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Some remarks on a current study involving preservice elementary teachers and some basic astronomical phenomena

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Alejandro Gangui ,
María Iglesias  and
Cynthia Quinteros
Alejandro Gangui
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio / CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina email: gangui@df.uba.ar Centro de Formación e Investigación en la Enseñanza de las Ciencias, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Iglesias
Affiliation:
Centro de Formación e Investigación en la Enseñanza de las Ciencias, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cynthia Quinteros
Affiliation:
Centro de Formación e Investigación en la Enseñanza de las Ciencias, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

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Recent studies have shown that not only primary school students but also their future teachers reach science courses with pre-constructed and consistent models of the world surrounding them. These ideas include many misconceptions which turn out to be robust and hence make difficult an appropriate teaching-learning process. We have designed some tools (and show here results with a questionnaire) that proved helpful in putting in evidence some of the most frequently used alternative models on a few basic astronomical notions. We have tested this questionnaire with preservice elementary teachers from various normal schools in Buenos Aires and made a first analysis of the results. The collection of data recovered so far shows that some non-scientific conceptions are indeed part of the prospective teachers' (scientific) background and, therefore, that the issue deserves special attention during their formal training.

Keywords

Educational researchAstronomyPre-service elementary teachers
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , pp. 767 - 770
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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