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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 1-2
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COVER
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Cover page, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2015, GU/NSE
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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 3-3
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CONTENTS
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Contents, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2015, GU/NSE
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Author(s):
Elena Vasilevskaya.
Page No : 4-6
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SCIENCE EDUCATION IN SCHOOL: INTEGRATIVE APPROACH AND PRACTICAL ORIENTATION
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The development of the natural sciences in the XXI century is characterized by the need for a comprehensive solution of fundamental problems shared by experts in various fields. Advances in science are reflected in the content of modern education. Science in school education most often represented by a set of individual academic disciplines, such as chemistry, physics, biology, geography. Interdisciplinary communication is a reality expression of the integration processes in the study of these disciplines. Illustration of the material unity of the world around us, to demonstrate the possibilities of science to explain, modeling and reproduction of natural processes in the laboratory have a priori that the difference. In the practice of school education widespread the integrated courses of natural science too.
Described trends in the development of science education in good agreement with the economic development strategy "Europe 2020: a strategy for intelligent, sustainable and inclusive growth", one of the activities of which is to enhance the performance of education systems and to facilitate the involvement of young people into the labor market.
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Author(s):
Elaine A. Colagrande, Simone A. de Assis Martorano, Agnaldo Arroio.
Page No : 7-19
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REFLECTIONS ABOUT TEACHING NATURE OF SCIENCE MEDIATED BY IMAGES
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In this paper a methodological experience is analyzed in exploratory nature, developed in short course promoted in Brazilian Chemistry Education Conference. The purpose of such activity was to rescue the views and beliefs that participants, pre-service and in service teachers, have about science and the scientific work and thus lead to reflection on the subject during the activity, by using previously selected images. The analysis of the accounts of the images evidenced that the common views already highlighted in research on the nature of science still occur with some frequency, conceptions that may limit the way of understanding of the teaching of science. The activity showed satisfactory the extent that provided moments of discussion and reflection on the subject, which may assist participants in their future educational activities.
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Author(s):
Violeta Šlekienė, Loreta Ragulienė, Vincentas Lamanauskas.
Page No : 20-31
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INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATION REALISATION DIDACTIC POSSIBILITIES: SUBJECT NANOTECHNOLOGY BEGINNING – FULLERENES
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One of the main natural science education aims is the integral perception of the phenomena occurring in nature. Therefore, teachers have to be able to find and convey the pupils the links between separate natural sciences. For this, it is necessary to specially organise the teaching process itself, to prepare the teaching material. First of all, the material has to be distinguished which reflects interdisciplinary links, to choose the teaching forms, methods and ways. In the renewed natural science general programme, seeking to bring secondary education nearer to present day requirements and to improve pupils’ learning motivation, one of the most rapidly spreading science fields in the world – nanotechnology – is included. To what extent and how deep to analyse nanotechnologies, decides the teacher himself. Therefore, it is necessary for the teacher to be prepared to work in the constantly changing teaching environment, to be able to realise the newest interdisciplinary didactic principles, to use information communication technologies. By giving a sample lesson, natural science (physics, chemistry, biology) informatics and mathematics subject relation realisation didactic possibilities are revealed in the article. A sample scenario of the lesson Nanotechnologies: we produce a fullerene model, is presented. The lesson course is described, the tasks, integrating natural sciences, information technologies and mathematics are presented, extra tasks and the tasks for homework are foreseen.
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Author(s):
Milana Beišienė, Vilhelmina Lukavičienė.
Page No : 32-44
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THE ORGANIZING OF ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN THE PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
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The effects of human for nature environment affects through activities and behavior, that is why the knowing how to act is one of the competencies, and emphasized in harmonious developments education. That is why and scientists and educators practices, which analyses harmonious developments ideas, ecological environmental and environment protections educations areas opinion, humans provision, in aspect of behavior natures and environments must be formed targeted already in the pre-schools educations stage. In the structure of ecological culture are excreted and emphasized practical component of childs relationships with nature, which causes ecological knowing, habits and with it related actvities motives. It is necessary to organize various ecological environmental activities, which has specific content because it is directly related to nature, our environment, which determines its quality and survivor. This activity is organized by principle of activites, using childs experience, available for them activities, including various areas of activities. The planning and organising of ecological environmental activities is a very important assumption for the expierence of childs ecological environment to pile it up and to educate competencies. While we are forming childs ecological consciousness it is huge responsibility for institution and educator.
