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Adapting practice-based philosophy of science to teaching of science students

The “practice turn” in philosophy of science has strengthened the connections between philosophy and scientific practice. Apart from reinvigorating philosophy of science, this also increases the relevance of philosophical research for science, society, and science education. In this paper, we reflect on our extensive experience with teaching mandatory philosophy of science courses to science students from a range of programs at University of Copenhagen. We highlight some of the lessons we have learned in making philosophy of science “fit for teaching” outside of philosophy circles by taking selected cases from the students’ own field as the starting point. We argue for adapting philosophy of science teaching to particular audiences of science students, and discuss the benefits of drawing on research within science education to inform curriculum and course design. This involves reconsidering teaching resources, assumptions about students, intended learning outcomes, and teaching formats. We also argue that to make philosophy of science relevant and engaging to science students, it is important to consider their potential career trajectories. By anticipating future contexts and situations in which methodological, conceptual, and ethical questions could be relevant, philosophy of science can demonstrate its value in the education of science students.

Clinical research education: a mini-review of the available opportunities for future and current clinical trial managers

<p class="abstract">Various for-profit as well as not-for-profit organizations offer educational opportunities for project managers. Often, these are generic (not industry-specific) as the goal is to attract a wide audience of students. Examples include Six Sigma and the Project Management Professional ® program. Although students may be granted an opportunity to research their own industry as part of the curriculum, these programs generally do not focus on clinical research project management skills in particular. Therefore, it can be difficult for Clinical study managers/clinical project managers, and others within the clinical research field, to find appropriate training opportunities. This aim of the study was to provide valuable information on some of the primary available educational opportunities that exist for those entering the clinical research management workforce, or who are otherwise interested in expanding their knowledge in this field.</p>

Questioning activity of informatics teachers and authors of school textbooks

The article examines the questioning activity, firstly, of teachers of informatics, and secondly, the authors of school textbooks on informatics. For the first case, some methodological techniques are presented that contribute to an increase in the degree of variety of questions that sound in a school or student audience. For the second case, the analysis of the question-task (QT) subsystem of the educational book containing the sections “Questions and Tasks” and “Tasks and Exercises” is carried out. The purpose of this part of the work is to introduce a quantitative characteristic of the question-task subsystem, which reflects the stylistic features of the work of the authors of textbooks and, therefore, can be attributed to the digital trail of the work of the group of authors. With regard to the organization of the work of students, the formation of their individual educational trajectories, a similar digital trail can play the role of one of the characteristics of the digital profile of the student. In the work, B. Bloom’s goal-setting technology is used to consider the questioning activity, and, in particular, the widespread in the literature misconception about the strong verbal predetermination of the types of educational tasks is criticized. This remark is true for Russian-language educational texts.

Effectiveness of Undergraduate-Generated Animations: Increasing Comprehension and Engagement for Neuroscience Majors and Non-Majors

Background: Animations of scientific concepts may improve comprehension by explaining and visualizing the steps of complex processes, but unless they engage student interest in meaningful ways, their effectiveness as teaching tools is limited. We achieve this through a novel approach to animation design that includes the target audience (undergraduates) so that the resultant animations align with their learner characteristics. Objective: This case study investigated whether undergraduate-generated animations were more effective educational tools than informationally equivalent text-and-illustration presentations and whether learners’ background influenced the relative benefits of animations. Method: Incorporating feedback from faculty and undergraduates, we created animations and text-plus-illustration content to explain how neural signals are generated and measured by scalp electrodes. Neuroscience majors and non-majors were presented with either animations or static presentations followed by comprehension and engagement assessments. Results: Both groups showed comprehension and engagement benefits for animations. Although majors showed better overall comprehension, animations improved comprehension for non-majors over static presentations. Conclusion: When educational content is directed for a target audience, animations can be more effective teaching tools for a broader student audience. Teaching Implications: The relevance of online tools for remote instruction makes animations, developed for and by undergraduates, important tools for effectively introducing difficult content.

А Content and forms of tests in mathematics. Requirements for the preparation of pedagogical tests

The article highlights important aspects of testing the educational activities of students. In the approach to the test methodology, diametrically opposed views are presented, and the author also expressed his opinion on this matter. The word "test" has been shown to have a broad meaning. However, the article notes that the main object of the research is the term "pedagogical test". The advantages of the test method are listed in order. The difference between the advantages and disadvantages of this method is noted. Among the advantages are the short duration of the test and its coverage of a wide student audience, objectivity, the ability to take into account the individual qualities of students. The article discusses the general requirements for the construction of tests, in connection with which the opinions of methodologists are given and analyzed. Among these examples, the main requirement for test organization was noted - validity. The concept of "validity" is explained. Not all test requirements are equally important - attention was also paid to this issue. The question of the general classification of tests was briefly touched upon. After that, test samples in mathematics were presented. During the presentation of the tests, the main focus was on non-standard tests. In our opinion, it is better to develop students' creative thinking with the help of non-standard tests. Finally, at the end, a conclusion was made, where a high assessment of educational activity was given using the test method.

