Fostering geospatial thinking in science education through a customisable smartphone application

被引:22
作者
Price, Sara [1 ]
Davies, Paul [2 ]
Farr, William [3 ]
Jewitt, Carey [3 ]
Roussos, George [4 ]
Sin, George
机构
[1] Inst Educ IoE, London, England
[2] IoE, PGCE Secondary Sci & MA Sci Educ, London, England
[3] IoE, London, England
[4] Univ London Birkbeck Coll, London WC1E 7HX, England
关键词
Teaching; -; Smartphones;
D O I
10.1111/bjet.12000
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Enhanced capabilities of modern smartphones offer the potential to design tools that support new forms of teaching and learning. Increased access to mobile-networked environments and geospatial systems provide opportunities for developing new educational experiences that support a geospatial approach to science, fostering new ways of thinking about science. However, designing effective innovative educational mobile applications remains a challenge. Applications need to be accessible to teachers that are not tech-savvy as well as those that are, foster active learning pedagogies, enable flexible and creative use, as well as fit within the curriculum. This paper describes a smartphone application developed together with pre-service science teachers, designed to be customisable by teachers while supporting a geospatial approach to science education. The design process and trial illustrate application use, how it supports a geospatial approach to science education and raises issues around mobile technologies, teacher pedagogies and adoption.
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页码:160 / 170
页数:11
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