Affordances of technology-supported trails in education of pre-service primary teachers in physics

Abstract

Outdoor activities focused on solving problems related to concrete objects, supported by technology, also known as trails, offer opportunities to develop not only content knowledge, but also the soft-skill of learners. The learner can be a pupil or a pre-service teacher, student of initial teacher education programme. Current students of initial teacher education programme are usually members of Generation Z and their education should be tailored to the needs of this generation. In this paper we designed an interdisciplinary trail connecting mathematics and science, particularly physics, knowledge and compared the solution process of pre-service teachers for primary schools and the primary pupils. The strategies almost did not differ, but pre-service teachers demonstrated deeper understanding of concept of measure.