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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This web site reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC BASIC SKILLS THROUGH THEIR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE LEARNING PROCESS
This chapter presents a set of examples where nature, heritage and ethnography was used, in a peer learning environment, to teach different science related subjects (mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics, among others). The strategy encompasses the introduction of the subject to be treated by the teacher, or by an invited researcher, followed by the definition of a challenge to be solved by the students. The used strategy resulted in a student-centred approach where science concepts were embedded in a natural environment, promoting student’s interest and the successful achievement of the learning goals. This strategy was the idea behind the E-learning from nature project (http://enature.pixel-online.org/), where members from 7 countries cooperate through the definition of geographical areas of interest, and of the curricular subjects to be treated, in close proximity with teachers and students.
