Improving Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Education via a Laboratory Course on Air Pollution: One University’s Experience     

Achilleas Mandrikas  Ioannis Parkosidis  Ploutarchos Psomiadis  Artemisia Stoumpa  Anthimos Chalkidis  Evangelia Mavrikaki  Constantine Skordoulis 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2013,22(2):113-123

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Teaching Air Pollution in an Authentic Context     

Achilleas Mandrikas  Dimitrios Stavrou  Constantine Skordoulis 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2017,26(2):238-251

This paper describes a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) about air pollution and the findings resulting from its implementation by pre-service elementary teachers (PET) currently undergraduate students of the Department of Primary Education in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. The TLS focused on the relation of air pollution with wind and topography in local conditions. An authentic context was provided to the students based on daily up-to-date meteorological data via the Internet in order to estimate air pollution. The results are encouraging given that PET can correlate wind and concentration of air pollutants through reading specialized angular diagrams and weather maps, can recognize the correlation of topography in the concentration of air pollutants, and can describe temperature inversion. However, the PET demonstrated clear difficulties in ability of orientation, in wind naming, and in interpretation of symbols on weather map. Finally, the implications on teaching air pollution are discussed.  相似文献   

In-service Teachers’ Needs and Mentor’s Practices in Applying a Teaching–Learning Sequence on Nanotechnology and Plastics in Primary Education     

Mandrikas  Achilleas  Michailidi  Emily  Stavrou  Dimitris 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2021,30(5):630-641

Journal of Science Education and Technology - This paper illustrates a year-long case study investigating in-service teachers’ needs and mentor’s practices in implementing cutting-edge...  相似文献   

Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Conceptions about Wind     

Achilleas Mandrikas  Constantine Skordoulis  Krystallia Halkia 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(11):1902-1924

This paper presents a study concerning Greek pre-service elementary teachers' (PET) conceptions about wind. The study focuses on their (i) understanding of scientific concepts used to explain wind formation, (ii) conceptions about wind measurement and (iii) ability to read and translate symbols of wind on weather maps. Our research reveals a lack of understanding in wind formation mechanism, and difficulties in orientation and in weather maps reading. Our findings are consistent with previous research carried out in different national and educational contexts. In the final section, we outline the implications of these findings for the design of learning activities concerning wind in primary, secondary and tertiary education including Environmental Science courses attended by PET.  相似文献   

Lost in research: educators’ attitudes towards research and professional development     

Achilleas Kostoulas  Sonja Babić  Christiana Glettler  Andrea Karner  Sarah Mercer  Eva Seidl 《Teacher Development》2019,23(3):307-324

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