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Experimental reflective science teaching: a critical view of the Piagetian perspective on the development of the concept of living being

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dc.creator Paulo Varela
dc.creator Joaquim Sá
dc.date 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:19:02Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:19:02Z
dc.identifier 1518-8795
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/99c2d850435a42ecbb6602b3850c7db8
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27316
dc.description This paper presents the process of preparing a guide for teaching and learning about the study of “living beings”, its implementation in the classroom, the analysis of the construction of the meaning of “living being” by students, and the assessment of their learning. The practice of Experimental Reflective Science Teaching underlay the elaboration of this guide, which was implemented in three 1st grade classes (n=64). The analysis of the process of teaching and learning occurred in class is centered on the class diaries, which were produced as a result of participant observation in the context of the classroom, and it seeks to: a) identify the students' spontaneous ideas about the meaning of “living being”; b) to promote the (re)construction of a new meaning of “living being”; c) to assess, in contrast to a control group (n=64), the specific effect of this teaching practice in student learning. The results have shown that most students in the experimental group, with an average age of 6.5 years, have not been able to develop a meaning of “living being”, as part of a complex conceptual framework However, through the intervention, a significant part of the experimental group developed a meaning of “living being” which is well beyond that proposed by the 4th Piagetian stage of development, scheduled for the age of 11/12 years, and according to which life is reserved for animals, or for animals and plants.
dc.language Portuguese
dc.language Spanish
dc.publisher Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
dc.relation http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID305/v17_n3_a2012.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1518-8795
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source Investigações em Ensino de Ciências, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 547-569 (2012)
dc.subject experimental
dc.subject reflective
dc.subject collaborative
dc.subject construction of meaning
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Science (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Science General
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Science (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Science General
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.title Experimental reflective science teaching: a critical view of the Piagetian perspective on the development of the concept of living being
dc.type article


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