Barns kommunikation och lärande i fysik genom praktiska experiment

• Physics is often considered to be a difficult, abstract and boring school subject. This article describes astudy of 11-year old children’s discussions of scientific concepts related to experiments in the classroomand to the Liseberg amusement park. The study was made in May 2004 and the empirical materialconsists of tape recorded group discussions from the preparation lesson before the amusement parkvisit. The analysis focuses on how children use, develop and verify their knowledge, and how theyexpress an increased construction of knowledge and understanding through the dialogues. The discussionsindicate an ability to develop, explain and exemplify physical phenomena and concepts andconnect them to their everyday experiences

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Didaktik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Didactics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Barn

Kommunikation

Lärande

Fysik

Praktiska experiment

Social sciences

Socialvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)