This diploma thesis responds to the innovative trends and the causes of these changes in the science education.. The theoretical part of the thesis deals primarily with Inquiry-Based (Science) Education. It is focused on its definition, main features and its position in the Czech educational system. The main goal of this thesis and an output of the practical part is creating a portfolio with Inquiry-Based Science Education tasks in the physical geography (geology, geomorphology, pedology and biogeography) intended for the 2nd stage of primary schools.

abstract: To develop critical reasoning skills potentially advances students' ability to critically consume information, make informed decisions, and actively participate in a democracy. An inquiry-based pedagogical approach to science teaching remains an effective means to develop critical reasoning skills. Participating in scientific inquiry requires students to generate arguments and test alternative hypotheses using experimental evidence. Scientific inquiry demands that students use their critical reasoning skills. Unfortunately, many teachers fail to allocate an adequate amount of time for genuine experimentation in science classes. As a result, science classes often leave students unprepared to think critically and apply their knowledge in a practical manner. The focus of this study was to investigate the extent to which an inquiry-based professional development experience, including a two-day summer workshop and 18 weeks of follow up Professional Learning Community (PLC) support, affected the attitudes and pedagogical skills regarding scientific inquiry among six high school biology teachers. A concurrent mixed methods, action research design was used to measure changes in teachers' attitudes, perceptions, and skills regarding inquiry-based pedagogy was measured throughout the 22 weeks of the study. A survey instrument, card sorting activity, classroom observations using the Reformed Teacher Observation Protocol (RTOP), individual interviews, and PLC observations were used to gather data. Results indicated the professional development was effective in transforming the participating teachers' attitudes, perceptions, and skills regarding inquiry-based pedagogy. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Leadership and Innovation 2018

Deveria ser esperado que a população fosse ciente de como a ciência, e principalmente, seus conhecimentos e aplicações, chegam até ela e, para isso, tivesse esclarecimento e discernimento suficientes para perceber, entender e julgar as novidades científico-tecnológicas a que tem acesso no que poderíamos chamar de Alfabetização Científica (AC). Sasseron (2008) define a AC como um processo de inserção dos indivíduos dentro da cultura científica. Sasseron e Carvalho (2008), a partir de eixos estruturantes da AC, propõem indicadores que servem como parâmetros que permitam identificar que a AC está em processo. Osborne e Patterson publicam, em 2011, um polêmico trabalho com o intuito de distinguir Argumentos de Explicações, alegando que a falta de distinção entre estes dois conceitos representa uma fraqueza no campo de pesquisa em ensino de Ciências. Tomando a AC como norte para o ensino de ciência, Argumentos e Explicações se valorizam, já que pertencem às práticas da ciência e podem ser um meio de atingir metas cognitivas, epistêmicas e sociais da aprendizagem em Ciências. Os objetivos deste trabalho: a) a partir de apoios da literatura, desenvolver recursos metodológicos para caracterizar e diferenciar argumentos e explicações; b) identificar e analisar argumentos e explicações presentes nas produções escritas de alunos; c) identificar e analisar indicadores de AC presentes nas produções escritas dos alunos. Nossa análise se deu sobre uma das atividades realizadas dentro do contexto de uma sequência de ensino investigativo (SEI), a qual aborda a temática \"Dinâmica Populacional\", aplicada em duas turmas do 1° ano do Ensino Médio da Escola de Aplicação da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (EAFEUSP) em 2012 e 2013. Os alunos realizaram um experimento sobre a capacidade suporte de um ambiente para a população de Lemna sp (uma planta aquática de pequeno porte que apresenta alta taxa de reprodução por brotamento). Após a realização desse experimento, os alunos produziram relatórios coletivamente com conclusões individuais. Analisamos cada trecho (o qual poderia se constituir de um parágrafo, tabela, gráfico ou figura) de um conjunto de 29 relatórios em busca dos indicadores da AC e de Explicações e Argumentos. Foram encontrados 571 indicadores de AC nos relatórios e 367 nas conclusões individuais, e isso nos permite considerar que a AC está em processo. Também podemos considerar que os alunos envolveram-se com as investigações e as discussões propostas. A proposição de uma metodologia de