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(992) EXPLORING MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES: A LABORATORY APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF YEASTS AND BACTERIA IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

机译:(992)探索微生物学和生物技术:小学酵母和细菌研究的实验室方法

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The present work consists in an experimental research based on teaching and learning Biology in primary school. The aims of this research are two. First, it wants to support the current scientific evidence that underlines the effectiveness of laboratory didactics. Secondly, it aims to prove that this method makes it possible to deal with several topics which are not currently mentioned in the Italian Guidelines. Nowadays, scientific evidence demonstrates that laboratory didactics has a stronger impact on lifelong learning than traditional didactic approaches, based on frontal lessons only. The epistemological and methodological structure is clear: Science, especially Biology, should not just be taught for their products (concepts, theories, innovations,) but also, and especially, for their processes. Therefore, laboratory activities, conducted through experimental methods, represent one of the best resources in order to develop problem-solving skills, which underline a scientific mind. In the laboratory, every question or curiosity opens to new discoveries. In this way students gradually come to formalize their scientific knowledge. The teacher’s role is to suspend his immediate explanation. He should be able to support spontaneous questions by students and the possibility to make hypothesis based on their naive theories. Starting from children's curiosity, it also makes possible to consider aspects that really intrigue them but which are usually omitted by school programs, as they are considered too "far" from pupils’ actual cognitive ability. Children, unlike adults, do not tend to take anything for granted and are fascinated and intrigued by everything is around them, regardless of its hypothetical complexity. For this reason, teaching Biology in this way means to support students’ intrinsic motivation, giving them not only scientific notions, but also concrete answers with practical implications in their daily lives. In this research, we followed children’s interest for the microscopic world and we treated microbiology and its biotechnological applications in food industry. We started from bread and yogurt productions, which are very close to students’ reality, in order to introduce the topic of biotechnological applications using yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and bacteria (Streptococcus termophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus). It was surprising for children to “discover” that the dough of a bakery product or a dairy product is actually a living material. As a matter of fact, the billion cells of living microorganisms, the yeasts and the bacteria, are in fact the protagonists of fermentation processes. In conclusion, considering the outcomes of our research, it is clear that the educational implications of laboratory didactics are very significant and therefore not negligible. Moreover, this work would be an exhortation to teachers to use this method and to become a potential changing agent.
机译:目前的工作包括基于小学教学和学习生物学的实验研究。这项研究的目的是两个。首先,它希望支持目前强调实验室教学的有效性的科学证据。其次,它旨在证明这种方法可以处理意大利准则中目前未提及的几个主题。如今,科学证据表明,基于仅限前课的正面课程,实验室教学对终身学习具有更强的影响。认识论和方法论结构很清楚:科学,尤其是生物学,不应只是为了他们的产品教授(概念,理论,创新,),而且尤其是他们的流程。因此,通过实验方法进行的实验室活动代表了最佳资源之一,以制定解决问题的技能,这强调了科学思想。在实验室中,每个问题或好奇心都会开放新发现。通过这种方式,学生逐渐来正式化他们的科学知识。教师的角色是暂停立即解释。他应该能够通过学生支持自发的问题,并基于天真理论做出假设的可能性。从儿童的好奇心开始,它也可以考虑真正迷恋他们但是学校计划通常遗漏的方面,因为他们被认为是“远离学生的实际认知能力”。与成年人不同,孩子们不倾向于将任何东西视为理所当然,并且由于其假设的复杂性而令人着迷,并受到一切都是令人着迷的。出于这个原因,以这种方式教学生物学意味着支持学生的内在动机,不仅给予他们的科学概念,而且还具有在日常生活中具有实际影响的具体答案。在这项研究中,我们遵循儿童对微观世界的兴趣,我们对食品工业进行了微生物学及其生物技术应用。我们从面包和酸奶制作开始,这非常接近学生的现实,以便使用酵母(酿酒酵母)和细菌(Streptococcus everophilus和Lactobacillus保加利菌)来介绍生物技术应用的主题。孩子们令人惊讶的是,“发现”那个面包店产品或乳制品的面团实际上是一种活性材料。事实上,生命微生物,酵母和细菌的百亿细胞实际上是发酵过程的主角。总之,考虑到我们研究的结果,很明显,实验室教学的教育影响非常重要,因此不可忽略不可忽略。此外,这项工作将是对教师使用这种方法并成为潜在的变更代理的劝告。

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