... Anna PERAZZONE Elena CAMINO Fabrizio BERTOLINO Groupe de Recherche en Didactique des Sciences... more ... Anna PERAZZONE Elena CAMINO Fabrizio BERTOLINO Groupe de Recherche en Didactique des Sciences Naturelles Département de biologie animale et de l'homme Université de Turin ... A project of Environmental Education linking primary and secondary schools. ...
Global changes such as urbanisation, new ways of travelling, new information and communication te... more Global changes such as urbanisation, new ways of travelling, new information and communication technologies are causing radical changes in the relationships between human beings and the environment we are both a part of and depend on. Relationships which – according to a multiplicity of researches in various fields – are crucially important. Science education and the language of science risk exacerbating a tendency towards objectifying nature and inhabiting a virtual reality, thereby rendering ever more tenuous the dialogue between people and the natural world. This article examines two
approaches to science and language – as products or as processes – and suggests how awareness of the dynamic relationship between language and knowledge can help restore that vital dialogue.
... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs... more ... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs. ... facts and values and the way in which we build and make use of new ... linguistic analysis is directed towards the identification of metaphors for enhancing epistemological pluralism and ...
... Laura COLUCCI & Elena CAMINO Research group in science education, University of Turin... more ... Laura COLUCCI & Elena CAMINO Research group in science education, University of Turin Abstract. ... It is therefore crucial that Science teachers at secondary and tertiary level are aware of their responsibilities and opportunities (Bingle & Gaskell, 1994; Collingridge, 1989). ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 1350462960020305, Jul 28, 2006
... The teachers interested in the initiative singled out a didactic route that included: ... to ... more ... The teachers interested in the initiative singled out a didactic route that included: ... to underline that, on the whole, teachers were not aiming at making pupils learn ... development challenges forteachers education, in:Environmental Education and Teachers Education,UNESCO ...
Biophilia – the innate tendency of human beings to focus on and to affiliate with natural life em... more Biophilia – the innate tendency of human beings to focus on and to affiliate with natural life emotionally – occurs spontaneously in children. In this study we hypothesized that the development of biophilia is facilitated by an active silence training (AST). In AST silent observation is used as a means to achieve self-knowledge, while games are used as away of evoking fascination, i.e. to help directed attention to rest and to be restored. Therefore an experimental protocol was set up with aim of assessing how effective the AST would be in restoring the attention of 120 children of a primary school in Aosta (Italy). The results show that the experimental group’s performance on the attention test improved as a result of the AST, without affecting either systolic or diastolic blood pressure. Hence, AST seems to be a good way to restore children’s attentional capacity.
Genetically modified (GM) crops under open field conditions are a complex and controversial issue... more Genetically modified (GM) crops under open field conditions are a complex and controversial issue. Ecologists are discussing about the possibility that a transgene belonging to GM plants could spread to native populations through a process known as introgression the stable incorporation of a gene in the host genome able to generate a differentiated population. The ecological consequences of a transgene introgression in plants or bacteria are not yet well understood, but could be significant. In this critical review we consider vertical and horizontal introgression. We analyse the biochemical and genetic constraints, and environmental factors that limit the possibility of transgene spread; meanwhile we show cases in which the natural barriers are overcome. Then we discuss the overall management of GM crops, noting the shortcomings and approximations of risk assessment based on linear thinking typical of the biomolecular approach. Finally we suggest to explicitly weight facts together...
... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs... more ... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs. ... facts and values and the way in which we build and make use of new ... linguistic analysis is directed towards the identification of metaphors for enhancing epistemological pluralism and ...
Pflugers Archiv-european Journal of Physiology, 1973
When the sensory fibres in “Rana Esculenta” are stimulated with trains of square pulses, having a... more When the sensory fibres in “Rana Esculenta” are stimulated with trains of square pulses, having a duration of 100 μsec, with frequencies between 20 and 100 Hz, the T-shaped cells of spinal ganglia (which are electrically excitable and respond to low frequency stimulation producing an action potential) are progressively affected by fatigue. For this reason the cellular spike (S spike) is generated with an increasing delay after the non-myelinated (NM spike) and myelinated (M spike) component of the action potential. In the fibre very often a new spike becomes evident, under such stimulation modes, in addition to the action potential generated by the external stimulus. This one follows the former with a varying delay, depending on the position of the microelectrode in respect to the ganglion. The second impulse, when it appears, shows similar characteristics to those of the retarded cellular spike, under conditions of fatigue, both as regards the frequency values at which it appears and the intermittance of the response. Assuming that the second spike could be attributed to an influence of the soma, we have developed a series of experiments in order to verify this assumption.
