scholarly journals Need Analysis of Virtual Laboratories For Science Education In Jambi, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 744-755
Author(s):  
Fahmi Rohim
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Scientific Phenomena ◽  
Educational Field

The needs of technological advancement which is infused into education system are more and more inviting thorough researches since digital environment influences educational settings. In specific, virtual laboratories as the digital environment is now not used only in engineering and computer science fields but also in educational field in general. Digitalized teaching aids, web-based learning, e-learning etc. are such possible prospective fields that need virtual labs in them. In regard to that, this study is initiated to conduct a need analysis of virtual labs for Jambi province context through library research. This study employs documentary analysis techniques to assimilate reliable information regarding virtual labs from the related literatures. Purposively, this study selects online journals that are correlated to virtual labs and analysed the variables, methods, and results of study. This study finds that studies done yield few shortcomings of virtual labs usages to only the lost opportunity of students to involve their senses during the use of virtual labs. However, in general virtual labs usages contribute benefits to science education such as: a) Virtual labs assist students to link between theoretical and scientific concepts to practical laboratory techniques and skills; b) Virtual labs provide simulations that make students more engaged in learning scientific phenomena; c) Although some important opportunities of learning experiences are not provided by virtual labs such as sensory involvement in learning, most virtual labs are developed to fulfil the characteristics of teaching aids; d) Virtual labs abbreviate the preparation steps of practicum activities, hence they make class-time used effectively; and e) Virtual labs allow students to repeat experiment for multiple times. In addition, virtual labs usages also bring prospects to some important aspects of educational field namely financial resources, academic advancement, technological computer simulation improvement, and cultural aspects. This study suggests the Jambi Education Board to recommend virtual labs usages at schools to equip science education as supplemental and supporting teaching aids.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT NEEDS VIRTUAL LABORATORY FOR LEARNING VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PRACTICES IN THE PANDEMIC TIME COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eskawati Musyarofah Bunyamin ◽  
Eveline Siregar Siregar ◽  
Dwi Kusumawardani Kusumawardani
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Virtual Laboratory ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Practices ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Open Face

During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools did not open face-to-face learning services. The Ministry of Education and Culture has issued a policy learning from Home (BDR) to support the principles of the Education Policy in the COVID-19 Pandemic that the health and safety of students, educators, education personnel, families, and the community is the top priority. However, learning in Vocational School (SMK) is mostly based on practice so that BDR activities cannot be implemented. One thing that is done to overcome this is that some practicum activities can be executed using multimedia known as virtual laboratories. The aim of this study is to conduct a need analysis for the development of a virtual laboratory.  Needs analysis is carried out to gather data about gaps and needs as well profiles of students that can be used as a basis or reference in developing virtual laboratory at the next stage. Data collection was carried out by means of observation, interviews, and distributing questionnaires. The results showed that a virtual laboratory was needed to support practical learning for vocational students.

scholarly journals Representações Quantitativas em Laboratórios Virtuais para o Ensino de Química

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-159
Author(s):  
Alessandro Félix Pascoin ◽  
José Wilson P Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Virtual Laboratory ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Peircean Semiotics ◽  
Quantitative Nature

Resumo Os laboratórios virtuais utilizados no ensino de Química se constituem importantes recursos didáticos para o avanço dos processos de ensino e aprendizagem, ao passo que podem contribuir para ações de mediação na construção do conhecimento. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar as representações quantitativas que estão presentes nas interfaces de laboratórios virtuais à luz da Semiótica Peirceana. É uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória, realizada no repositório portal PhET–Interative Simulation. No percurso da pesquisa foram encontrados 51 aplicativos, desses seis exibiam características de laboratório virtual e três foram semioticamente analisados. Os resultados indicam que três laboratórios apresentam disposições parcialmente satisfatórias nas representações quantitativas que abordam. Esses podem vir a contribuir para o fortalecimento do ensino da Química, por meio de ilustrações, simulações e a participação interativa do estudante. Quanto às possibilidades, esses oferecem diferentes ambientes, formatos e modelos para o estudo desta ciência. Também foram encontradas limitações como a insuficiência de signos iconográficos de ordem quantitativa considerados indispensáveis na conjuntura conceitual de determinados tópicos da Química. As indicações desta pesquisa são para se pensar a respeito dos signos que vão representar a natureza quantitativa da Química, transformando os desafios em possibilidades para os processos de ensino e aprendizagem desta ciência. Palavras-chave: Semiótica. Ensino de Química. Laboratórios Virtuais. Abstract Virtual laboratories used in chemistry teaching are important didactic resources for the advancement of teaching and learning processes, while they can contribute to mediation actions in the knowledge construction. This research aims to analyze the quantitative representations that are present in the virtual laboratories interfaces in light of Peircean semiotics. It is an exploratory qualitative research, conducted at the portal PhET – Interative Simulation. During the research, 51 applications were found, of these, 6 exhibited virtual laboratory characteristics and three were semiotically analyzed. The results indicate that three laboratories have partially satisfactory arrangements in the quantitative representations they address. They can contribute to the strengthening of chemistry teaching through illustrations, simulations and interactive student participation. As for the possibilities they offer different environments, formats and models for the study of this science. Limitations were also found as the insufficiency of quantitative iconographic signs considered indispensable in the conceptual conjuncture of certain topics of chemistry. The indications of this research are to think about the signs that will represent the Chemistry quantitative nature, turning the challenges into possibilities for the teaching and learning processes of this science. Keywords: Semiotics. Chemistry Teaching. Virtual Labs.

