Σχεδιασμός και εφαρμογή διδακτικής ερευνητικής παρέμβασης με πρωτότυπα φύλλα εργασίας για την Φυσική της Ε΄ Δημοτικού σε συνδυασμό με την εκπαιδευτική ρομποτική
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Jigsaw ; Φύλλα εργασίας ; Φυσική της Ε' Δημοτικού ; Εκπαιδευτική ρομποτική ; STEM ; Lego WeDo 2.0Abstract
In the last decades, technology has become an integral part of people’s lives. It improves people’s living standards and satisfies many of their needs such as communication, entertainment, information and more. This fact applies also for children who were born and raised at a time when technology was everywhere around them. They have become accustomed to the ease of access to knowledge through the Internet, the rapid rotation of images in videos and the unlimited learning possibilities that technology provides. However, the use of technology in primary and secondary education is still at a primary stage. Main reasons for the latter are the lack of technological equipment and teachers’ training.
Hence, the procedure of science learning often involves theoretical knowledge by memorizing laws and concepts of Physics, without any experiments or understanding. As a result, knowledge becomes sterile. In addition, children tend to form ideas and perceptions about the world which are often wrong. For this reason, it is imperative to highlight these misinterpretations and change or adapt them to scientific ideas and concepts.
On the other hand, Educational Robotics has been showing spectacular growth in recent years because it is a relatively economic choice and students are very fond of it. In addition, it offers unlimited possibilities for experiential and interactive learning. It combines education with fun and implement very creative and innovative teaching strategies, such as collaborative learning strategy, STEM and PBL methodology. It is based on the constructivist theory of education, in which the teacher assist the learner in pursuing new knowledge and placing what they have learned into the context of their own lives asking them to solve authentic problems, in order to acquire important skills of the 21st century.
This diploma thesis was written as part of the Postgraduate Program of the University of Piraeus entitled: "E-Learning". The intervention took place at a public Primary School of Athens with the participation of 16 pupils of the 5th grade. The main goal of this research is to design, implement and evaluate a teaching intervention for Physics using educational robotics and programming for the concepts of Speed, Power, Mass, Weight and Friction. For this reason, four original worksheets were designed according to the exploratory scientific method, STEM, PBL and cooperative learning. The main research objective is the effect of educational robotics combined with formal education on the performance of students in the course of Physics and their feelings about this intervention. A secondary one is the factor of the sex on the performance of the students in Physics. The research results showed no significant statistical difference between the learning outcomes of the control group and the learning outcomes of the intervention team. Furthermore, there was no significant statistical difference between the two sexes. However, students' feelings about this intervention were joy and excitement.