Teaching Cell Biology in Primary Schools

المؤلفون المشاركون

Carlan, Francele de Abreu
Sepel, Lenira Maria Nunes
Loreto, Elgion Lucio Silva

المصدر

Education Research International

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-11-20

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

5

التخصصات الرئيسية

العلوم التربوية

الملخص EN

Basic concepts of cell biology are essential for scientific literacy.

However, because many aspects of cell theory and cell functioning are quite abstract, students experience difficulties understanding them.

In this study, we investigated whether diverse teaching resources such as the use of replicas of Leeuwenhoek’s microscope, visualization of cells using an optical microscope, construction of three-dimensional cell models, and reading of a comic book about cells could mitigate the difficulties encountered when teaching cell biology to 8th-grade primary school students.

The results suggest that these didactic activities improve students’ ability to learn concrete concepts about cell biology, such as the composition of living beings, growth, and cicatrization.

Also, the development of skills was observed, as, for example, the notion of cell size.

However, no significant improvements were observed in students’ ability to learn about abstract topics, such as the structures of subcellular organelles and their functions.

These results suggest that many students in this age have not yet concluded Piaget’s concrete operational stage, indicating that the concepts required for the significant learning of abstract subjects need to be explored more thoroughly in the process of designing programs that introduce primary school students to cell biology.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Carlan, Francele de Abreu& Sepel, Lenira Maria Nunes& Loreto, Elgion Lucio Silva. 2014. Teaching Cell Biology in Primary Schools. Education Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035845

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Carlan, Francele de Abreu…[et al.]. Teaching Cell Biology in Primary Schools. Education Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035845

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Carlan, Francele de Abreu& Sepel, Lenira Maria Nunes& Loreto, Elgion Lucio Silva. Teaching Cell Biology in Primary Schools. Education Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035845

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1035845