Open AccessHow students of primary school understand large scale energy systems: The case of thermal power plant
Author(s) -
Niki Sissamperi,
Dimitrios Koliopoulos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of technology and science education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2014-5349
pISSN - 2013-6374
DOI - 10.3926/jotse.1137
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , mathematics education , constructivist teaching methods , curriculum , intervention (counseling) , science education , scale (ratio) , teaching method , psychology , pedagogy , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , programming language
The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of a constructivist teaching intervention on 6th grade students' cognitive progress on large-scale Energy Generation Systems (EGS), specifically on a Thermal Power Plant (TPP). This intervention was designed according to the constructivist approach for teaching and learning science, and it can be described as an autonomous teaching module appropriate for an elementary science curriculum. With the application of this intervention in real classroom settings, the majority of students were able to construct sufficient technological and scientific knowledge in order to describe and explain the operation of a TPP in qualitative energy terms, as our research data ascertained.