Professional paper
Using Scientific Methods in the Initial Teaching of Science: the Water Cycle
Ivana Križanac
Sandra Lacić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-6295
; OŠ Brodarica, 22 010 Brodarica
Abstract
According to the National Framework Curriculum (2010), most educational goals result from teaching science, which points at its exceptional significance in t he process of learning and teaching. But how to achieve the set goals? First of all, it is essential to reflect on the … (content) and the aim (what do we want to achieve?). In order for the teaching of science to be really modern one of the necessary conditions is to initiate and sustain cooperation between primary teachers and specialized subject teachers and to encourage methodical and continuous work on projects, which should expand content-wise year by year. In the experiment entitled „Little Planet“, an environment was created for the students in which they discover concepts which can be named by notions and their mutual connection with the phenomena they describe. The aim was to avoid the acquisition of contents through definitions and by reproducing
and routine learning in the understanding of natural phenomena.
Keywords
modern teaching of science; educational goals; the water cycle; teaching by concept; cooperation of primary teachers and subject teachers
Hrčak ID:
82755
URI
Publication date:
30.1.2011.
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