The child in the world of science and technology 2300-NU-DwŚNT
The aim of this workshop is to present and analyze critically various methods of creating educational contexts which allow young school-age children to build up their knowledge about the natural and social environment. The subject, in terms of its content, focuses on problems relating to essential concepts of environmental education, inclusive of introduction of the concept of sustainable development. Within the scope of the classes, basic objectives, tasks, the content and principles of natural and social education in early school education are analyzed in the context of perceptional constructivism (J. Piaget) and social constructivism (L. S. Vygotski). The course also brings forward didactic methods characteristic for the educational area in question, concentrating mainly on experiment and observation. It is emphasized that the aforementioned methods of work are important in developing scientific thinking in students - their formulation of experimental problems and hypotheses, designing collection and data analysis procedures and verification of conclusions. Students also get acquainted with and submit to critical assessment possibilities of application of information and communication technologies in the process of presenting from a closer perspective the world of nature, science and technology to children. Another thematic area comprises history of of discoveries and inventions, analysis and evaluation of utylity, economic and aesthetic of technical equipments, designing of technical equipments. The knowledge and skills acquired by the participating students will be reflected in lesson plans developed for grades I – III; in these plans, the nature-related issues shall incorporate the content and method of the educational process.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
A student defines concepts connected with environmental education (i. a. the sustainable development concept), specifies and characterizes principles of natural and social education in primary classes with reference to assumptions of constructivism, describes and explains the course of selected natural phenomena, identifies and describes exemplary species of Polish and world flora and fauna, identifies and describes principles of operaion of simple technical equipments, knows how to construct them, understands the importance of undertaking actions in those areas, searches for necessary information in various sources of knowledge, assesses educational situations in the context of the school’s general objectives designed for the first stage of instruction as well as natural and social education targets, consciously and purposefully selects methods, techniques and forms of work conducted in classes I - III, designs educational situations based on the dialogue education model, knows the principles and knows how to make use of information and communication technologies in the process of pupils constructing the knowledge of the natural and social world.
Assessment criteria
A student receive points for:
- Precence and activity,
- Implementation of the educational tasks.
A student compares the total amount of points scored with a particular assessment scale.
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