Sensing the environment with human senses and electronic sensors in teachers education

Silva, Maria João; Aboim, Sara; Costa, Alzira; Ramos, Teresa; Pinto, Alexandre

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Senses are the fundamental interface between human beings and the environment and they are part of everyday experiences (Mason, & Davies, 2009). Sensors can be considered extensions of human senses (Magnani, 2004). In the SOS Abstract research project (Using Sensors and Senses in the Environment to Develop Abstract Thinking), sensors are approached as learning mediators (Magnani, 2004), since they can be used by students to explore natural phenomena in a more motivated and engaged way, extending their thinking and creating multiple representations of their understanding (Hug, Krajcik and Marx, 2005). In environmental education, children can use senses and sensors to observe, represent, and control variables in authentic activities that explore complex concepts while developing children’s abstract thinking (Silva et al., 2013). In order to improve environmental health education through the joint use of human senses and electronic sensors, it is necessary to empower future teachers with a set of experimental and didactic competences during pre-service and in-service training.

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Senses Environmental education

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Silva, M. J., Aboim, S., Costa, A., Ramos, T., & Pinto, A. (2014). Sensing the environment with human senses and electronic sensors in teachers education. ICEH14 /3rd International Congress of Environmental Health: Proceedings Book, 1, 470–472.