Teaching Physics through experiments


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL School of Education
DEPARTMENT Department of Primary Level Education
LEVEL OF STUDIES Level 6
COURSE CODE 6E12 SEMESTER 4th
COURSE TITLE Teaching Physics through experiments
TEACHINGACTIVITIES
If theECTSCreditsaredistributedin distinct partsofthecoursee.g. lectures, labsetc. IftheECTSCreditsareawardedto the wholecourse, thenplease indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHINGHOURSPERWEEK ECTSCREDITS
  3 5
     
     
Please, addlinesifnecessary.Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSETYPE

Background, GeneralKnowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUSSTUDENTS: No
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/429366/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Pleasedescribethelearningoutcomesofthecourse: Knowledge, skills and abilitiesacquiredafterthesuccessfulcompletionofthecourse.
The course material aims to understanding the purpose of the experiment in teaching through the steps of its execution, the appropriate experimental devices and the most frequent use / involvement of everyday materials in the context of exploring / applying, understanding and teaching the basic concepts and principles of Physics and therefore the bridging of theory with the laboratory / experiment.

Upon completion of the course students should be able:

• To appropriately utilize concepts and principles of the science of Physics for the understanding of natural phenomena during experimental teaching in Primary Education (MA3)

• To be able to plan, organize and evaluate the experimental teaching that includes conducting didactic experiments on Physics of Primary Education, formulating the objectives and the expected learning outcomes, utilizing the way in which students recognize the relevant Physics topics through everyday situations and phenomena (MA7).

• To be able at school level to plan and carry out appropriate experimental teaching of Physics topics through appropriate activities / experiments and use of everyday materials, promoting critical and creative thinking, as well as exploratory or self-active or collaborative learning (MA6).

• To be able to properly use the appropriate didactic experiments on Physics in the context of effective experimental teaching models and strategies, so that they can transform scientific knowledge into school, while promoting exploratory, self-active and collaborative learning through the experiment (MA4, MA6).

• To be able to connect the knowledge of the science of Physics with situations and phenomena of everyday life through the essential role of the experiment in teaching and learning, recognizing the importance of all the above in the role of future teachers of Primary Education (MA1).

General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Project design and management

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative, and inductive reasoning

  1. COURSE CONTENT
The course consists of the theoretical and the experimental / laboratory part. The theoretical part provides the necessary theoretical background on the structure of the experiment and the relevant theory of experiments on topics of Engineering, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism and Optics in the context of Primary Education. In the Laboratory / Experimental Part, students are given the opportunity through autonomous or collaborative group learning to conduct and conceptually describe laboratory exercises / experiments, to draw relevant conclusions based on the results – explanation of a phenomenon and verification based on their principles / exercise / experiment and be able to plan the teaching of each experiment by applying a series of steps.
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHINGMETHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face to face, laboratory work
USEOF INFORMATION&COMMUNICATIONSTECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographicresearch& analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 25
Laboratory exercise 14
Project elaboration 40
Personal study 46
   
   
   
Total 125
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

Formative evaluation

Language: Greek

 

Students’ assessment:

Practical work during the semester: 66%

Final task assignment and oral exams: 34%

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Suggested bibliography

• Unesco (2003), TREASURE OF EXPERIMENTS, THEORY AND PRACTICE, MARIA PARIKOU & CO LTD Publications

•Arnaoutakis I., Karanikas G., Karapanagiotis VA (2005), Physics Experiments, GRIGORI CHRISTINA & SIA Publications

 

Additional suggested bibliography

• McDermott C.L., Shaffer S.P. (2001), Introductory Physics Courses, (translated by P. Michas) Typothito Publications, Athens.

• Unesco (2003), TREASURE OF EXPERIMENTS, THEORY AND PRACTICE, MARIA PARIKOU & CO LTD Publications

 

Related Scientific Journals

·         American Journal of Physics

·         European Journal of Physics

·         The Physics Teacher

·         Physics Education

·         Review of educational research

·         Ιnternational Journal of Science Education

·         Journal of Research in Science Teaching

·         Research in Science Education

·         Research in Science & Technological Education

·         Science & Education

·         Science Education

·         Science Education International

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Anastasios Zoupidis
Contact details: azoupidis@eled.duth.gr
Supervisors: No
Evaluation methods: Oral examination with distance learning methods
Implementation Instructions: The examination in the course will take place in groups of 3-4 people on the day of the examination of the course according to the examination program.

The examination will be performed through MS TEAMS. The link will be sent to students via eclass exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education.

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate. They will also take part in the examination with a camera which they will have open during the examination. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity to the camera, so that they can be identified.

Each student should answer 4 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 2.5.