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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 1-2
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COVER
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Cover page, Vol. 2, No. 3, GU/NSE, 2005
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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 3-3
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CONTENTS
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Contents, Vol. 2, No. 3, GU/NSE, 2005
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Author(s):
Violeta Šlekienė.
Page No : 4-4
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HOW IMPORTANT IS SCIENCE EDUCATION?
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At present, science education in our country, as well as in the whole of Europe, is facing significant challenges. In meeting these challenges, education system strategists, academia need qualitatively deep and solid, evidence-based and clear research.
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Author(s):
Martin Bílek, Antonín Slabý.
Page No : 5-14
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HOW DO STUDENTS OF CHEMISTRY TEACHING PROGNOSE THE IMPACT OF GRAPHICAL PART OF DIDACTICAL TESTS? SELECTED ASPECTS OF VISUALIZATION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
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For the first pilot research in the scope of the project Learning from graphical presentation in science education (GAČR 406/02/1165) there has been chosen investigation of the role of non-verbal elements of didactic tests. For solving of this task there was used comparison of the results of pupils of basic school performing two variants of the test with the same content and different form of formulation and arrangement of items (verbal form and form comprising visual information (pictures and graphs). In the contribution there are described starting points of the project, the interpretation obtained, experimental data from the point of view of typology of picture material as a part of didactic tests and mainly the point of view and the attitude of the students of chemistry teaching to the influence of graphical elements to the fruitfulness of students in didactic tests.
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Author(s):
Vincentas Lamanauskas, Rytis Vilkonis, Irena Gailienė.
Page No : 15-26
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LEARNERS’ (FORMS 5 TO 12) INTERACTION WITH NATURE: THE ASPECT OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS PRESERVATION OF LIFE
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The history of Lithuanian educational idea has not exhaustively covered interaction with nature. The questions about interaction with nature are very unlike and have a complex character. On the other hand, not only individual issues about interaction with nature but also the interaction between nature and particular groups of people and nature and the whole society are relevant. Interaction with nature always has an emotional shade, is individual and can be expressed by the actions and other practical activities. Experience gained in early childhood is an extremely important component for formation of emotional value-based relation with nature. Ethno-pedagogy explains that child sensitiveness and respect for life must be fostered since the early days. The research findings presented in the article indicate that in order to improve education of the young generation, the process of fostering value-based relations and sensual perception of nature should be devoted more attention. The educational process should be also based on personal schoolchildren’s experience of interaction with nature as well as on its reflection, open discussion and problem-based teaching.
Very urgent aspect in the interrelations of human and nature appears a study of attitudes to preservation of life. The attention of respondents concentrated on some animals and plants which in the society are received utilitarian or it is stereo-typically negative. A study showed that the attitudes of respondents it influences the factors of sex, age and place of living/residence.
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Author(s):
Laimutė Bobrova, Milda Gudinavičienė.
Page No : 27-34
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PROJECT “ECO-DOH: ANIMATE WORLD AND I“ – LEARNING TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE WORLD OF NATURE, DEVELOPMENT OF RESPECT TO LIFE
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The article concisely describes the situation that is unfavourable and dangerous to our children: they are racketed, beaten and abused. They live in the state of permanent stress due to home, friends, assessment and interrelations – due to all life that befalls them. Therefore, the project „ECO–DOH: Animate World and I“ aims that during the most receptive age of their life children are surrounded by the beauty of animate nature, learn to feel its impact, communicate with it and love it. The world ecological education experience and our own long lasting pedagogical experience enabled us to perceive the essential requirement of the current period: to ecologize the man’s life. Therefore, the main idea of the project is to teach to live in harmony with the world of nature, to promote respect to life – to its any manifestation. The motto of the project activity is to teach to live permanently seeking improvement, to prioritize human and spiritual and not material values. Interrelations have to be based on the following rule: behave with others the way you would like others to behave with you. Considering the modern life reality and the principles of humanistic pedagogy and psychology, project activities become directed to the orientated strategy of individual ecological activeness. This means that the main idea of the activities of the project “ECO–DOH: Animate World and I” (project is being implemented since 1998) is treated in the new way: the project centres on learning to live in harmony with the world of nature, including animate nature. It is expected that the project philosophy based on close contact with nature will provide its members with vitality, high level of physical, psychological and spiritual health.
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Author(s):
Ida Mitkevičienė.
Page No : 35-38
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CONNECTIONS OF ARTISTIC AND NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: GAMES EMPLOYING DEPICTION MEANS AS A STIMULUS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ACTIVITES
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According to the primary school natural science education curricula cognitive activity has to be diverse and its content must be permanently changed. It is purposeful to supplement the educational process with children’s literature, music, folklore, acting, drawing and games (General Curricula and Education Standards, 2003). Game is one of the most universal and efficient child’s primary education strategies. Creative and orientated combination of game and artistic activities in the process of natural science education enables to seek that primary school students both perceive the environment as the aesthetic totality and get used to take care of it, both notice the beauty of nature phenomena and objects and feel the need to take care of nature, both perceive the interdependence of animate and inanimate nature and feel the interrelation of nature with various arts and artistic activities. Observation is the activity that is accessible to primary class pupils and serves as a basis for more complex steps in the teaching and learning process. Because the observation of the nearest environment can be strongly encouraged by the wish to depict the objects of the nearest environment in various ways, this article presents the examples of games employing depiction means, which not only integrate natural science education and artistic education but also promote active cognitive environmental research activity.
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Author(s):
Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė, Violeta Varnagirienė.
Page No : 39-46
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THE ALTERNATIVE SET OF NATURE STUDY TEACHING AND LEARNING AIDS „RAKTAS“ („KEY“) FOR THE FIRST FORMERS IS THE HELP AND IDEAS FOR ALL THE PRIMARY TEACHERS
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In the article the teacher’s book of the alternative set of nature study teaching and learning aids “Raktas” for the first formers is presented. The last-mentioned is open enough because it is oriented towards all the four functions of teacher’s book: 1) scientific and general information; 2) the material to improve the qualification; 3) the help for the process of teaching and for the lesson; 4) the help to evaluate pupils’ achievements. The authors present the clear structure of the teacher’s book. For the evidence, two lesson schemes are given that consist of three levels: stimulation, meaning perception and contemplation. The set is prepared according to the methodology of international project “The training of critical thinking reading and writing”.
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Author(s):
Yuri Orlik, Elizabeth Gil, Luz C. Hernández.
Page No : 47-50
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THE GAME “YOUNG SCIENTISTS “ AS ACTIVE SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR EXTRA-CURRICULAR WORK IN THE SCHOOL
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In this work the results of organizing the scientific game “Young scientists” are shown. This game was carried out in three secondary and high schools in Bogota with about two hundred students from 9th grade. Different teams of students competed with each other answering questions and doing special tasks in this game. This activity, outside normal classes, showed positive results in increasing level of students’ interests to study science subjects and provided space for raising motivation, stimulating learning and developing high levels of skill in students.
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Author(s):
Zhana Tsabkala .
Page No : 51-57
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SELF-EDUCATION POTENTIAL OF THE STUDENTS EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH WORK
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This article has been summarized experience of the students' preparation to self-education based on the research activity. It is shown that the research work organization promotes to develop the self-education students abilities and skills. It is established that students make ready to self-education on the stipulation that teacher to give them a free hand in collective, work mode and task complication choice.
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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 62-62
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END
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