scholarly journals VIRTUAL LABORATORIES AS STRATEGY FOR TEACHING IMPROVEMENT IN MATH SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING IN BOLIVIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-62
Author(s):  
Francisco Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Matrix Algebra ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Inverted Pendulum ◽  
Numerical Algorithms ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Teaching Improvement ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Virtual Laboratories

The vertiginous technological advancement has made necessary the use of computersoftware that contributes to the improvement of teaching in math sciences and engineering.It is in this context that the last five years the strategy presented in this article has been disseminatedin the main universities of Bolivia, a country where the schools have not yet been ableto offer basic disciplines such as calculus, matrix algebra, physics and/or differential equationsto solve problems considering applicative aspects. To establish this connection, it is necessaryto deduce differential equations associated with practical problems, solve these equationswith different numerical algorithms, and establish the concept of simulation to later introducelanguages like Python/VPython free of license to elaborate Virtual Laboratories that allow obtainingthe solutions in two and three dimensions. The classical problems addressed for thispurpose are the satellite of two degrees of freedom and the inverted pendulum.

Interviewing Elites in the Educational Field

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luísa Quaresma ◽  
Cristóbal Villalobos
Keyword(s):  
Research Process ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Critical Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Interview Process ◽  
Select Group ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
Educational Field

Elites can be understood as a group of people in possession of the highest levels of economic, social, cultural, and political capital. For this reason, these groups are considered key actors in understanding social inequality, the configuration of social structures, and the distribution of power within societies. In the field of education, elites tend to concentrate in a small, select group of schools and universities, forming a social context that is key to understanding processes of (social) mobility and the reproduction of social positions. The indisputable relevance of education in both the formation and consecration of elites make it almost impossible not to focus in the educational system when one is called to problematize the power of elites. Through a literature review surveying the available literature within the field as well as examples of previous research, principle epistemological, conceptual, and empirical frameworks necessary to address interviews with elites in the educational sphere can be observed. The chapter review three critical dimensions of the interview process: (a) design, analyzing aspects such as the potentialities and limitations of the different types of interviews, the issue of validity and, the question about the distance between interviewer and interviewee (b) contact and consent to participate, studding the identification, contact and pre-meeting stage and (c) the interview process, analyzing aspects such as the place of the interview, the cultural aspects involved in any interview, the objective and purpose of the interview, the knowledge and skills that the interviewer must display, and the dispute over the power and status that is displayed in this type of interaction. Researchers who study education and/or elite social classes and who want to deepen their understanding of a group of people might refer to this qualitative research process of studying elites in the educational field.

scholarly journals Science verbs as a tool for investigating scientific phenomena – a pedagogical idea emerging from practitioner-researcher collaboration

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Areljung
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Chemical Processes ◽  
Everyday Practice ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
The Core ◽  
Joint Problem ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
Scientific Phenomena

This paper communicates the pedagogical idea of approaching scientific phenomena through verbs. The idea has sprung from a collaboration between preschool practitioners and a researcher, addressing science education in preschool (children aged 1-5 years). Drawing on a joint problem inventory, the project group aimed to create a teaching model that supports inquiry-oriented approaches to science, and teachers’ ability of distinguishing chemical processes and physics phenomena in everyday practice. The core idea of the teaching model turned out to be a list of everyday verbs, connected to scientific phenomena. Starting from verbs appear to help teachers to recognise the scientific phenomena in everyday practice. Further, the verbs guide the formulating of questions that can be answered by scientific inquiry, such as: ''what matters to how something melts/rolls/mixes?''.

