What do young pupils know of what is inside them and how their organs function? The topic is important concerning biology education because conceptions constructed during the primary level have effects on scientific thinking and its... more
What do young pupils know of what is inside them and how their organs function? The topic is important concerning biology education because conceptions constructed during the primary level have effects on scientific thinking and its development later on. The topic has been studied broadly in other countries, however its investigation has not been popular in Finland. The study is a qualitative case study. The data was gathered in spring 2008. It includes drawings and interviews of 20 pupils from the 1st form at primary level. Its methodological basis is phenomenographic. The resultant data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Analysis shows that some of the pupils begun to form scientific conceptions of the structures and the functions of the organs in the human body. Some of them had little appreciation, including only every-day concepts, and some had no conceptions at all. Misconceptions were common.
"Being relative a recent field into the New Romanian Curriculum, the object Counseling and Guidance Area is been reflected in different manners into educational practice. This paper is elaborated as a case-study on content analyze of 56... more
"Being relative a recent field into the New Romanian Curriculum, the object Counseling and Guidance Area is been reflected in
different manners into educational practice. This paper is elaborated as a case-study on content analyze of 56 school counseling programs to investigate the educational approaches of teachers from primary school level regarding this school object. The results reflect teachers' confusing ideas about what should be approached through this school object. Future trainings should be focus on the necessity of designing some general frameworks for school counseling activities correlated to the specific objectives and some methodological suggestions on issues approached."
As pedagogy is the science of teaching, it requires a considerable creativity for a teacher to attain a firm grasp on i. Only an expert teacher can use different tools and methodologies to enhance learning abilities of his/her students.... more
As pedagogy is the science of teaching, it requires a considerable creativity for a teacher to attain a firm grasp on i. Only an expert teacher can use different tools and methodologies to enhance learning abilities of his/her students. For teachers, it becomes essential to utilize their full potentials and resources to keep teaching standards up to the mark. This study was designed to highlight problems faced by teachers in the application of creative teaching methodologies in their classrooms. Teachers teaching at primary level in different private schools of Karachi served as the research participants of the study. A total of fifty teachers were selected by using purpose sampling. For data collection, a structured questionnaire based on Like-rt Scale containing 32 items served as the instrument of the study. Findings revealed that almost all teachers use demonstration method with sparing use of technology.