... Anna PERAZZONE Elena CAMINO Fabrizio BERTOLINO Groupe de Recherche en Didactique des Sciences... more ... Anna PERAZZONE Elena CAMINO Fabrizio BERTOLINO Groupe de Recherche en Didactique des Sciences Naturelles Département de biologie animale et de l'homme Université de Turin ... A project of Environmental Education linking primary and secondary schools. ...
Global changes such as urbanisation, new ways of travelling, new information and communication te... more Global changes such as urbanisation, new ways of travelling, new information and communication technologies are causing radical changes in the relationships between human beings and the environment we are both a part of and depend on. Relationships which – according to a multiplicity of researches in various fields – are crucially important. Science education and the language of science risk exacerbating a tendency towards objectifying nature and inhabiting a virtual reality, thereby rendering ever more tenuous the dialogue between people and the natural world. This article examines two
approaches to science and language – as products or as processes – and suggests how awareness of the dynamic relationship between language and knowledge can help restore that vital dialogue.
... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs... more ... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs. ... facts and values and the way in which we build and make use of new ... linguistic analysis is directed towards the identification of metaphors for enhancing epistemological pluralism and ...
... Laura COLUCCI & Elena CAMINO Research group in science education, University of Turin... more ... Laura COLUCCI & Elena CAMINO Research group in science education, University of Turin Abstract. ... It is therefore crucial that Science teachers at secondary and tertiary level are aware of their responsibilities and opportunities (Bingle & Gaskell, 1994; Collingridge, 1989). ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 1350462960020305, Jul 28, 2006
... The teachers interested in the initiative singled out a didactic route that included: ... to ... more ... The teachers interested in the initiative singled out a didactic route that included: ... to underline that, on the whole, teachers were not aiming at making pupils learn ... development challenges forteachers education, in:Environmental Education and Teachers Education,UNESCO ...
Biophilia – the innate tendency of human beings to focus on and to affiliate with natural life em... more Biophilia – the innate tendency of human beings to focus on and to affiliate with natural life emotionally – occurs spontaneously in children. In this study we hypothesized that the development of biophilia is facilitated by an active silence training (AST). In AST silent observation is used as a means to achieve self-knowledge, while games are used as away of evoking fascination, i.e. to help directed attention to rest and to be restored. Therefore an experimental protocol was set up with aim of assessing how effective the AST would be in restoring the attention of 120 children of a primary school in Aosta (Italy). The results show that the experimental group’s performance on the attention test improved as a result of the AST, without affecting either systolic or diastolic blood pressure. Hence, AST seems to be a good way to restore children’s attentional capacity.
Genetically modified (GM) crops under open field conditions are a complex and controversial issue... more Genetically modified (GM) crops under open field conditions are a complex and controversial issue. Ecologists are discussing about the possibility that a transgene belonging to GM plants could spread to native populations through a process known as introgression the stable incorporation of a gene in the host genome able to generate a differentiated population. The ecological consequences of a transgene introgression in plants or bacteria are not yet well understood, but could be significant. In this critical review we consider vertical and horizontal introgression. We analyse the biochemical and genetic constraints, and environmental factors that limit the possibility of transgene spread; meanwhile we show cases in which the natural barriers are overcome. Then we discuss the overall management of GM crops, noting the shortcomings and approximations of risk assessment based on linear thinking typical of the biomolecular approach. Finally we suggest to explicitly weight facts together...
... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs... more ... science by facilitating a form of sustained interaction and exchange of knowledge and beliefs. ... facts and values and the way in which we build and make use of new ... linguistic analysis is directed towards the identification of metaphors for enhancing epistemological pluralism and ...
Pflugers Archiv-european Journal of Physiology, 1973
When the sensory fibres in “Rana Esculenta” are stimulated with trains of square pulses, having a... more When the sensory fibres in “Rana Esculenta” are stimulated with trains of square pulses, having a duration of 100 μsec, with frequencies between 20 and 100 Hz, the T-shaped cells of spinal ganglia (which are electrically excitable and respond to low frequency stimulation producing an action potential) are progressively affected by fatigue. For this reason the cellular spike (S spike) is generated with an increasing delay after the non-myelinated (NM spike) and myelinated (M spike) component of the action potential. In the fibre very often a new spike becomes evident, under such stimulation modes, in addition to the action potential generated by the external stimulus. This one follows the former with a varying delay, depending on the position of the microelectrode in respect to the ganglion. The second impulse, when it appears, shows similar characteristics to those of the retarded cellular spike, under conditions of fatigue, both as regards the frequency values at which it appears and the intermittance of the response. Assuming that the second spike could be attributed to an influence of the soma, we have developed a series of experiments in order to verify this assumption.
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approaches to science and language – as products or as processes – and suggests how awareness of the dynamic relationship between language and knowledge can help restore that vital dialogue.
approaches to science and language – as products or as processes – and suggests how awareness of the dynamic relationship between language and knowledge can help restore that vital dialogue.