desambiguação é tanto metodologia como resultado, e a aplicação desta nos permitiu identificar 35 Explicações e 22 Argumentos nos relatórios e respectivamente 21 e 40 nas 52 conclusões individuais que foram produzidas apenas no ano de 2013. No tocante aos objetivos desta pesquisa, acreditamos tê-los respondido na medida em que desenvolvemos uma metodologia que nos permitiu distinguir Argumentos e Explicações em produções escritas de alunos e identificamos os indicadores de Alfabetização Científica presentes nessas produções. Essa última tarefa culminou na proposição de dois novos indicadores em acréscimo aos que usamos como referência (SASSERON 2008; SASSERON e CARVALHO 2008): um deles é o próprio Argumento, e outro, a Listagem de materiais. / Should be expected that the population is aware of how science, especially their knowledge and reach, comes to her and, therefore, had sufficient enlightenment and discernment to perceive, understand and judge the scientific and technological innovations that give access to what may be called the Scientific Literacy (SL). Sasseron (2008) defines the SL as a process of integration of individuals within the scientific culture. Sasseron and Carvalho (2008) from the structural axis of SL propose indicators that serve as parameters that identify that the SL is in process. Osborne and Patterson published a controversial study in 2011 in order to distinguish Arguments from Explanations, claiming that the lack of distinction between these concepts is a weakness in the field of research in science teaching. Taking the SL as north to the teaching of science, Arguments and Explanations are valued, since they belong to the practices of science and can be a way to achieve cognitive, epistemic and social goals of learning in science. The aims of this work: a) supported from the literature, develop methodological tools to characterize and differentiate Arguments and Explanations; b) identify and analyze Arguments and Explanations present in the written production of students; c) identify and analyze indicators of SL present in the students\' written productions. Our analysis was based on one of the activities carried out within the context of a sequence of investigative teaching (SEI), which deals with the \"Population Dynamics\" theme, applied to two classes of the 1st year of high school at the Escola de Aplicação from the Faculdade de Educação from University of São Paulo (EAFEUSP) in 2012 e 2013. Students conducted an experiment on the carrying capacity of an environment for the population of Lemna sp (an aquatic plant that features small high rate of reproduction by budding). After performing this experiment, students collectively produced reports with individual conclusions. We analyzed each passage (which could be a paragraph, table, graph or diagram) of a set of 29 reports in search of indicators of the AC, the explanations and arguments. We found 571 indicators of SL in the reports and the 367 in the individual conclusions, and this allows us to consider that the SL is in progress. We can also consider that the students were involved with the investigation and the proposed discussions. The proposition of a methodology for the disambiguation is both method and result. Applying this methodology allowed us to identify 35 Explanations and 22 Arguments in the reports. We found respectively 21 and 40 in 52 individual conclusions that were produced in 2013 only. Concerning the aims of this study, we believe having them answered, as we developed a methodology that allowed us to distinguish Arguments and Explanations in written production of students, and identify indicators of Scientific Literacy on those productions. This last task culminated in the proposal of two new indicators in addition to those we used as reference (SASSERON 2008; SASSERON e CARVALHO 2008): one is the Argument itself, and another, the Listing of Materials.

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This master's thesis deals with the means of innovation in the training of chemistry teachers. The theoretical part deals with the reforms of the Czech education system, measuring systems, especially the Vernier system, Inquiry-Based Science Education and also the project of implementation of the regional action plan. The experimental part focuses on the verification of several experiments, where temperature sensors and a force sensor from the Vernier system were used, and the possibility of their introduction into the teaching of future chemistry teachers. Furthermore, the work deals with the introduction of the Vernier measuring system for a selected high school. The success of the implementation of the measuring system was verified in the form of an interview with the teacher and the school management. After the introduction of the system, a successful science course was started at the school.