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The Discovery of an Artist’s Portrait: The Landscape Painter Hendrik Voogd Portrayed by Charles Howard Hodges

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Presenting preparatory students to educational channels on the Internet and the gratifications achieved from them

Among the alternatives made available by the Internet, we find educational sites and channels that contributed to maximizing the communicative impact of the educational process with its available readable, audio and visual elements, which enabled the student to benefit from their content effectively and in an easy and comfortable manner. The importance of this topic comes due to the multiplicity of educational programs on The Internet to include most of the disciplines and the expansion of the number of students’ audience who view these programs and follow them constantly to increase their understanding and understanding of their subjects or to use them as a complete substitute for the teacher and teacher due to the shortage of teachers or because of the weakness of teaching in general. The programs constitute an additional importance for what it will provide of theoretical knowledge on this subject, and what it will provide in the practical side of realistic results that the providers of these programs will benefit from in improving their level of performance and degree of efficiency in presenting lessons and scientific materials to the audience of preparatory students

FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF IMPLEMENTING LESSON STUDY IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY

The authors of the article emphasize that in modern conditions the demand for a social, creative person who is able to independently make decisions and be personally responsible for their implementation has increased. The importance of the process of forming professional competence among teachers has objectively increased. In the article, the authors talk about the experience of introducing Lesson study into the educational process of the university in order to improve. Teaching methods, improve the pedagogical skills of teachers and other continuous professional development. Lesson study is considered as a special form of research in action directly in the student audience and aimed both at improving the quality of students' knowledge through the joint work of teachers, and the results are analyzed. The conclusion is made about the need to use this approach in university practice.

NATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIADS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PARTICIPANTS AND PHYSICS TEACHERS

The development of student's interests and skills is strategically important to foster their career choice in the field of science, technology and engineering, which is one of the goals of Latvia's National Development Plan for 2021-2027. Physics Olympiads can be used as one of the enrichment measures to supplement formal school teaching in raising student motivation and developing their skills and talents. We explore directions in which the existing system of Physics Olympiads can be improved, with the goals of reaching a wider audience of teachers and students and achieving further integration with the learning processes in schools. We have conducted a survey of physics teachers (NT=188), and participants (NP=486) of the second (county) stage of Latvian Physics Olympiad in January 2020. The aim of the survey was to find out: 1) What motivates students to participate and teachers to encourage participation in Physics Olympiads? 2) What resources are used for training? 3) What further support would students and teachers need for training for the Olympics? Based on the results of the survey, we propose specific measures to support teachers and students in their engagement with Physics Olympiads, report on the implementation progress, and give an outlook for the future.

What Worked, What Did Not: University Instruction during a Pandemic

What Worked, What Did Not: University Instruction during a Pandemic

Olympic Film between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: The 1964 Tokyo Olympiad and the Postwar Mass Mobilization

This study clarifies the structure of the organized mobilization of student audiences with the film Tokyo Olympiad and attempts to reveal how the Japanese government was involved in the formation of the national identity of postwar generation through the film’s distribution process. As the mass mobilization project gradually materialized, the government desired to promote nationalism amongst the postwar generation, superseding the original intention to recoup the production cost. This change induced governmental intervention toward the artistic expression of cinema. It was observed that the method of mobilization of students and the governmental interruption were far from postwar democracy.

A dimensão interdisciplinar na construção da Educação Ambiental: Uma proposta de sequência didática

A Educação Ambiental tem como objetivo a sensibilização e conscientização ambiental. Este cenário socioeducacional, portanto, motiva à investigação de implicações decorrentes da relação entre as identidades espaciais locais e o processo de alfabetização científica sobre o Ensino de Ciências, que objetiva a construção do pensamento científico, tendo como princípio fundante a construção de habilidades e conceitos preliminares em período escolar dos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental. Dessa forma, o objetivo neste estudo é propor uma sequência didática para desenvolver a Educação Ambiental de maneira interdisciplinar. A presente pesquisa, trata de uma pesquisa-ação, com abordagem qualitativa, tendo como público alvo professores e estudantes do sexto e sétimo ano de uma Escola Pública, do município de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A proposta resultou em um importante recurso para os processos de ensino e de aprendizagem, pois visou articular os saberes curriculares da escola com a Educação Ambiental de uma maneira diferenciada e instigante e tem potencial para ser aplicada em diferentes contextos escolares, tendo sempre em mente que as disciplinas dialogam constantemente com as outras áreas do conhecimento, e, por meio de ações concretas, o aprendizado do aluno é favorecido.

