Gamtamokslinis ugdymas / Natural Science Education

5-14

Authors: Martin Bílek, Antonín Slabý

For the first pilot research in the scope of the project Learning from graphical presentation in science education (GAČR 406/02/1165) there has been chosen investigation of the role of non-verbal elements of didactic tests. For solving of this task there was used comparison of the results of pupils of basic school performing two variants of the test with the same content and different form of formulation and arrangement of items (verbal form and form comprising visual information (pictures and graphs). In the contribution there are described starting points of the project, the interpretation obtained, experimental data from the point of view of typology of picture material as a part of didactic tests and mainly the point of view and the attitude of the students of chemistry teaching to the influence of graphical elements to the fruitfulness of students in didactic tests.

27-34

Authors: Laimutė Bobrova, Milda Gudinavičienė

The article concisely describes the situation that is unfavourable and dangerous to our children: they are racketed, beaten and abused. They live in the state of permanent stress due to home, friends, assessment and interrelations – due to all life that befalls them. Therefore, the project „ECO–DOH: Animate World and I“ aims that during the most receptive age of their life children are surrounded by the beauty of animate nature, learn to feel its impact, communicate with it and love it. The world ecological education experience and our own long lasting pedagogical experience enabled us to perceive the essential requirement of the current period: to ecologize the man’s life. Therefore, the main idea of the project is to teach to live in harmony with the world of nature, to promote respect to life – to its any manifestation. The motto of the project activity is to teach to live permanently seeking improvement, to prioritize human and spiritual and not material values. Interrelations have to be based on the following rule: behave with others the way you would like others to behave with you. Considering the modern life reality and the principles of humanistic pedagogy and psychology, project activities become directed to the orientated strategy of individual ecological activeness. This means that the main idea of the activities of the project “ECO–DOH: Animate World and I” (project is being implemented since 1998) is treated in the new way: the project centres on learning to live in harmony with the world of nature, including animate nature. It is expected that the project philosophy based on close contact with nature will provide its members with vitality, high level of physical, psychological and spiritual health.

39-46

Authors: Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė, Violeta Varnagirienė

In the article the teacher’s book of the alternative set of nature study teaching and learning aids “Raktas” for the first formers is presented. The last-mentioned is open enough because it is oriented towards all the four functions of teacher’s book: 1) scientific and general information; 2) the material to improve the qualification; 3) the help for the process of teaching and for the lesson; 4) the help to evaluate pupils’ achievements. The authors present the clear structure of the teacher’s book. For the evidence, two lesson schemes are given that consist of three levels: stimulation, meaning perception and contemplation. The set is prepared according to the methodology of international project “The training of critical thinking reading and writing”.

51-57

Authors: Zhana Tsabkala

This article has been summarized experience of the students' preparation to self-education based on the research activity. It is shown that the research work organization promotes to develop the self-education students abilities and skills. It is established that students make ready to self-education on the stipulation that teacher to give them a free hand in collective, work mode and task complication choice.