During empirical research, in which participated 86 pre-schools educators, highlighted, that many participants organises ecological environmental activities often andvery often in the group and in the institution. In the institution and group very rarely, and very rarely in the institution is organised of those field activities are based on institution level which is not enough actualized attitude to ecological environmental education.
In the pedagogical layer the results of the research revealed that pre-school teachers ecological envirenmental activities organizes by using various education forms, which the most popular ar converstions, discussions, the solutions of problematical questions, projects, events, trips, ecological games, fairy-tales, child artistic and creative activities. Not very highly evaluated ecological environmental activities for organising were observation, researches and experiments by participants. Doing ecological envirenmantal activities, in educators opinion, childrens are educating various competencies, in that way emphasizing ecological environmental activities integrational nature.
The problematical aspects of ecological environmental activities according to participants are related with the lack of measures for those activities, lack of experience and preparation, and institutional layer provision towards ecological environmental education.
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Author(s):
Eleonora L. Melnik, Alla Y. Gudym.
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NATURE, PEOPLE AND TRADITIONS IN THE NATIONAL PARK „VODLOZERSKY“ – APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
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Content - analysis of scientific literature conducted in the frameworks of the research and method of observation on life and work of Vodlozero residents in the national park "Vodlozersky" in the context of environmental education, showed that the style of their relationship with nature is built not only on the knowledge of modern science of nature and society, but also on regulations, standards, patterns of behavior and activities, as well as various beliefs that have their roots in the past of the society of this region. Relict programs are an objective reality of modern life of residents of the National park and are still rooted in their minds, coming out in the form of individual customs and traditions in agriculture, farming, fishing, gathering mushrooms and berries, cooking, home furnishing. The process of "relict memory" functioning among people is supported at different levels of social activity: communication between social groups of different ages in areas of their compact settlement, attributive means - dances, roundelays, songs on national festivities and holidays. An annual celebration of "Otzhinaha", which takes place in the central village Kuganavolok becomes a phenomenon linking the old traditions of Vodlozero residents and contemporaries. Residents of the former villages, previously located in Vodlozerye also take part in it. "Otzhinaha" is associated as a kind of folk festival in this region. Nature and activities in it is subject to its rhythm - the change of seasons: transition of the sun from winter to summer, the end of winter and beginning of spring, blooming plants and harvesting. The content of lyrics sung at the festival reflects the nature of human work in the fields, hayfields, its labor inputs and dependence on nature, "there will be bread, and there will be song."
Orthodox holidays are an important part of spiritual life of the villagers. Modern secular program that could ensure the reproduction of forms and types of activities that are vital for the area and determine the specific character of the community, that are working currently and influence their future, are demanded in a lesser degree. The reasons for this phenomenon lies in partial or complete loss of the true bearers, guardians, and reproducers of forms and types of former activities, the complexity and long duration of the process of reproduction of a particular type of craft. Certain activities were typical only for a limited part of residents living compactly in the area away from the center. This fully applies to the issue of the revival of ancient shipbuilding technology - an ancient lost skill of "sewing" typical for this region boats - "vodlozerki." The craft is in demand, boats are sewed, and people buy them. But awareness of the kinds of crafts demanded in the region is low. Most often in everyday life villagers use the traditional beliefs, signs and custom suggesting the emergence of negative consequences for people. Working in the human mind as a taboo, they serve as a talisman for life and that is why they are stable in memory. Based on our observations, we can say that the superstition or fear of being punished (by water spirit, wood spirit, etc.) has played and continues to play a significant role in behavior of people.
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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 55-56
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