CUREing Ocean Plastic in Pandemic Times

“The CUREing Ocean Plastic” project, an NSF-funded initiative addressing microbial colonization of ocean plastic, is a collaboration between a private non-profit university serving non-traditional students (National University, NU) and a world-renowned research-oriented institution (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, SIO). Over two years it has consistently shown significant gains in student knowledge of scientific research, laboratory techniques, and appreciation of science. In 2020, the SARS-Covid-19 pandemic effectively stopped in-person classes and field trips to SIO. The goal of this study was to 1) adapt content to online delivery, and 2) test the hypothesis that an online experience would result in comparable increases in student engagement and knowledge. In our original design, students in onsite classes were shown a documentary describing the background to the project, assessed by a low-stakes quiz. The day of the field trip, students visited the SIO pier and observed sample deployment and collection. Presentations addressed the research project, its experimental design, and updates about current ocean plastic research, culminating in a Q&A session with NU and SIO researchers and students. Afterward, students in the lab analyzed the collected plastic samples according to the course, from simple colony observations to DNA extraction, 16S PCR, and blast analysis. Introductory biology lab courses were selected for the online pilot. We developed video content of lectures presented during the field trip experience and footage of deployment and collection of samples. The material was scaffolded over 3 weeks of the course. At the end of the third, students participated in a live Zoom session with NU and SIO scientists and research students. The panel answered questions about the project, science skills and careers, the state of plastic pollution, and possible solutions. The intervention was assessed via retrospective surveys and focus groups. Survey results of the online students (N=24) were compared to those of previous onsite students (N=83) using paired and unpaired t-tests with Bonferroni corrections. For both groups, the “after” scores were significantly higher for all questions than the “before” scores, as students rated their knowledge of scientific design, basic laboratory techniques, SIO and NU research, and ocean plastic research. Interestingly, the “before” scores of online students were significantly lower compared to the onsite students, but there was no significant difference was found in the “after” scores. Focus group interviews of nine students reflected a deep appreciation of both the experience and the knowledge gained regarding the real-life relevance of plastic pollution. The results show that carefully designed virtual experiences can substitute in-person science experiences with comparable effect on student engagement and perception of knowledge. While limited in the hands-on and informal social aspects, the virtual field trip is an accessible alternative that can reach larger student audiences.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF COLLECTIVE TRAINING TO IMPROVE THE SPEECH COMPETENCE OF HIGH-LEVEL POLISH STUDENTS BY MEANS OF THE PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE OF MUSEUMMEN

The application of collective teaching methods leads to the development of language and conversational competence and directs to the creating a stable motivation to learn the Ukrainian language in a foreign language audience. The article considers the possibilities of using a collective method as a means of activating language and speech activity in the process of teaching Ukrainian to high-competence Polish students. It was analyzed the current state of the problem, and characterized modern collective game-like teaching technologies, which play a significant role in the process of effective learning of Ukrainian as a foreign language by means of professional language, and help to achieve the level of free foreign language communication in professional process. The purpose of the tasks and their impact on the development of the student’s personality and increase his level of knowledge were highlighted in the manuscript. The most effective for foreign (Polish) student audience training exercises for collective performance were analyzed, and features and the benefit of their application in the educational process were indicated. The expediency of using of collective game-like tasks for deepening and mastering the terminology of museology in classes with foreigners was analyzed. The examples of non-standard games aimed the developing students’ skills in analyzing and solving everyday situations were offered. The application of collective game-like teaching methods increases the efficiency of students’ learning, enriches the change of the educational process, enhances the motivation to learn the Ukrainian language, makes impossible the domination of participants in the educational process, creates conditions for closer cooperation between teachers and foreign language authorization. Key words: terminology of museology, Ukrainian language as a foreign language, collective method of teaching, high competence, exercise, game.

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The pedagogical representation of mass functions with LEGO and their origin

We promote the teaching of mass functions as an integral part of an interdisciplinary science education. Mass functions characterize the frequency distributions of objects with different masses on all cosmic scales. We intend to enhance experiential learning of this concept with a creative LEGO brick experiment for a diverse student audience. To our surprise, the LEGO mass function is not only qualitatively but also quantitatively comparable to mass functions found across the Universe. We also discuss the relation between gravitation and mass distributions as a possible explanation for the continuity of the universal mass function.