How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science Experiments

A science experiment is the core tool in science education. This study describes the science teachers' professional competence to implement science experiments in teaching/learning science. The main objective is the motivation of science teachers to use science experiments. The presented resear...

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Main Author: Josef Trna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics 2012-10-01
Series:Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
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Online Access:http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/HEB469YG.pdf
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description A science experiment is the core tool in science education. This study describes the science teachers' professional competence to implement science experiments in teaching/learning science. The main objective is the motivation of science teachers to use science experiments. The presented research tries to answer questions aimed at the science teachers' skills to use science experiments in teaching/learning science. The research discovered the following facts: science teachers do not include science experiments in teaching/learning in a suitable way; are not able to choose science experiments corresponding to the teaching phase; prefer teachers' demonstration of science experiments; are not able to improvise with the aids; use only a few experiments. The important research result is that an important motivational tool for science teachers is the creation of simple experiments. Examples of motivational simple experiments used into teachers' training for increasing their own creativity and motivation are presented.
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spelling doaj.art-24907e9a4c3e447c91c0d4ca7c5d786a2022-12-22T02:35:06ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242012-10-011053335How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science ExperimentsJosef Trna0 Masaryk University A science experiment is the core tool in science education. This study describes the science teachers' professional competence to implement science experiments in teaching/learning science. The main objective is the motivation of science teachers to use science experiments. The presented research tries to answer questions aimed at the science teachers' skills to use science experiments in teaching/learning science. The research discovered the following facts: science teachers do not include science experiments in teaching/learning in a suitable way; are not able to choose science experiments corresponding to the teaching phase; prefer teachers' demonstration of science experiments; are not able to improvise with the aids; use only a few experiments. The important research result is that an important motivational tool for science teachers is the creation of simple experiments. Examples of motivational simple experiments used into teachers' training for increasing their own creativity and motivation are presented.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/HEB469YG.pdf science educationMotivationexperimentsTeachers' Professional SkillsTeachers' Training
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How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science Experiments
Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
science education
Motivation
experiments
Teachers' Professional Skills
Teachers' Training
title How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science Experiments
title_full How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science Experiments
title_fullStr How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science Experiments
title_full_unstemmed How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science Experiments
title_short How to Motivate Science Teachers to Use Science Experiments
title_sort how to motivate science teachers to use science experiments
topic science education
Motivation
experiments
Teachers' Professional Skills
Teachers' Training
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