Author : Thanh Vân Nguyễn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (277 download)
Book Synopsis Investigating the Integration of Everyday Phenomena and Practical Work in Physics Teaching in Vietnamese High Schools by : Thanh Vân Nguyễn
Download or read book Investigating the Integration of Everyday Phenomena and Practical Work in Physics Teaching in Vietnamese High Schools written by Thanh Vân Nguyễn and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making science relevant in student's learning is an important aspect of science education. This involves the ability to draw in examples from daily contexts to begin with the learning or to apply concepts learnt into familiar everyday phenomena that students observe and experience around them. Another important aspect of science education is the integration of practical work in students' learning. Both aspects of learning engage students in being active with their construction of understanding and are particularly relevant in physics education where many of the concepts are abstract and they generally find difficulty with understanding them. The questionnaire was used in this study to investigate the extent to which physics teachers in Vietnam integrate practical work and context-based approaches into their teaching, and explores the how, what and why they do it. The findings indicates that the Vietnamese teachers value the benefits of both aspects of physics teaching, but the context that they are in does not provide sufficient opportunities to carry them out.