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Visualisation in Biology Education. Dr. John OVERSBY, Dr. Ünsal UMDU TOPSAKAL.
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Visualisation in BiologyEducation Dr. John OVERSBY, Dr. Ünsal UMDU TOPSAKAL
Visuals of variouskinds - photographs, paintings, diagrams, illustrations - areimportantto a goodeducation program. Generallyvisualsconstitutethemosteffective, mostplentiful, andleastexpensiveteachingmedium.
Althoughvisualshaveenormouspotential as teachingtools, theyhaveto be carefullyselectedandprofessionallyutilized. Whenusedappropriatelychildrenwilllearntoseeandtothink. Isn'tthatwhateducation is about? (Ryan, 1993)
Itwas a qualitative study. • Thesamplewas 116 studentteachers , 10 mastersstudentsfromTurkey. • Ageabout 20.
Studentsdrewdiagrams of a flower and a plant cell and thenlabelledthem.
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Weaskedthemwhy they drew these diagrams and what other kinds that they knew. Then we asked them to draw a diagram of a daisybecause it is a complexflower.
A smaIl sampleinterviewed. Semi-structured interviews were carried out.
Half of theelementaryscienceandtechnologyteacherstudentsandalltheelementaryteacherstudentssaidthatalltheflowershavesamescientificdiagrams. All of themastersstudentsdisagreedwiththem.
Most of theelementaryscienceandtechnologyteacherstudentsandalltheelementaryteacherstudentssaidthattheplantcellsweresame. All of themastersstudentsdisagreedwiththem.
Theyweretaught in theschoolfromelementaryclassesuntilnow.Wefoundthesetobe themainsourcefromwhytheydrewthesediagrams. Bookswerealsomentioned, but to a lesserextent.
Mastersstudentsknowmost, thensciencespecialisedstudentsteachersnext.
Wefound it justtheyarecopying internet diagramsorbookdiagrams. Insecond step of ourprojectwewilltrytofindwhichone is important:Howtodiagramorhowtodraw ?
Parts of a flower Functionsof theparts