Scientific literacy is an important skill for students' success, given the characteristics of today's society. However, not all students have a natural predisposition toward science, chemistry in particular. Considering the relevance of transdisciplinary learning, schools should foster the scientific abilities for which students may have less aptitude or interest by taking advantage of areas and subjects that they have more inclination and knowledge. The use of analogies through comparisons between familiar and unfamiliar domains can potentiate the learning of abstract, unknown, or complex chemistry concepts. This article describes a case study regarding the use of a marching band analogy that was developed to teach kinetic-molecular theory. The study involved a convenience sample of 50 Portuguese seventh grade students attending a middle school music course, from four specialized music education schools. Data was collected through a questionnaire and an interview. Results reveal that the marching band analogy for kinetic-molecular theory, considering the students' profile, is didactic and suitable, enhances their attention and interest, and promotes their chemistry learning. In order to benefit chemistry education, we recommend the development and use of analogies between chemistry and music with students of similar profiles or the use of different areas and subjects for other student profiles.
Society needs transdisciplinary citizens with good scientific literacy. One way to achieve this could be through the use of areas or subjects for which students have more affinity and expertise. This study seeks to maximize the chemistry learning of students who want to be musicians, through the use of analogies. Analogies are a powerful tool to explain abstract, unfamiliar, or complex scientific concepts (such as the quantum atomic model) in familiar terms and to promote positive attitudes toward learning science. A case study is presented regarding the use of musical analogies developed to teach the atom concept, subatomic particles, and the atomic structure, according to the quantum mechanical model of the atom. A cohort of 50 Portuguese 12 to 13 year old students, enrolled in the seventh grade of a middle school music course, was selected by convenience sampling from four schools. A questionnaire and interviews were used for data gathering. The results show that the musical analogies used helped to overcome students' difficulties regarding the topics taught, improved chemistry learning, and stimulated attentiveness and interest. The use of analogies between music and chemistry with students of similar characteristics to those of this study, or the use of different areas and subjects for other student backgrounds and tastes, can be fruitful for teaching chemical content.
O corpo que pretende dar vida a este artigo nasce do projeto de tese “in progress” e é pensado na área da Educação Artística. O projeto situa-se precisamente num panorama híbrido que inicia o seu percurso no clown convocando áreas como: artes circenses, dança, kung fu, e estabelece uma relação de criação com a técnica “Viewpoints” de Anne Bogart. O corpo e o movimento são sem dúvida o ponto de encontro da ação e a “escuta” é o tema principal. A construção da personagem hibrida que parte do clown não terá um fim específico, ou seja, situa-se num constante espaço de modelação e vai ser criada através de processos criativos laboratoriais que se vão desenvolver e que resultarão na elaboração do espetáculo de apresentação da tese que terá de se autoanalisar na passagem à escrita e vice-versa. Aqui, neste artigo tento explanar um conjunto de conceitos que estão diretamente relacionados com este projeto de investigação e se situam num discurso em que as linguagens utilizadas representam parte essencial da formação deste ser metamorfizado, assim como a parte metodológica do trabalho laboratorial que visa mostrar uma futura ação na Educação Artística.
Neste artigo que recorta uma tese de doutoramento em que a pergunta de investigação é: Qual o contributo do yoga, do kung-fu, da dança-teatro e da técnica viewpoints na construção de uma personagem que emerge do clown? Seguir-se-á a exposição dosobjetivos de investigação e da criação laboratorial, dos resultados esperados, a contextualização dos espaços e amostra, a contextualização da área de conhecimento que visa os objetivos e conteúdos mais pertinentes das diversas áreas, assim como osconhecimentos, as capacidades e as competências que se procuram promover aos participantes ao longo da formação.
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