期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research
电子版ISSN：2149-5939
出版年度：2017
卷号：3,2
页码：583-594
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出版社：Mahmut Demir
摘要：The study was carried out to determine the opinion of science teachers regarding informal practices conducted as part of the ‘Let’s Travel and Learn About the Living World’ Unit. To this end, a total of 58 fifth grade students studying in three secondary schools, including a state school and a private school in Samsun city center and a village school in the Bafra district, took part in informal practices. 11 teachers, who joined these practices voluntarily and participated in them actively, were also included in the study extending over two days. During the practices, the 11 teachers who voluntarily attended the study were given a Student Observation Form, consisting of half-elaborated questions that once completed were analyzed separately. According to the findings, the teachers actively participated in the study observed that informal practices were effectively in education, had positive cognitive and affective impact on the students and indicated that they had positive opinions on informal practices. Teachers expressed that informal practices were important also because of enabling students hands on learning. Given that science is a life-oriented subject, it is important to integrate with educational activities because of the fact that science involves informal rather than formal acquisition of knowledge by the individual during one’s lifetime. It is found out remarkable that teachers who are executers of their lessons have positive opinions on informal practices enabling hands on learning on life oriented science. Therefore, it is thought that it could be educatory making these types of practices widespread.
