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

{"title":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT “PLANT YOUR OWN TREE”","authors":"Rita Kareivienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/14.20.62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.62","url":null,"abstract":"Primary school pupils get their first knowledge about the subject of science. They learn about nature and they are taught to respect it with a sense of responsibility. \u0000Therefore the pupils were involved and they took part in various ecological projects. \u0000A project “Plant your own tree” is one of such kind of projects. During this project pupils visited the local State Forests. They were making some applications. The pupils were using natural materials such as acorns and conkers. They also planted their own trees in the school garden and collected some information about these plants. \u0000Nontraditional teaching methods enabled the pupils to learn much more about nature and its wildlife. The pupils improved their behavioural skills in the nature.\u0000Key words: primary school, teaching methods, science education.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127713274","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":"EDUCATION OF CRITICAL THINKING ON NATURE LESSONS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION","authors":"Violeta Lukočienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/14.20.114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.114","url":null,"abstract":"In the article is represented and discussed the education of pupils critical thinking due on nature lessons. Introduced with practical pedagogical practice oriented to contemporary education. Critical thinking is discussed through three aspects: a) relating pupils’ theoretical knowledge and practical activities; b) using contemporary educational methods oriented to pupils; c) through relating social and natural environments and the impact to each other. Also in the article is actualized pupils’ experiential learning by analysing the real pedagogical practical examples conducted by pupils. The core of the article is that educational activities through nature lessons refers to transition from traditional to the curriculum-oriented to the contemporary education, oriented to pupils and society needs and relation.\u0000Key words: education of critical thinking, nature lessons, pedagogical practical activities.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133113003","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":"ROLE OF THE CEMICAL EXPERIMENT IN THE CONTINUING EDUCATION SYSTEM","authors":"E. Yakusheva, A. Zhebentyaev, Lyudmila Trigorlova","doi":"10.48127/gu/14.20.204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.204","url":null,"abstract":"A chemical experiment as a source of knowledge about the matter and chemical reaction is an important prerequisite to enhance the cognitive activity and to develop interest to the subject. Interest to natural sciences including chemistry has declined recently among pupils and students due to the insufficient technical support of the educational process as well as a general tendency of acute value decrease of knowledge in the youth. \u0000This year, realizing this problem the toxicology and analytical chemistry chair of Vitebsk State Medical University has responded to the proposal of the chemistry chair of the professional orientation and preparatory training faculty to conduct a number а number of laboratory classes as an experiment with the students who used to be taught only theoretically. \u0000To support talented pupils and to popularize chemistry as a science we have taken part in organization of the regional team of chemists before the final stage of Olympiad\u0000Chemical experiment gives a unique opportunity to form and develop capacities for analy-sis, synthesis, specification, generalization and systematization of the educational material and con-sequently to emerge a comprehended coherent system of the chemical picture of the world. The chosen direction of the interdepartmental coordination and cooperation with the Institute of Devel-opment of Education is promising and our assistance in the pre-university training of applicants will contribute to the logical forming of a unified integrated system of continuing education. \u0000Key words: chemical experiment, educational process, science education.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115875978","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":"PUPILS’ INTEREST TO ACQUIRE NATURAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS","authors":"Dagnija Cedere, J. Gedrovics, Daina Mozeika","doi":"10.48127/gu/14.20.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.197","url":null,"abstract":"Natural science education has been much discussed. It is important; however, it is difficult to be attained for many pupils. One of the most essential problems is pupils’ low interest about natural science; especially, about physics and chemistry, and learning without interest cannot be productive. \u0000Some 20 years ago Latvia started to pay attention to studies in didactics of natural sciences when the reform of general state education system began. Rather radical changes in the content of natural science subjects and teaching methods were introduced in order to facilitate successful acquisition of these subjects. \u0000During the time period from 2003 till 2013 pupils have been surveyed to find out their interest about natural science. The comparison of the study results obtained in 2003, 2008 and 2013 shows that actually pupils’ interest about natural science has not changed. Thus, despite radical improvements in the teaching process where special attention was paid to increasing the pupils’ learning motivation the pupils’ interest about acquiring the natural science subjects (physics, chemistry and biology) has to risen. Such a result makes us think that school is unable to influence sufficiently pupils’ learning. The influence of other factors that have not yet been found out most likely exerts a much stronger influence. \u0000One of the measures to be taken to achieve greater interest about the natural science subjects is an examination. It is envisaged to introduce the compulsory secondary school graduation examination in chemistry or physics. \u0000Key words: natural science subjects, interest, attitude, future career.