DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR PRIMARY SCIENCE STUDENTS

TitleDEVELOPING COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR PRIMARY SCIENCE STUDENTS
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsLegvart, P, Aberšek, MK, Kerneža, M
JournalJournal of Baltic Science Education
Volume21
Issue5
Start Page836-848
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedOctober/2022
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1648-3898
Other NumbersE-ISSN 2538-7138
Keywordsbasic literacy, communication competence, digital literacy, primary school, science class, socio-constructivist learning approach
Abstract

Effective natural science teaching in primary schools helps students to form and change their conceptions about nature and natural processes. This is only possible through communicating about learners’ existing misconceptions and the process of transforming them into correct scientific concepts – using a socio-constructivist learning approach. The aim of this study was to find out what happens when the natural science teaching/learning process moves into digital learning environments. Immediately after the end of the Covid-induced school lock down, a sample of 183 first-, second- and third-grade teachers in Slovenia were asked to report about what happened in their science classes during the 11-week school lock down. The results reveal problems originating in very limited digital literacy competences as well as a lack of basic skills (in the first grade), and slowly emerging basic literacy in grades two and three. This had a great impact on the communication between teachers and students and between students themselves. According to research results, the problem significantly affects science teaching and is particularly urgent in didactics of chemistry and physics.

URLhttps://oaji.net/articles/2022/987-1667236996.pdf
DOI10.33225/jbse/22.21.836
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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