Literacy and science in primary education

Abstract

The aim of this thesis was the designing, the application and the evaluation of a teaching intervention to Greek pupils in the 6th grade of primary education for the unit “Solids, liquids and gases”. The intervention was based on the modern theories of learning Science's as well as on selective activities of writing and reading, with the aim of: (a) the conceptual comprehension and (b) the development of "Literacy in Science”. In particular our objective was the students: i) to build the concepts that are included in the particular unit (solid liquids, gases, melting, evaporation, boiling), ii) to distinguish the multiple meanings that certain words have in the context of daily life (for example the word boil, melt, etc.) and the meaning of the same words in the context of Science, c) to recognize the structure, the lexicogrammatical structures and to create themselves genres, those of classification explanation (cause-effect) and experimental report, that are presented in the context ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/24216
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/24216
ND
24216
Alternative title
Γραμματισμός και φυσικές επιστήμες στην πρωτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση
Author
Χατζή, Μαρία (Πατρώνυμο: Βασίλειος)
Date
2010
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Κόκκοτας Παναγιώτης
Σταυρίδου Ελένη
Χαραλαμπάκης Χριστόφορος
Βρεττός Ιωάννης
Τριλιανός Αθανάσιος
Παπαδάτος Ιωάννης
Χαλκιά Κρυσταλλία
Keywords
Literacy in science; Language of science; Genres; Writing and reading activities; Primary education; Scientific literacy
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
2 τ. (402 ; 190 σ.), im.
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