Małgorzata Nodzyńska

Małgorzata Nodzyńska
Pedagogical University of Cracow · Faculty of Geography and Biology

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Formal science education is the last stage of acquiring scientific knowledge for most people. They rely on the knowledge acquired at school for the rest of their lives. Therefore, it is important that formal education changes students' colloquial knowledge into scientific knowledge and is correct. The study decided to test three situations. In the...
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Contrary to popular belief, effective teaching does not consist in transmitting ready knowledge by teachers, but in acquiring, memorising, and then recreating the knowledge by students. The learner must discover as much „knowledge“ as possible. Such teaching/learning corresponds to the constructivist approach. One of the key steps in constructivist...
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Non-formal science education is a significant part (component) of general education which includes different educational activities carried on outside the framework of the formal system, to provide selected types of learning to particular sub-groups of the population. The study describes the use of informal education opportunities by the inhabitant...
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Bridging courses in science and mathematics are designed seeking to create the conditions that could allow university first year students to fill the gap between what was learnt at school and what is needed at university. Significant preparation gaps are often observed after completing general education. Typically, such courses emphasize diagnostic...
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In the era of universal and compulsory education, in which attention is paid to the ability to think scientifically, there should be no room for unscientific views. However, unscientific theories often appear in the media, and they find numerous supporters. Therefore, it was decided to investigate which of the common beliefs about the "chemical vs....
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The paper descrribes the proposal of a new approach to the construction of a studies that prepare students to become a chemistry teachers that is realised at Pedagogical University of Cracow. The need to prepare a new study program is discussed, as well as its relationship with the mission of the University. Preparation for the teaching profession...
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In formal education, the teaching of natural sciences begins when children are about 12 years old. Teachers justify this with the difficulty and abstraction of concepts in these sciences, and they refer to the theory of child development by Piaget. However, numerous examples from everyday life, from non-formal education, analysis of the difficultie...
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Writing and balancing equations of chemical reactions is one of the \most difficult elements of chemistry education for students, which is why it was decided to analyse part of the process which is the most difficult. The process itself consists of multiple stages. it is important to highlight that the focus of research was not only on balancing th...
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The system of education in Poland changed in 1999. The reform has allowed teachers greater autonomy in choosing textbooks and in the way of realizing the core curriculum. These reforms were intended to improve the quality of education and to increase its efficiency. On the other hand the diversity of school textbooks for chemistry carries many ways...

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