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PROFILES APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING
PHYSICS IN SLOVENIA
Jerneja Pavlin and Iztok Devetak
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
PROFILES
Professional Reflection Oriented Focus on Inquiry-based Learning and Education through Science
december 2010 – december 2014 http://www.profiles-project.eu/
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AIMS OF THE PROJECT PROFILES
inquiry based science education (IBSE) teacher partnerships - teaching materials teacher skills in developing creative, scientific problem-
solving and socio-scientific decision-making abilities in students
success - self-efficacy of science teachers, the attitudes of students toward this approach
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AIMS OF THE PROJECT PROFILES
the development of teachers on four fronts: teacher as learner teacher as effective teacher teacher as reflective practitioner teacher as leader
chain reaction - spreading of experiences intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of students outcome: school science related to 21st century science and
incorporating interdisciplinary socio-scientific issues and IBSE-related teaching
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PARTNERS 21 institutions from 19 different countries
Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
coordinator in Slovenia:
dr. Iztok Devetak
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Slovenia
SLOVENIAN SPIDER WEB
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Subject School level School year Total2011/12 2012/13 2013/14
Biology Primary 9 5 3 17Secondary / 1 / 1
Chemistry Primary 25 13 8 46Secondary 5 1 / 6
Physics Primary 4 9 1 14Secondary 2 / / 2
General science
Primary / 4 / 5
Pre-service primary school teachers (general science, chemistry, environmental education)
/ 11 43 54
Total 45 43 55 143
PROFILES MODULES
POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) IBSE (Inquiry Based Science Education) teaching module – topic (3 - 6 school hours, curricula) working in groups with 4 or 5 pupils (tasks of members)
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PARTS OF PROFILES MODULES
1) Module title
2) Why do I learn this?
3) Aims
4) Learning outcomes
5) Prior knowledge
6) Literature
7) New concepts
8) Data and models
9) Key questions
10) Exercises
11) Do I understand?
12) Problems 8http://www.profiles-project.eu/partners/index.html
SLOVENIAN PHYSICS MODULES - TOPICS
pressure density friction electrostatics motion air resistance tools electricity
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http://www2.pef.uni-lj.si/kemija/profiles/moduli.html
positive attitude of pupils (experimental work) expectations of pupils reading of instructions problems with experiments (results) questionnaires and tests personal expectations of teachers reading and interpretation of tables and graphs skills of finding key information in the text
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PROFILES MODULES REFLECTIONSTEACHERS’ PORTFOLIOS
PROFILES MODULES REFLECTIONS + motivational introduction inquiry-based learning active learning of students teamwork pupils’ abilities heterogeneous groups individual work of students with information time effective
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PROFILES MODULES REFLECTIONS time (preparation, science days, 2 hours per week) selected topics modules schedules assistant help habits of pupils – specific way of learning, reading problems
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PROFILES MODULES REFLECTIONSPUPILS’ COMMENTS ON THE NEW WAY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
“Teacher, you have hidden answers in the text.” “Teacher, why don’t you explain the topic to us anymore?” “Why do we have to write things, fill in worksheets,
questionnaires?”
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PROFILES MODULES REFLECTIONS ACHIEVEMENTS OF PUPILS
achievements of pupils knowledge as answering on questions experimental skills vs. understanding bright pupils – challenge, effectiveness, deep knowledge weak pupils – lower understanding of concepts
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CONCLUSION
IBSE approach has been well accepted professional development and reflection – portfolio the applications of questionnaires and tests PROFILES modules
http://www.profiles-project.eu/partners/United_Kingdom/index.html
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