The Swedish National Agency for Education and the Swedish School Inspectorate raised a red flag that pupils' interest in science lowered between year 4 and year 8. The purpose of this literature study was to investigate possible ways to conduct science education in a way to promote and to maintain pupils’ interest in science. This purpose led to the two research questions: - What work methods can be used to promote and maintain pupils’ interest in science? - What aspects are important in the process of selecting subject content, to promote and maintain pupils’ interest in science? Ten different studies that focused on pupils' interest in science, or lack of, in science were analysed to find solutions to the problem at hand. The results showed five topics, all of which had a positive impact on pupils' interest in science. Methods such as communicative work, inquiry-based science education and laborative work, together with aspects of subject content such as science in an everyday context, pupils' influence and pupil involvementwere all key factors to gaining pupils' interest. This study points out how work methods and teachers’ didactic choices can be used to increase pupils' interest. We further on discuss how the new Swedish curriculum may be incompatible with such work. As well as how, or if, our pupils’ interest and knowledge will be able to coexist through primary school science education.

A mediação do professor é fundamental para a construção de argumentos em aulas de Ciências. Nesse sentido torna-se importante estudar as interações discursivas entre professor e alunos. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo analisar como os propósitos e as ações do professor estimulam a argumentação dos alunos em uma aula investigativa de ciências. Para caracterizar a mediação do professor foi utilizada a ferramenta analítica \"propósitos epistêmicos e ações típicas para promoção da argumentação\" de Ferraz e Sasseron (2014) e de Ferraz (2015), enquanto que o layout de Toulmin (TAP) (2006) foi utilizado para identificar os elementos do argumento construídos pelos alunos. Foram identificados dois argumentos contendo os elementos básicos do TAP construídos coletivamente ao longo da aula. Durante a construção dos argumentos, o professor utilizou os propósitos retomar, problematizar, explorar e qualificar. As ações \"retoma dado\" e \"explora ponto de vista\" contribuíram para a construção do elemento dado. A construção da garantia deveu-se as ações \"retoma conceito\", \"retoma informações\", \"explora ponto de vista\" e \"qualifica variáveis, objetos ou fenômenos\". A construção do elemento conclusão foi promovida pela ação \"propõe um problema\". As ações \"qualifica variáveis, objetos ou fenômenos\", \"qualifica explicações ou pontos de vista\", \"retoma informações\" e \"explora ponto de vista\" auxiliaram na construção do elemento refutação do TAP. A maior frequência dos propósitos explorar e qualificar deveu-se ao esforço do professor em promover a avaliação de dados e garantias que os alunos estavam utilizando para a construção de suas conclusões sobre a presença ou não de seres vivos na amostra analisada. / The mediation of the teacher is fundamental for the construction of arguments in science class. Like this it is important to study the discursive interactions between teacher and students. This study aimed to analyze how the teacher\'s purposes and actions stimulate the reasoning of students in an inquiry science class. The analytical tool \"epistemic purpose and typical actions to promote the argumentation\" (FERRAZ; SASSERON, 2014; FERRAZ, 2015) was used to characterize the mediation of the teacher while the Toulmin Argument Pattern (TAP) (2006) was used to identify argument elements built by students. Two arguments containing the basic elements of TAP collectively built along class were identified. During the construction of the arguments, the teacher used the purpose resume, problematize, explore and qualify. The actions \"given recovery\" and \"explores view\" contributed to the construction of the data element. The construction of the warrants was due to the actions \"recovery concept\", \"recovery information\", \"explores points of view\" and \"qualifies variables, objects or phenomena\". The construction element conclusion was promoted by the action \"proposes the problem\". The actions \"qualifies variables, objects or phenomena\", \"qualifies explanations or points of view\", \"recovery information\" and \"explores perspective\" helped in the construction of refutation element of TAP. The highest frequency of the purposes explore and qualify was due to the teacher\'s effort to promote the evaluation of data and warrants that students were using to build its conclusions on the presence or absence of living organisms in the sample.

