Engaging way to help students develop skills, interest and methodological research approaches in Marine and Environmental science
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[1] Istituto Comprensivo Statale n°2- Complesso “2 Giugno”
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[2] Istituto di Scienze Marine del CNR, Forte Santa Teresa
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[3] Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Biologia
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- Localización: Advances in Higher Education / coord. por Josep Domènech i de Soria, Jaime Lloret Mauri, María Cinta Vincent Vela, Elena de la Poza Plaza, Elena Zuriaga Agustí, 2016, ISBN 978-84-9048-496-8, págs. 45-68
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Learning in teamwork appeared to be a winning methodology for science education, as it enhances student’s autonomy and strengthens their skills. The involvement of students in research activities is an example of this approach. Moreover, interaction between the scholastic and the research world can bring benefits for both: educational benefits for students in terms of "acquisition of competences", and the possibility, for researchers, to have help for data collection and analysis (citizen-science). Involving students as volunteers not only in data collection, but also in problem definition and data analysis, can be further engaging for them, stimulating interest for the treated argument. We describe two projects, carried on in the same geographical area, devoted to integrate marine science topics in high/middle school education. Students are engaged in real research activities, (inquiring-based learning ) and this approach leads to a scientific follow-up in terms of growing knowledge of environmental parameters, as loss of biodiversity and pollution from marine litter. From the methodological point of view, didactic tools as peer education and emotion–based learning have been experimented with success, as indicated by an inquiry about ”perception of science" carried on a group of students who participated in one of the two projects.
