Creative Natural Selection

Autor/inn/en	Clary, Renee; Wandersee, James
Titel	Creative Natural Selection
Quelle	In: Science Scope, 36 (2012) 2, S.36-43 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0887-2376
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Creative Teaching; Teaching Methods; Interdisciplinary Approach; Biology; Creative Activities; Evolution; Animals; Wildlife; Prediction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Biologie; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Vorhersage
Abstract	In the authors' science classrooms, students respond favorably and with more enthusiasm when they engage them with doing activities and building their own connections, as opposed to simply listening to or reading about the important concepts. Creative activities are important in science classrooms because creativity is not only an integral component for knowledge construction but also can make instruction more effective. The authors' own experience demonstrated that creative classroom investigations inspire students and promote effective learning environments. In an attempt to integrate a geological component in a classroom investigation of biological evolution, the authors developed two activities with an interdisciplinary approach that includes the role of the environment. Their activities not only offer alternatives for addressing the mechanism of natural selection, but they also have been affirmed by their students as their classroom favorites. The authors like to think that they "evolved through their students' natural selection processes." (Contains 3 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10