Publicação: Volume
35, Number 5, 1 March 2013 , pp. 796-814(19)
Título do artigo: Promoting Science Outdoor Activities for
Elementary School Children: Contributions from a research laboratory
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: (1) a guided visit to the laboratory, (2) a brief
presentation of the research theme, (3) the development of two experiments, and
(4) 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 activity is extremely important to promote meaningful
science learning in children, but more care should be taken in practical
science activities so that children can overcome some common difficulties when
performing scientific inquiry.
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