The work of Indian researcher Dr Kishore in STEM education has been cited at the international conference on project based education held in Czech Republic in the year 2020.
The research paper of Jaipur based educator and researcher “ Stepping into science in small schools: Together with tools, techniques and toys” [1] has been cited in the conference proceedings “Project-Based Education and Other Activating Strategies in Science Education XVIII” of the conference PBE-2020 s held under patronage of dean of the Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague.[2]
The following citations have made in the proceedings of the conference
The use of models offers a range of benefits from the cognitive area of pupil development through their clarity, facilitating the understanding of phenomena, as shown by Kishore’s research (2009) to the impact on pupil motivation (p. 48)
However, research of Kishore (2009) confirms, that pupils remember much more when they involve the learning process’s senses. Besides, when pupils come to the principles of natural laws or relationships themselves when modelling phenomena, the effectiveness of learning increases even more (p. 49)
The editor of the report says that from the overview of papers included in the PBE 2020 proceedings, it is evident that the conference expanded far beyond the project-only focus to other fields which jointly aim at science education improvement via better understanding of the field. “For the following years, connecting in-service teachers with researchers e.g. via action research seems to be desirable, as valuable information about education will not take their effect unless teachers decide to act on them, including evidence-based changes in their instruction,” he adds.
[1] Kishore, L. (2009). Stepping into science in small schools: Together with tools, techniques and toys. In S. A. Agarkar & S. Chunawala (Eds.), epiSTEME 3 (pp. 194-199). Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR.
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