Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Φυσικές Επιστήμες στην ΕκπαίδευσηLibrary of the School of Education
Supervisors info:
Σκορδούλης Κωνσταντίνος, Καθηγητής Επιστημολογίας και Διδακτικής της Μεθοδολογίας της Φυσικής, Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, ΕΚΠΑ
Γαλάνη Αποστολία, επίκουρη καθηγήτρια Διδακτικής της Γεωγραφίας, Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η διδασκαλία του κυκλοφορικού συστήματος του ανθρώπου αξιοποιώντας έννοιες της Φυσικής και της Βιολογίας σε μαθητές της Α' Λυκείου
Translated title:
Teaching the human circulatory system by utilizing physics and biology concepts in primary school students
Summary:
The study investigated the results of an alternative teaching approach for the circulatory system of human in comparison with the traditional teaching approach that is described in the first class of high school textbook. The alternative teaching approach made good use of Physics Science for the interpretation of the functions performed in the human circulatory system and had aimed to record how effective this is for students. For this purpose, four (4) innovative and different workbooks were developed, based on the guided discovery model, each of which was studying a specific process and guiding students to the desired teaching objective and taking place in the classroom. The results were analyzed using Microsoft Office 2007 Excel, descriptive statistics and t-test for independent samples. The limitation of the research is that the students’ cognitive background in physics is unknown, as their knowledge had not been evaluated prior to the educational process.
Extremely interesting results were extracted from the worksheet analysis. 90% of students successfully responded to the alternative teaching approach, failing to interpret the functioning of the human circulatory system through purely natural phenomena. On addition, students solved questions that may have had from Physics. Also, the weak points of the research have been identified and are suggested corrections. Finally, the present study was compared with pre-existing studies showing that it is an interesting and useful alternative teaching approach with excellent results at the students.
Main subject category:
Education - Sport science
Keywords:
Biology, circulatory system, teaching, high school