scholarly journals Virtual labs and their impact on developing scientific inquiry skills in the science subject for fifth-grade female students in Jeddah: المعامل الافتراضية وأثرها على تنمية مهارات الاستقصاء العلمي في مادة العلوم لدى طالبات الصف الخامس الابتدائي بجدة

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Ebrahim Gahm
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Inquiry Skills ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Scientific Inquiry Skills ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the current research is to reveal the impact of virtual labs on developing scientific investigation skills of fifth-grade primary students in Jeddah, and in order to achieve that, the researcher used the quasi-experiment approach with one group, where the research tools were applied after ensuring their validity and stability, namely the performance test and the attached observation card, before After applying the experimental treatment material represented in the virtual Crocodile laboratory in a sample of (35) female students of the fifth grade of primary school - the second semester of the academic year 1437-1438 AH, and they were chosen by the intentional method, and after conducting the experiment the research results were analyzed, and the research concluded A total of a set of results, the most prominent of which is the existence of a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group students that use (virtual laboratories), in the pre and post application of the performance test and its observation card for scientific inquiry skills in favor of the post application. The researcher recommended employing virtual laboratories in teaching science subjects and its branches and suggested a set of future researches in light of the results of the research.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEBUTUHAN KONTEN MODEL MULTIMEDIA ALAT BANTU GURU UNTUK PAUD

2014 ◽  
pp. 162-176
Author(s):  
Manikowati Manikowati
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Multimedia Teaching ◽  
Instructional Multimedia ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

diterima tanggal 6 Mei 2013, dikembalikan untuk direvisi tanggal 14 Mei 2013, disetujui tanggal 24 Mei 2013Abstraks: Multimedia pembelajaran dengan karakteristik yang dimiliki, dapat mengembangkan apapun konten pembelajaran. Untuk itu, diasumsikan multimedia pembelajaran mampu memberikan kebermanfaatan yang sangat tinggi kepada guru sebagai alat bantu pembelajaran yang kemudian disebut multimedia teaching aids, termasuk untuk pembelajaran anak usia dini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menunjukkan tingkat kebutuhan guru PAUD akan multimedia sebagai alat bantu mengajar dan batasanbatasan konten yang cocok dikembangkan melalui multimedia teaching aids beserta contoh konkritnya. Analisis kebutuhan ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif. Adapun instrumen yang digunakan berupa petikan hasil presentasi guru dan hasil diskusi kelompok terfokus. Berdasarkan pengolahan dan analisa data, diperoleh bahwa tingkat kebutuhan guru akan multimedia pembelajaran sebagai alat bantu mengajar sangat tinggi. Berhubungan dengan konten yang cocok dikembangkan untuk pembelajaran anak usia dini menggunakan multimedia alat bantu guru, telah diperoleh batasan-batasan konten beserta 30 konten.Kata kunci: analisis, konten, multimedia, alat bantu, PAUDAbstract: Instructional multimedia with its characteristics can develop any learning contents. Therefore, it is assumed that it gives more advantages for the teacher as a teaching aid, called multimedia teaching aids, including for the early childhood learning. This research was to show the level of early childhood teacher’s needs toward multimedia teaching aids and the appropriate content requirements to be developed through multimedia teaching aids with the real examples. The need analysis was conducted by using qualitative method. The instruments used were taken from teachers’ presentations and from the results of focus group discussion. Based on data processing and analysis, it was obtained that the need level of early childhood teachers on multimedia teaching aids was high. Dealing with the appropriate contents to be developed for early childhood learning through multimedia teaching aids, it was gained some requirements of contents with 30 real contents being developed.Key words: analysis, content, multimedia, teaching aids, the early childhood

scholarly journals viten.no –digital teaching programs in science education

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-88
Author(s):  
Sonja M. Mork
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Gene Technology ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Scientific Phenomena ◽  
University Of Oslo ◽  
Teaching Programs ◽  
The University

viten.no is a web-based platform with digital teaching programs in science for secondary schooldeveloped by the Norwegian research and development project Viten (Jorde, Strømme, Sørborg,Erlien, & Mork, 2003). The Viten project is a collaboration between the University of Oslo, the Norwegian University for Science and Technology and the Norwegian Centre for Science Education. The Viten teaching programs are available for free, and no additional software is needed to use them. Students in grade 8-12 can work collaboratively on various science topics and each topic ranges in duration from 2-8 science lessons. Three types of programs are available, engaging students in: a) designing solution to problems, e.g. design a greenhouse for growing plants in a spaceship on its way to Mars, b) debating controversial issues, e.g. whether or not there should be wolves in the Norwegian wilderness, c) investigating scientific phenomena, e.g. radioactivity, gene-technology.

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