Using Mobile Technologies and ArcGIS Online in Preservice Science Teacher Education
- UNCP Author/Contributor (non-UNCP co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dr. Rita Hagevik, Assistant Professor, Science Education, Director of Graduate Programs in Science Education (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP )
- Web Site: http://www.uncp.edu/academics/library
Abstract: We propose that a curriculum grounded in nature study and ideally contextualized in the local environment may be an effective means by which to address a number of current reform movements in science education. Secondary science preservice teachers enrolled in a course called Science in the Natural Environment. The majority of the course was conducted on the remote island of Ossabaw, off the coast of Georgia. On site there was no electricity available. The preservice teachers conducted experiments, made collections for their classrooms, used nature journals, wrote a nature autobiography, and created nature teaching improvement plans for their classrooms. It was found that the course was effective at promoting environmental attitudes and that the island experience enhanced environmental stewardship. The preservice teachers provided many examples including unit and lesson plans on how they would use nature study and the environment in their teaching. Through observation, experimentation, and guided instruction and discussions the preservice teachers were able to understand the importance of environmental stewardship and ways they could teach this to others.
Using Mobile Technologies and ArcGIS Online in Preservice Science Teacher Education
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Additional Information
- Publication
- UNCP Research and Creativity Showcase
- Language: English
- Date: 2017
- Keywords
- Mobile Technologies, ArcGis Online, Preservice Science, Teacher Education, Faculty Research, Poster Presentations, University of North Carolina at Pembroke