Title: Teaching and Learning Geology as a Way to Develop Thinking and Encourage Positive Attitudes Towards Science
Authors:
Carmela García-Marigómez – Universidad de Valladolid - 0000-0002-2642-9265
Vanessa Ortega-Quevedo – Universidad Complutense de Madrid - 0000-0002-5742-4678
Cristina Gil Puente – Universidad de Valladolid - 0000-0001-5794-5564
Recepción: 12.05.2023 | Aceptado: 07.06.2023
Correspondencia a través de ORCID: Carmela García-Marigómez - 0000-0002-2642-9265
Citar: García-Marigómez, C, Ortega-Quevedo, V, & Gil Puente, C (2023). Teaching and Learning Geology as a Way to Develop Thinking and Encourage Positive Attitudes Towards Science. REIDOCREA, 12(19), 242-260.
Financiación: Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FCT-19-14617)
Agradecimiento: al Proyecto FECYT “Ciencia con consecuencia: la escuela y los maestros como fuente de cultura y vocaciones científicas” y al Grupo de Innovación Docente #PensaTIC de la Universidad de Valladolid.
Área o categoría del conocimiento: Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales
Abstract: The need to promote scientific literacy and the development of high-order capacities to provide a quality response to students in keeping with the new society has produced a growing interest in approaches that show contextualised science and in movements that promote learning to think to learn. Therefore, the objective of this project was to design materials and activities with scientific content from the inquiry point to favour these aspects and encourage vocation. The design to unite research and school reality has been mixed using the LeTiS scale and the qualitative analysis of the students’ production. The study results showed that the designed activities promoted the beginning development of scientific and thinking skills. In addition, it is considered that the proposal applied through a more lasting intervention can improve positive attitudes towards science. In conclusion, it is highlighted that the didactic resources developed were effective, allowing the improvement of the scientific culture and the creation of a culture of thought.
Keyword: Attitudes Towards Nature of Science and Technology