TEACHING NATURAL SCIENCES IS ALSO DEALING WITH READING AND THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Authors
Carla Inés Maturano, María Amalia Soliveres, Cinthia Perinez, Iris Álvarez FernándezFiles
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Journal
Published in Vol. 27 No. 53 (2016) of Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología.
Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología is a refereed, multidisciplinary open access scientific journal that aims to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge in Argentina and Latin America. Since 1990 it has been edited and funded by the National University of Entre Ríos and publishes original research articles in Spanish and Portuguese by national and international researchers. Until 2020, CDyT was published in May and November. As of Num. 62 may-ago (2021), it adopts the continuous publication mode, publishing three issues in April, August and December.
About the JournalAbstract
In this article we present an innovative proposal that allows the approaching of the concept of energy by an integration of reading tasks and the use of new technologies in the science class. We designed and implemented a workshop with students of secondary education in order to explore the transformations and transfers of energy in everyday processes. We include in this article the activities designed to favour comprehension of the selected written material in a non-traditional way and to promote the multiliteracy of the students mediated by reading and the use of simulations. The results suggest that the group guided reading, the creative use of applets and the production of short texts related to the scientific content have helped students analyze what happens to energy in different interactions, which would improve comprehension of the discipline contents and, consequently, its learning.
