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About Energy in Early Childhood and Primary Education
Department of Educational Science and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras
Tuesday 23/03
University of Patras, Rion 26500
Patras, Greece
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Education
The conference is addressed to preschool and primary teachers in order to inform them about energy matters and the ways in which they can incorporate into their teaching the subject of energy and particularly the subject of renewable sources of energy. The conference consists of two parts. In the first part, researchers on renewable sources of energy from the University of Patras (Greece) will talk about the research they are conducting and the dissemination of the resulting knowledge within society and education. Moreover, researchers in the field of science education will introduce the notion of the didactical transformation of this knowledge into knowledge suitable for children of an early age. In the second part of the conference, various teams of teachers and science education researchers will present teaching programs with regard to energy and the renewable sources of energy intended for early childhood and primary education in Greece and Cyprus. The aim of these presentations is to show that with suitable teaching interventions it is possible for even children of a very early age to build qualitative or semi-quantitative energy conceptions for various natural and technological phenomena.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
| Tuesday 23rd of March 2010, 15.30pm - 21.30pm Amphitheatre I4, Conference Centre, University of Patras | |
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| 15.00 - 15.30
| Foyer, Conference Centre, University of Patras Registration |
| 15.30 - 16.00
| Opening session S. Koubias, Rector, University of Patras L. Sotiropoulos, President of the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras G. Panagiotopoulos, Regional Manager of Education, West Greece D. Katsikopoulos, Achaia's Prefect |
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Session A |
Chair: K. Ravanis, Professor, Vice Rector, University of Patras |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | N. Spirou, Professor, Dean of School of Engineering, University of Patras ‘Energies' that they don't contribute to the greenhouse effect |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Dr N. Kanderakis, Secondary education Advisor The construction of the concept of energy in the 19th century |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | P. Koumaras, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The ‘energy approach' of Electricity in the Greek curriculum |
| 17.30 - 18.00 | Foyer, Conference Centre, University of Patras Coffee- Break
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| Session B | Chair: P. Koumaras, Professor, Department of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| 18.00 - 18.30 | M. Argiropoulou, Teacher in secondary education & D. Koliopoulos, University of Patras Teaching the concept of energy in first grade: representing energy chains |
| 18.30 - 19.00 | E. Simidala & P. Tzamaria, Educators in Early Childhood Education, Post graduate students, University of Patras & D. Koliopoulos, University of Patras Teaching the concept of energy in Early Childhood Education: emerging pre-energy reasoning |
| 19.00 - 19.30 | N. Tsagliotis, Teacher in primary education, PhD student, University of Crete Applications of solar energy in the primary school |
| 19.30 - 20.00
Session C | Foyer, Conference Centre, University of Patras Coffee- Break
Chair: D. Koliopoulos, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras |
| 20.00 - 20.30 | Dr. N. Papadouris, Teacher in primary education & C. Constantinou, Associate Professor, University of Cyprus An epistemologically based proposal for the teaching of energy in 11 to 14 years old students: theoretical issues and empirical data |
| 20.30 - 21.00 | N. Delegkos, Primary education Advisor, PhD student, University of Patras & D. Koliopoulos, University of Patras Teaching the concept of energy in fifth grade: constructing the quantitative aspect of energy |
| 21.00 - 21.30 | V. Stauropoulos, N. Sissaberi, Teachers in primary/secondary education, PhD students, University of Patras & D. Koliopoulos, University of Patras Teaching the concept of energy in complex technological systems: the cases of the car and the hydroelectric power plant |
Laboratory of Didactics of Science, Mathematics and ICT, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras
