Educatio biologiae, No. 9., 2023.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.32633/eb.9.7
Discovery learning during the field class of Nature and Social Sciences
Ana Ćaleta
; OŠ Trilj, Trilj
Mila Bulić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-897X
; Odsjek za učiteljski studij, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu, Split; Hrvatska
Ines Radanović
; Biološki odsjek, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In today's challenging times, it is important to teach students how to observe independently, solve problems, discover, deduce, critically reflect, and apply the knowledge acquired in everyday life. Discovery learning, which is based on constructivism and helps students solve given problems with or without the teacher's guidance, can be applied in classes of Nature and Social Sciences. The paper presents the application of the learning strategy of discovery learning and observing during the field class. The research was conducted in Trilj, on a sample of students in the third grade of elementary school. Students learned about geographical concepts of spatial orientation connecting them with orientation using signs in nature. Using the photos and drawings collected during the field class, the students created a photoherbarium, thus documenting their homeland’s natural heritage to systematize the knowledge. The students' observations were compared with the results of the final exams with an emphasis on checking the students' conceptual understanding. The research results show that students, by applying learning by discovering and observing nature and writing down their own observations, easily achieve the required educational outcomes in the teaching of Nature and Social Sciences.
Ključne riječi
Nature and Social Sciences teaching; field class; spatial orientation; natural homeland heritage
Hrčak ID:
296757
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.2.2023.
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