ERIC Number: EJ1264574
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1648-3898
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The Science Learning Environment Primary School Students' Imagine
Journal of Baltic Science Education, v19 n4 p605-627 2020
This research explored dream science classrooms of primary school third and fourth-grade students. Research is designed as a case study. The students were first asked to illustrate their dream science classroom and produce a short description of their drawings. Second, they were asked to write their expectations of their teachers, their classmates, and themselves in their science classes. Three hundred and twelve participants were identified using the convenience sampling method. The research evaluated the students' drawings and descriptions in the first step, and their expectations in the second step. Students, in their drawings, conveyed the following messages: Experiments (lab works) could be used in science education, and different classroom activities and science courses could be done outside the classroom. In addition, they expected their teachers to have them perform more experiments in the classes, to offer them interesting and intriguing knowledge, to encourage them to conduct research and projects, and ask questions. Their expectations of their classmates to follow the classroom rules, to work in collaboration, to share, and to appreciate them so that they can benefit from science classes more efficiently. They expected themselves to be successful in science classes. [This research was presented as an oral presentation at the 18th International Primary Teacher Education Symposium.]
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Students, Freehand Drawing, Grade 3, Grade 4, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Science Experiments, Class Activities, Student Behavior, Cooperative Learning, Scientific Research, Expectation, Peer Groups, Case Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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