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129732912","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":"THE PROJECT \"CHEMISTRY AND THE KITCHEN\" AT VILNIUS GABIJOS GYMNASIUM","authors":"Laura Kaziliūnienė, Danguolė Narečionienė, Dainora Skrabulienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/14.20.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.65","url":null,"abstract":"The non – formal lessons, which take place outside school, teach pupils to cooperate and work in teams, and also they extend the information gained in the lessons. Moreover, they help apply the knowledge in practice, stimulate curiosity, creativity and good behaviour. Changing educational surroundings as well as teachers discipline pupils. The survey has shown that the pupils participate in such lessons willingly because socialising is informal: their activities are organised by the educators and the lessons take place in the museums. Acquiring knowledge through practice, not through theory, is more effective because it stimulates pupils‘ interest in the processes of real life. The idea of the Project \" Chemistry and Kitchen \" has revealed itself as an inseparable part of education.\u0000Key words: non- formal lessons, an experiment, informative education, teaching/learning methods, a project.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122751243","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":"ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TO NATURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION","authors":"Boris Yarinovsky, I. Kangro","doi":"10.48127/gu/14.20.211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.211","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, school teachers as well as teachers at universities have noticed a negative trend and admit that the ratio of students in the natural sciences (NS) is being reduced, and this is a topical issue not only in Latvia, but also in other countries. The findings of the study carried out by the authors reveal that the interest of the school students regarding the natural sciences depends not only on the quality of teaching, but also on the attitude to the natural sciences in society in general. The youth, entering higher education institutions, is completely unmotivated to study NS courses. Furthermore, entrepreneurs complain that the graduates of engineering faculties have poor knowledge in the area of natural sciences. \u0000The main reasons for the negative attitude to mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology of former school students, now students of the 1st and 2nd courses of the Faculty of Engineering at Rezekne Higher Education Institution were identified. The authors have worked out recommendations to improve young people's attitude to science education, by improving the quality of teaching in schools, optimizing the study process in schools, introducing changes concerning the state policy in the field of natural science education.\u0000Key words: engineering students, Rezekne Higher Education Institution, attitude towards natural science education.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128973310","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":"THE IDEAS FOR APPLYING THE EXPERIMENT FOR TEACHING PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SUBJECT “WATER AND LIFE”","authors":"Danguolė Savičienė","doi":"10.48127/gu/14.20.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.131","url":null,"abstract":"Often, when preparing for the lesson, teacher relies on the authors of the teacher edition books. There are practical advices in these books, additional literature sources, factual material samples, etc. But, at the same time, the teacher is invited to think and work creatively, to find such methods and means, which allow to improve quality and make the subject more interesting, to help students acquire desired competencies.\u0000I wish to share my pedagogical work experience – the idea of applying the experiment when teaching primary school students subject “Water and life”.\u0000In the process of examining this subject with the students, I suggest also to perform other, in my opinion, very graphical and unordinary experiment which exposes water importance to living organism – to waken the sleeping “Desert rose”. The goal of the experiment: with the help of water, to waken from the state of hibernation prehistory, from the age of dinosaurs, plant - Selaginella lepidophylla. The hypothesis is risen: pouring the water onto the plant will weaken it, make it absorb the water, green and after 4 days, when the plant will be placed into dry place – it will “sleep” again, will dry out and roll into the shape of a ball.\u0000I am convinced, that students must be able not only successfully perform the experiment, but also have to be taught to fluently describe the steps necessary to achieve the result and what skills to use.\u0000In other words, the students have to be able to render the information for other people. This is why I’m trying to find nontraditional methods to intrigue children to participate in such activities. This time I suggested to organize “Thrilling news” for nature lovers: to divide into roles, to film the action scenes about performing experiments and to show the film to parents and other primary school students. Because my pupils are only first graders and every new activity fascinates and motivates them, I had no trouble going this direction.\u0000In the conclusion of the work, I can state that: while performing the experiment, the children comprehended the importance of water for the plant; they studied scientific research method; developed the ability to fluently describe the process, to express their opinion; received cognitive and communication skills. \u0000Key words: additional literature sources, primary school, scientific research method.","PeriodicalId":339631,"journal":{"name":"Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116894921","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}