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Beware of emotions to better teach science

2021-10-29T04:15:25.618Z


PSYCHOLOGY - Should we throw lessons and tests into the fire, to call more on the creativity of the pupils? Didactics and neurosciences have an opinion on the question ...


Science education is a topical issue: France is regularly poorly placed in international education rankings, and the health crisis has clearly shown that the general public sometimes struggles to understand the major issues of research and the scientific method.

How can this be improved?

Perhaps by listening to what research in science education has to tell us ...

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Remember your science lessons: generally, you had to answer a specific question using concepts learned in class.

In didactics, this is called a closed problem, with "

a good solution and a single method

", indicates Manuel Bachtold, lecturer at the University of Montpellier, researcher in epistemology and didactics of physics.

But in contrast to this traditional approach to teaching, there is "

the didactic approach, where the problem is considered as a major source of reflection

".

“We know that the secretion of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with reward, can be very strong when trying to solve a problem.

"

Daniel Favre, former researcher in neurosciences and educational sciences and teacher trainer.

However, research seems to favor

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Source: lefigaro

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