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标题：School-visit to a science centre: student interaction with exhibits and the relevance of teachers’ behaviour
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作者：Cláudia Faria ; Isabel Chagas
期刊名称：Revista Electrónica de Enseñanza de las Ciencias
印刷版ISSN：1579-1513
电子版ISSN：1579-1513
出版年度：2012
卷号：11
期号：3
页码：582-594
出版社：Universidade de Vigo
摘要：This study is centred on the behaviour of students andteachers during a school-visit to a Science Centre, with the purpose toanswer to the following research questions: How do the students interactwith the exhibits? With whom students interact during the visit? How do theteachers behave during the visit? The study was conducted in two scienceexhibitions, a permanent one and a temporary one. A total of 52 studentsand 23 teachers were observed. Data analysis showed that students used towandering around, interacting with the exhibits for very short periods oftime. However, some differences were detected between both exhibitions.In the temporary one, most students seemed to miss the interpretation ofthe phenomena under observation, just manipulating the exhibits, whereasin the permanent one, they tried to interpret the results of theirmanipulation. These results can be related to teachers’ behaviour. In fact,only in the permanent exhibition teachers remained focused in the visit foralmost all the time, manipulating the exhibits while explaining it tostudents. It is suggested that the role assumed by the teacher during aschool visit to a science centre could determine the level of students’engagement with the visit.
关键词：science centres; science education; non-formal learning;students’ behaviour; teachers’ role.