Engaging Adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL Students in Digital Storytelling Projects about Astronomy

Autor/inn/en	Chubko, Nadezhda; Morris, Julia E.; McKinnon, David H.; Slater, Eileen V.; Lummis, Geoffrey W.
Titel	Engaging Adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL Students in Digital Storytelling Projects about Astronomy
Quelle	In: Issues in Educational Research, 29 (2019) 4, S.1107-1130 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1837-6290
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Video Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Story Telling; Student Projects; Science Projects; Astronomy; Instructional Effectiveness; Science Education; STEM Education; Cooperative Learning; Inquiry; Film Production; Student Attitudes; Extracurricular Activities; Kyrgyzstan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schulprojekt; Science; Project; Wissenschaft; Projekt; Astronomie; Unterrichtserfolg; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; STEM; Kooperatives Lernen; Filmproduktion; Schülerverhalten; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität
Abstract	This research is based on the "Journey through Space and Time" (JTST) educational astronomy project for primary and junior high school science curricula in Australia, which seeks to improve students' astronomy content knowledge through science inquiry. The focus of the current project is on the learning needs of students for whom the language of instruction is a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL). This article reports the results of a pilot case study conducted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in December 2017. The research employed a Type II Case Study design. Data were collected through video and audio recordings of classroom interactions. The "Astronomy Diagnostic Test" measured changes in content knowledge and written feedback at the end of the course and helped to understand students' overall impression from the course. The study revealed that engaging Kyrgyzstani EFL students aged between 12 and 15 years in making videos about their learning of astronomy significantly facilitated their content knowledge acquisition. This research contributes to the existing knowledge about the use of technology in students' science education, and specifically as a tool to enhance EFL students' understanding of the integrated science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum. The results of the shared knowledge construction stimulated by the collaboration in video production create a case for further research in EFL students' disciplinary literacy development. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. 5/202 Coode Street, Como, Western Australia 6152, Australia. e-mail: editor@iier.org.au; Web site: http://www.waier.org.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01