Professional Learning outside the Classroom: Expedition Iceland

Autor/inn/en	Jordan, Julie; Bull, Sue
Titel	Professional Learning outside the Classroom: Expedition Iceland
Quelle	In: Education in Science, (2012) 250, S.14-15 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1377
Schlagwörter	Students; Foreign Countries; Professional Development; Science Instruction; Mathematics Instruction; STEM Education; Science Projects; Science Education; Technology Education; Iceland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; STEM; Science; Project; Wissenschaft; Projekt; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Island
Abstract	A bunch of intrepid teachers spent a week in Iceland in a quest to learn more about the country's challenging landscape, by engaging in a unique and inspiring professional development opportunity to learn about innovative ways to teach science and mathematics outside of a classroom setting. A 2008 Ofsted report highlighted the benefits of learning outside the classroom, including better achievement and motivation in pupils, but many schools do not reap the full benefits of outside trips and teachers may lack the skills and resources they need to teach science outside a conventional classroom setting. Expedition Iceland aims to enhance the teacher's subject interest and knowledge of cutting-edge science in real life contexts, and provide teachers with the confidence and skills to facilitate learning outside the classroom. As an interesting and diverse country, Iceland provided lots of potential areas for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) study, such as ecology, glaciology, volcanology and practical field studies techniques such as sampling, statistics and GPS navigation. This article describes how learning outside the classroom provides a valuable learning opportunity not only for pupils but for teachers too. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Association for Science Education. College Lane Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AA, UK. Tel: +44-1707-283000; Fax: +44-1707-266532; e-mail: info@ase.org.uk; Web site: http://www.ase.org.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10