to summarise the data and provide it to ministry of Lithuania state’s environment for the preparation of the plan to combat this invasive species).\u0000The goal of the activity: to conduct the search of these slugs in the city of Visaginas, to photograph the detect slugs by the recommendations of the scientists, to fill in “The form of registration of the detection fact” and send it to the society of the entomologists.\u0000The course of the activity: gathering the information about the invasive slug - Portuguese slug (Arion lusitanicus) in the web sites, examining the pictures in order to distinguish the differences between Lithuania’s native and invasive slugs, examining the biology of the slugs (the dangers for Lithuania’s native flora by the invasive slugs, how they feed, how fast they are breeding, do they have enemies and etc), organizing the trips for the search of the lugs in the city (the smartphones are used during the activity).\u0000The results of the activity: there different kinds of species were found. By following the recommendations, they were photographed and together with filled in “Form of registration of the detection fact” sent to the society of entomologists. Five students conducted the individual researches near their homes. The assumption was made, that there are no invasive slugs in the city of Visaginas.\u0000The conclusion of the activity: the response was received from the entomologist at VU GMF Mantas Adomaitis. He states, that there were no invasive (Arion lusitanicus) slugs in the photographs. The found slugs were: Arion fuscus, Limax cireneoniger and Deroceras reticulatum.\u0000The summary: during the activity, students felt significant impact in helping scientist find the amount of invasive slug spread in the territory of Lithuania, students developed their environmental and cognitive competences, formed their scientific literacy skills, smartphones were used purposefully during the process of education.\u0000Keywords: research, smartphones, engaging in educational material, STEAM.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129676990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PROJECT‘S “GREEN ISLAND“ PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF REALIZATION","authors":"Rima Atraškevičienė, Valentina Aužbikavičė, Jurgita Balčiūnaitė-Čėsnienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/17.23.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/17.23.05","url":null,"abstract":"For several years pedagogues of Šiauliai nursery-kindergarten “Žiogelis” are paying attention to the children’s ecological education and its’ improvement in order to develop child’s love to nature, sense of responsibility and form valuable regulations. The children are trained to an active activity, i.e. notice the changes in the nearby environment, learn to analyse the accessible eco-systems, and try to search for the ways and methods of solution.\u0000The general ideas of the “Green Island” are: children’s introduction with the specifics of various activities in the garden, conditions of growing of the plants and monitoring it’ changes during various seasons; the importance of people’s activity in order to grow something, general constructive children-parent-pedagogue activity, strengthening of interrelations, positive emotions, gathering of various experience and education of ecological consciousness of the children.\u0000The purpose of the “Green Island” is to promote cognitive and experiential activity to the children in a natural environment of the kindergarten in order to develop their basics of ecological culture while forming positive attitude towards himself/herself, environment, and nature so that the children would care about the environmental protection now and in the future, as well as form their valuable regulations.\u0000Being in a nature as a part of a daily life is very important to a complete development of a child. Children become enthusiastic naturalists when they are drawn into the practical activity, when they a monitor the growth of a plant from the smallest seed. They have a possibility to observe the growth, blossom and ripen of their plants. When the children become responsible for their own plants they gain unique knowledge about the cycle of the plants, they start to understand the law of nature and this experience gives them a lot of pleasure.\u0000Based on a long-term experience of the institution while organising and performing cognitive and practical children’s activity in a non-traditional space, i.e. the “Green Island” we have noticed several things and we can state that children’s encouragement of cognitive and practical activities in a natural environment of a kindergarten while trying to educate basics of ecological culture forms positive attitude towards himself/herself, environment and nature now and in the future.\u0000Successful organisation and development of ecological – environmental education and health strengthening is determined by favourable means and conditions to this education that directly turn on and encourage child’s activity in the nature, nearby environment (monitor, observe, experiment, clean, cherish, create, rest, move, take care of nature); initiates knowledge and skills of environment protection; develops working skills; forms cultural – hygienic skills; forms social skills.\u0000Children’s working powers and skills are formed when pedagogues pay attention to the children’s age, needs and experience, when they help","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"176 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133785781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"STUDENTS’ PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROMOTION FACTORS: ANALYSIS OF THE EXPERIENCE","authors":"Jūratė Armonienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/16.22.