A mediação do professor é fundamental para a construção de argumentos em aulas de Ciências. Nesse sentido torna-se importante estudar as interações discursivas entre professor e alunos. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo analisar como os propósitos e as ações do professor estimulam a argumentação dos alunos em uma aula investigativa de ciências. Para caracterizar a mediação do professor foi utilizada a ferramenta analítica \"propósitos epistêmicos e ações típicas para promoção da argumentação\" de Ferraz e Sasseron (2014) e de Ferraz (2015), enquanto que o layout de Toulmin (TAP) (2006) foi utilizado para identificar os elementos do argumento construídos pelos alunos. Foram identificados dois argumentos contendo os elementos básicos do TAP construídos coletivamente ao longo da aula. Durante a construção dos argumentos, o professor utilizou os propósitos retomar, problematizar, explorar e qualificar. As ações \"retoma dado\" e \"explora ponto de vista\" contribuíram para a construção do elemento dado. A construção da garantia deveu-se as ações \"retoma conceito\", \"retoma informações\", \"explora ponto de vista\" e \"qualifica variáveis, objetos ou fenômenos\". A construção do elemento conclusão foi promovida pela ação \"propõe um problema\". As ações \"qualifica variáveis, objetos ou fenômenos\", \"qualifica explicações ou pontos de vista\", \"retoma informações\" e \"explora ponto de vista\" auxiliaram na construção do elemento refutação do TAP. A maior frequência dos propósitos explorar e qualificar deveu-se ao esforço do professor em promover a avaliação de dados e garantias que os alunos estavam utilizando para a construção de suas conclusões sobre a presença ou não de seres vivos na amostra analisada. / The mediation of the teacher is fundamental for the construction of arguments in science class. Like this it is important to study the discursive interactions between teacher and students. This study aimed to analyze how the teacher\'s purposes and actions stimulate the reasoning of students in an inquiry science class. The analytical tool \"epistemic purpose and typical actions to promote the argumentation\" (FERRAZ; SASSERON, 2014; FERRAZ, 2015) was used to characterize the mediation of the teacher while the Toulmin Argument Pattern (TAP) (2006) was used to identify argument elements built by students. Two arguments containing the basic elements of TAP collectively built along class were identified. During the construction of the arguments, the teacher used the purpose resume, problematize, explore and qualify. The actions \"given recovery\" and \"explores view\" contributed to the construction of the data element. The construction of the warrants was due to the actions \"recovery concept\", \"recovery information\", \"explores points of view\" and \"qualifies variables, objects or phenomena\". The construction element conclusion was promoted by the action \"proposes the problem\". The actions \"qualifies variables, objects or phenomena\", \"qualifies explanations or points of view\", \"recovery information\" and \"explores perspective\" helped in the construction of refutation element of TAP. The highest frequency of the purposes explore and qualify was due to the teacher\'s effort to promote the evaluation of data and warrants that students were using to build its conclusions on the presence or absence of living organisms in the sample.

