Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29837| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Primary physical science for student teachers at kindergarten and primary school levels : Part II – Implementation and evaluation of a course |
| Authors: | Corni, Federico Fuchs, Hans U. |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10780-021-09424-6 10.21256/zhaw-29837 |
| Published in: | Interchange |
| Volume(Issue): | 52 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 203 |
| Pages to: | 236 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 0826-4805 1573-1790 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Primary physics education; Pre-service teacher; Embodiment; Metaphor; Narrative; Cognitive science |
| Subject (DDC): | 370: Education 530: Physics |
| Abstract: | This is the second of two papers on a novel physical science course for student teachers that develops and uses an imaginative approach to Primary Physical Science Education. General philosophical, cognitive, developmental, and scientific issues have been presented in the first paper; here, we briefly recapitulate the most important aspects. In the main part of the current paper, we present in some detail concrete elements of the implementation of the course at three Italian universities where Primary Physical Science Education has been taught for more than 6 years. After a brief description of the course structure, we discuss which parts of macroscopic physics are taught, and how this is done in lectures and labs. Most importantly, we show how the science is entwined with methods related to pedagogy and didactics that (1) help our students approach the science and (2) can be transferred quite readily to teaching children in kindergarten and primary school. These methods include the design of direct physical experience of forces of nature, embodied simulations, writing and telling of stories of forces of nature, and design and performance of Forces-of-Nature Theater plays. The paper continues with a brief description of feedback from former students who have been teaching for some time, and an in-depth analysis of the research and teaching done by one of the students for her master thesis. We conclude the paper by summarizing aspects of both the philosophy and the design of the course that we believe to be of particular value. |
| Further description: | Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch) |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29837 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Applied Mathematics and Physics (IAMP) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021_Corni-Fuchs_Primary-physical-science-for-student-teachers.pdf | 1.57 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
Show full item record
Corni, F., & Fuchs, H. U. (2021). Primary physical science for student teachers at kindergarten and primary school levels : Part II – Implementation and evaluation of a course. Interchange, 52(2), 203–236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-021-09424-6
Corni, F. and Fuchs, H.U. (2021) ‘Primary physical science for student teachers at kindergarten and primary school levels : Part II – Implementation and evaluation of a course’, Interchange, 52(2), pp. 203–236. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-021-09424-6.
F. Corni and H. U. Fuchs, “Primary physical science for student teachers at kindergarten and primary school levels : Part II – Implementation and evaluation of a course,” Interchange, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 203–236, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s10780-021-09424-6.
CORNI, Federico und Hans U. FUCHS, 2021. Primary physical science for student teachers at kindergarten and primary school levels : Part II – Implementation and evaluation of a course. Interchange. 2021. Bd. 52, Nr. 2, S. 203–236. DOI 10.1007/s10780-021-09424-6
Corni, Federico, and Hans U. Fuchs. 2021. “Primary Physical Science for Student Teachers at Kindergarten and Primary School Levels : Part II – Implementation and Evaluation of a Course.” Interchange 52 (2): 203–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-021-09424-6.
Corni, Federico, and Hans U. Fuchs. “Primary Physical Science for Student Teachers at Kindergarten and Primary School Levels : Part II – Implementation and Evaluation of a Course.” Interchange, vol. 52, no. 2, 2021, pp. 203–36, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10780-021-09424-6.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.