Virginia Aznar

• University of Santiago de Compostela

Several variables associated with motivation toward science learning in preservice elementary teachers, such as relevance to personal goals and self‐efficacy, are important factors in preservice preparation. The main objective is to analyze the relationships of these motivational variables with the emotions of boredom and enjoyment, and with engage...

This study tries to make an original contribution to the research on modelling in the context of health issues in pre-service primary teacher education. We address some results of a teaching sequence about TB that uses an approach based on science learning as participation in the scientific practices. The episode of TB infection suffered by the par...

This study explores the ideas and models of a group of pre-service teachers (N = 124) about an infectious disease with a high incidence in our context, sometimes present among students, tuberculosis. The research objectives are: 1) to investigate the conceptions about tuberculosis by two groups of primary pre-service teachers, one affected and the...

The need of improving initial teacher training becomes a basic demand which involves all sectors of society. Given this context, the purpose of this study is to identify and describe differences in Master’s students who had a degree in Science, Foreign Languages, and Vocational Training. Thus, through a descriptive study we try to discover and deco...

Recibido en octubre de 2013, aceptado en enero de 2014] Este artículo analiza la forma en que los libros de texto presentan las enfermedades infecciosas y si el tipo de actividades que proponen favorece el desarrollo de competencias científicas en este tema. Se analizan ocho libros de texto de Biología y Geología de 3º de ESO (14-15 años) de amplia...

This paper analyzes how textbooks introduce infectious diseases and if the activities promote the development of scientific competencies in this topic. Eight textbooks widely used in 9th grade (14-15 years old) Biology and Geology teaching are analysed. The results show that the textbooks make reference to numerous diseases, although they do not fo...

In 2007 the Organic Law on Education was passed by the Spanish parliament. One of the new approaches introduced by this law refers to the term of the achievement of basic competences by pupils. Competences are defined as integral actions to identify, argue and solve problems integrating knowledge of being, doing and knowing. Eight competences were...

Hoy en día se está imponiendo como herramienta educativa el uso de Blogs dentro del sistema educativo formal. Todo ello ha conformado un nuevo enfoque de colaboración donde el aprendizaje ha tomado una relación más íntima con nuevos medios de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Nuestro trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar, por un lado, qué modalidades de blog...

One of the aims of Secondary teachers is to get students to reach basic competencies, which are defined as the ability to put into practice, in an integrated way and in different contexts and situations, the acquired knowledge, abilities and personal attitudes. One of these basic competencies is referred to the treatment of information and digital...

En: Alambique : Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales Barcelona 2000, n. 25, julio ; p. 9-14 En este artículo se revisan algunos estudios que analizan los conocimientos y las actitudes que el público en general y los adolescentes en particular tienen sobre la biotecnología en la actualidad, así como las implicaciones que los errores conceptuales...

Resumen La experiencia didáctica a la que se refiere este trabajo se enmarca dentro del proyecto RODA (razona-miento, argumentación y discusión) de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Fue llevada a cabo con alumnos de bachillerato utilizando problemas reales. La utilización de estos problemas auténticos determina la metodología a emplear, dad...