A different way of organizing a science teaching course for prospective primary school teachers.

  1. A. Eff-Darwich
  2. S. González-Pérez 1
  3. A. Goded 1
  4. B. Díaz León 1
  5. J. Marrero Verde 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

Book:
Thinking outside the box in education

Publisher: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS

ISBN: 978-84-18465-94-9

Year of publication: 2024

Pages: 475 - 478

Type: Book chapter

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Abstract

There is a vicious circle in science education that is difficult to break: poorly motivated yet skilled ele-mentary and secondary students end up becoming teachers, still unmotivated when it comes to scientific areas, resulting in new generations of poorly motivated and skilled students and so on. It is of paramount importance to improve the skills of pre-service teachers, in particular in primary school education, to engage, motivate and educate new generations of scientifically educated citizens. In this work, we present the design of “Resources in the Didactics of Experimental Sciences”, a subject taught in the degree of Primary School Teacher at the University of La Laguna, in Spain. In this subject, scientific demonstrations and experiments, maths, music and history become resources to explain science contents and educational strategies to pre-service primary school teachers. Results of the evaluation of the project by the prospective teachers are also presented and discussed