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/16.22.05","url":null,"abstract":"Growing concerns about the health of young people and physical activity can be observed recently. Indeed, children do not exercise enough, they tend to play computer games and watch television instead of playing outside. \u0000None of the state authority assumes responsibility for the establishment of proper conditions for students’ physical activity; too little attention is paid to the quality of physical education classes. \u0000Not all Lithuanian schools pay enough attention to the issues of health education. In some schools, students’ health is fostered only by the individual teachers initiative (Proškuvienė, 2004). What are the causes of such a situation?\u0000A health education process in schools would be conducted more efficiently if it was supported by more willingness and active participation of all the staff and students’ parents. Physical activity is one of the factors influencing people’s health. Movement is the body’s natural biological need, and ordinary human activity is hardly possible without it. Physical activity can be understood in quite a broad sense. It includes various exercises, participation in competitions, household work, leisure activity that requires physical effort, as well as physical work.\u0000In order to implement the students’ healthy lifestyle education and addiction prevention programs a teacher survey on healthy living issues and on the use of tobacco, alcohol and other psychoactive substances were conducted in the Vilnius Jons Basanavicius Gymnasium. The public health official (PHO) carried out the students’ state of health analysis in accordance with the provided medical evidence.\u0000The aim of the survey was to determine the teachers’ attitude to the students’ health education and to evaluate the students’ and teachers’ initiatives which promote physical activity and prevention of addictions.\u0000The prevailing method used in the survey was a questionnaire for the teachers which consisted of 10 open-ended questions. 62 questionnaires were handed out, and soon 42 of them were filled in. Thus, 67.74 percent of the teachers shared their knowledge of a healthy lifestyle.\u0000The results of the questionnaire survey conducted at Vilnius Jonas Basanavicius Gymnasium show that only 50 percent of the teachers believe that they play an important role in protecting and enhancing the students’ health. The majority of the teachers thinks that their knowledge about health is only satisfactory.\u0000According to the teachers’ subjective assessment, they mainly face the lack of knowledge about the issues of psychotropic substance abuse, sexual education, first aid matters, mental health and coping with stress. About 35.5 percent of the gymnasium teachers do not use the Universal Health Education Program or other health programs such as the preparation for the family life program, the smoking prevention program, the program of changes, and the program of self-confidence. There are many teachers who believe that the most important thing is to teach their part","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124166547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"STUDENTS RESEARCH AND PROJECT WORK AT REPUBLIC CONFERENCE\u0000” NATURE AND WE”","authors":"L. Railienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/16.22.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/16.22.85","url":null,"abstract":"Kėdainiai ‘Rytas’ progymnasium has a tradition to organize republic students’ and teachers’ conference ‘Nature and We’ since 2000. The students of Republic general education schools, the students of non-formal education institutions, environmental research centres, the club members of environmental research centres present their research, long-term and short-term project works on environmental science and environment protection issues. \u0000 During the 17 year-lasting conference ‘Nature and We’ organized period, it was observed that the students choose their study objects such natural areas which are not analysed and not investigated by adults.\u0000In the seventeen conferences (2000-2016) have been read:\u0000• 19 plenary reports;\u0000• The reports have been read by 767 students;\u0000• 806 teachers and 1294 students took part in the sections of conferences;\u0000• The conferences were attended by teachers and students from 32 cities and towns of general education and non-formal education schools.\u0000Key words: ICT, student conference, research and project works, subject integration.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121895506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"EVOLUTION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN SCIENTIFIC AND CREATIVE RESEARCH WORKS CONTEST \"MY VIEW AT THE WORLD AROUND ME” WITHIN 2013-2016 YEARS PERIOD","authors":"Laimutė Salickaitė-Bunikienė, I. Stankevičienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/16.22.90","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/16.22.90","url":null,"abstract":"This article shows the importance of young researchers’ preparation for scientific contexts in biology, chemistry, physics and other fields. It is discussed and shown how research works contest „My view at the world around me” in 18 year period influenced the schoolchildren development successfully. It plays the important role in Natural Science Education, helps to motivate students to pursue scientific and exploratory project work. The participation in this contest teaches students to think creatively, to find out crazy ideas and apply existing, newly acquired abilities and skills to make this idea become real research work\u0000Key words: creative research works, formal and informal education, natural sciences, schoolchildren.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121922623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}