Promoting Enquiry Skills in Trainee Teachers within the Context of the University Ecological Garden
One of the objectives of science teaching and learning is to achieve quality science education, which involves improving initial teacher training. The use of methodologies that promote learning in science, such as the enquiry-based learning strategy, are encouraged. It is also necessary to provide a...
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| description | One of the objectives of science teaching and learning is to achieve quality science education, which involves improving initial teacher training. The use of methodologies that promote learning in science, such as the enquiry-based learning strategy, are encouraged. It is also necessary to provide appropriate contexts that give meaning to the investigation conducted, and arouse the students’ interest. The purpose of this study is to identify the skills related to the enquiry competency that future pre-school teachers acquire after carrying out investigations using the University Ecological Garden as a context. To undertake this study, a non-experimental quantitative methodology was developed based on the application of two instruments: the New Practical Test Assessment Inventory (NPTAI), based on the Practical Test Assessment Inventory, and the trainee teachers’ Enquiry Competency Level (ECL), adapted for the present work. Thirty-seven group reports were analysed and recoded to establish five levels of enquiry competency. A predominance of students with a high level of enquiry competency as opposed to "pre-scientific" and "unscientific" lower levels was observed. The results allowed us to explore the role of the teacher in the monitoring process during the strategy, the context used, and the main difficulties encountered in the implementation of the strategy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fd22e58b710433faf3b66e36a6ce9d32023-11-24T00:59:22ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022022-03-0112321410.3390/educsci12030214Promoting Enquiry Skills in Trainee Teachers within the Context of the University Ecological GardenLourdes Aragón0Beatriz Gómez-Chacón1Department of Didactics, Area of Didactics of Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cádiz, 11519 Cádiz, SpainDepartment of Didactics, Area of Didactics of Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cádiz, 11519 Cádiz, SpainOne of the objectives of science teaching and learning is to achieve quality science education, which involves improving initial teacher training. The use of methodologies that promote learning in science, such as the enquiry-based learning strategy, are encouraged. It is also necessary to provide appropriate contexts that give meaning to the investigation conducted, and arouse the students’ interest. The purpose of this study is to identify the skills related to the enquiry competency that future pre-school teachers acquire after carrying out investigations using the University Ecological Garden as a context. To undertake this study, a non-experimental quantitative methodology was developed based on the application of two instruments: the New Practical Test Assessment Inventory (NPTAI), based on the Practical Test Assessment Inventory, and the trainee teachers’ Enquiry Competency Level (ECL), adapted for the present work. Thirty-seven group reports were analysed and recoded to establish five levels of enquiry competency. A predominance of students with a high level of enquiry competency as opposed to "pre-scientific" and "unscientific" lower levels was observed. The results allowed us to explore the role of the teacher in the monitoring process during the strategy, the context used, and the main difficulties encountered in the implementation of the strategy.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/3/214ecological gardenenquiryinitial teacher trainingcompetency level |
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| title | Promoting Enquiry Skills in Trainee Teachers within the Context of the University Ecological Garden |
| title_full | Promoting Enquiry Skills in Trainee Teachers within the Context of the University Ecological Garden |
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| title_short | Promoting Enquiry Skills in Trainee Teachers within the Context of the University Ecological Garden |
| title_sort | promoting enquiry skills in trainee teachers within the context of the university ecological garden |
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