Abstract
In the Italian context, where Earth sciences are poorly considered in the education system and in the common thinking, to promote a widespread and deep-rooted culture of natural hazards, the danger inherent in the geological evolution of the territory, the responsible use of the environment, the perception of phenomenon as part of the dynamics of the Earth is a priority. The goal of this work is to promote Earth sciences education, particularly in the Italian schools, to increase the interest of students towards geosciences, to enhance teachers’ competences in the use new and more effectives educational inductive and adductive approaches, using tools, paths and learning objects, based on hands-on practices, experimented in schools of all levels of education. The unifying principle is the research of models and guidelines to produce effective practices, easy to be shared or realized in the school. All the educational tools have been tested and evaluated and are collected in easy kits now freely usable. All the materials and the educational paths are presented in a working booklet freely downloadable. The result is an increasing sensitiveness towards Earth science teaching -learning, a widespread awareness towards the need of promoting competences and skills and a growing knowledge of the inquiry approaches. Some experiences are in fact tested also referring to the acquired skills and competences of the students before and after their use. This experience has shown also that Earth science is in effect the discipline that more promote citizenship and transversal skills and, furthermore develops the ideas of system and complexity.
Highlights
In the Italian context, where Earth sciences are poorly considered in the education system and in the common thinking
A lack of a careful teachinglearning across all levels of education, as requested by the curricula issued by the Italian Minister of Education, produces a general lack of scientific knowledge (European Commission, 2003)
As a direct consequence on Earth sciences, this produces among the students a diminished interest to continue their Geosciences studies at university level, which creates a worrying lack of scientific knowledge and social awareness about the environment and its natural phenomena
Summary
The Italian education system is still mainly based on the transmission of knowledge and does not support the teachers in a transformation towards more effective teaching approaches which could favour the evolution towards the EU objectives. Earth Science requires, and provides, skills and competences strictly related to contents In this table Table, that I have processed as an exercise, we try to interrelate the different skills requested, with the aim of:. The path for the promotion of the teachinglearning in Earth Sciences should pass through the practice of active educational approaches, attention to the personalization, use of models and guidelines to produce tools and learning objects. To work in this direction there is an increasing need of a networking action for sharing didactic resources
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