The thesis Water is Life describes the natural science project realized over seven years at elementary school in Chrudim. The theoretical part is dedicated to comparison of the transmissive and constructive-based teaching. It also defines the terms: project, project- based teaching, projective method and research-based teaching. Further chapters deal with contrasting the project-based teaching with integrated theme-based teaching and implementation of the topic Water in the Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education. The analytical part of the thesis describes the process of realization of the Water is Life project from the methodology to the final evaluation. It also employs critical analysis of the project with emphasis on "projectivity" of the projects and necessity of following the basic criteria for the project-based teaching. The main aim of this thesis is to describe the problematic parts and the possible alterations of the described project. KEYWORDS Project teaching, cross-curricular relationships, water, project analysis, observation, inquiry-based science education

Pour de nombreux pays européens, ces dernières années ont été marquées par l’introduction des Enseignements Scientifiques Fondés sur l’Investigation (ESFI) dans les programmes scolaires. Deux objectifs sont poursuivis : offrir une image « plus conforme » de l’activité scientifique et éveiller l’intérêt des élèves en mettant l’accent sur leur rôle actif dans le processus d’apprentissage. Parallèlement à l’introduction de ces démarches, la mise en œuvre d’évaluations formatives ouvre une voie prometteuse pour répondre à ces objectifs. Elles sont en effet susceptibles de développer l’autorégulation des apprentissages des élèves et de constituer une aide pertinente pour les enseignants afin de réguler leur enseignement (Allal & Mottier Lopez, 2007 ; Clark, 2012 ; Wiliam, 2010). Cette recherche doctorale traite des impacts de différentes modalités d’évaluation formative sur l’autorégulation des apprentissages des élèves dans le cadre spécifique des ESFI. Deux enjeux ont guidé ce travail. Le premier, empirique, concernait l’analyse des pratiques évaluatives des enseignants et de leurs effets sur les processus d’autorégulation. Le second visait la mise au point d’une méthodologie qui permette d’analyser les variables étudiées. Pour ce faire, nous avons procédé par enregistrements vidéo de séances de classe et construit des grilles d’indicateurs nous permettant d’analyser les processus in situ. Différentes situations d’enseignement ont été comparées. La première correspondait aux évaluations formatives telles que les enseignants la mettent en œuvre dans leurs pratiques quotidiennes. La deuxième concernait les pratiques évaluatives mises en œuvre par les mêmes enseignants l’année suivante, après qu’un retour réflexif sur leur séance ait été conduit. Nous montrons un meilleur équilibre dans l’usage des différentes modalités d’évaluation formative dans la deuxième situation, notamment vers une plus grande responsabilisation des élèves et mise en avant des pairs en tant que ressource. Les élèves font aussi preuve d’une autorégulation de leur comportement plus efficace au regard d’un temps passé à produire des stratégies de résolution plus important et d’un meilleur engagement dans la tâche. Des manques sont néanmoins relevés quant à la façon d’intégrer formellement l’outil d’autoévaluation à l’activité des élèves. Des pistes d’action pour combiner efficacement l’évaluation aux différentes tâches d’apprentissage sont alors proposées. / Since a few years, in many European countries, Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) has impacted science curriculums. Two goals are at stake: to provide an image of scientific activity more consistent with the actual activity of scientists, and to arouse students' interest by emphasizing their active role in the learning process. With the introduction of these measures, the implementation of formative assessments opens a promising way to meet these goals. They are in fact likely to develop students’ self-regulation and to provide relevant feedbacks for teachers to regulate their teaching (Allal & Mottier Lopez, 2007; Clark, 2012; Wiliam, 2010). This doctoral research focuses on the impacts of different modalities of formative assessment on students’ self-regulation in the specific context of IBSE. Two issues have guided this work. The first one, of empirical nature, aimed at analyzing the evaluation practices of teachers and their effects on the self-regulatory process. The second one was the development of a methodology to analyze the variables at stake. To do this, we proceeded by recording videos of class sessions and constructed an indicator grid which allowed us to analyze in situ process. Different teaching situations were compared. The first corresponded to formative assessments such as teachers implement it in their daily practices. The second concerned the assessment practices implemented by the same teachers the following year, after a workshop where teachers were invited to reflect on their practice. Our results show a better balance in the use of different formative assessment methods in the second situation, especially towards a greater empowerment of students and better taking account peers as resources. Students also demonstrate more efficient self-regulation of their behavior in the light of a greater time spent to produce solving strategies and a better commitment to the task. The question of how to formally integrate the self-assessment tool to student activity is still pending. Some ideas to effectively combine the evaluation with different learning tasks are thus proposed.