A integrated curricular program of environmental and health education in secondary school through an active science model with problem based learning
- Gutiérrez Pérez, José
- Pirrani , F. 1
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Università di Camerino
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ISSN: 0212-4521, 2174-6486
Year of publication: 2009
Issue Title: VIII Congreso Internacional sobre Investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias
Issue: 0
Pages: 3114-3117
Type: Article
More publications in: Enseñanza de las ciencias: revista de investigación y experiencias didácticas
Abstract
"In this paper we explore some obstacles to introduce active learning approaches to treat socio-environmental issues in secondary school during earth and life sciences lessons. Teachers point of view and students behavior, answers and comments trough an active learning approach are analyzed. General aims of this work is to find the best way to adopt the ICP model in the Italian secondary schools situation; also explore if PBL can be an effective method to integrate environmental and health themes with curricular topics in a active learnig way; and, at the same time, to increase student interest, motivation, abilities and awareness on the sciece temes. "