Socio-Ecological Controversies in the News as Trigger of a Model-Based Inquiry Instructional Sequence about the Effect of Global Warming on the Great Barrier Reef

Sustainability

Isabel Banos-González¹  M.Rut Jiménez-Liso²  Manuela González-Herrera² 

[1] Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain;Sensociencia Team, CEIMAR-Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain;

关键词: coral;    global warming;    model-based inquiry approach;    scientific news;    teaching proposal;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12114676

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The use of socio-ecological controversies, such as global warming, in classrooms has been suggested to increase students’ awareness about complex issues, although detailed analysis of their implementation in classrooms are still scarce. This research shows a model-based inquiry approach (MBI) instructional sequence, using scientific news as a trigger, aimed at addressing a global problem on a real socio-ecological system: the effect of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef. Its implementation in a lower secondary school classroom allowed the assessment of the effectiveness of the instructional sequence designed, based on students’ perception of what secondary school students have learned and felt. Results show that the MBI instructional sequence seems to have favored the mobilization of students’ alternative conceptions about global warming, coral reefs, and symbiotic relationships. In addition, it contributed to increasing the students’ awareness of the problem of global warming and its effects on an essential socio-ecological system, such as coral reefs.

【 授权许可】

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