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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2008 Meeting


Section: Educational Physics


Title:
Active methods used in teaching and learning activities


Authors:
Roman Iuliana


Affiliation:
C. N. L. „Zinca Golescu” – Piteşti


E-mail
aurelian_iuliana@yahoo.com


Keywords:
active methods, teaching and learning activities


Abstract:
There are certain activities that involve both learning objectives as well as educational goals. If the teacher makes the educational and learning activity relevant to the world outside the classroom it will help the students to see and understand the connections between classroom activities and the world of science and work. Here we present an activity project called “The Global Warming” that develops many skills to the student. The study analyses the advantages and disadvantages of some active methods used in a specific activity which was performed earlier and provides suggestions of improvement in each case. Such learning activities create opportunities for students to work on real life problems. The activity is thought at the beginning as a role playing, which permits to the students to assume roles that allows them for exploration of solutions and provides opportunity to practise skills (information gathering, Internet sources research, data calculus, doing Microsoft Excel graphics, and PowerPoint presentations). The next step for each group is to use cooperative learning which prepares students to learn how to work in groups. The success of the final presentation is based on the performance of the entire group, not on the success of a member inside the group. This method has many advantages: to recognize everyone’s contribution, to organize the group more efficiently and use all the resources of the group. Finally, the groups present the case studies they worked on. The case study method develops analytic and problem solving skills, allows for exploration of solutions for complex issues and stimulates the student to apply the new knowledge and skills to the real world. The interdisciplinary nature of this project encourages students to widen and explore their personal interests while reaching a very important conclusion: that the man must respect the environment.