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Teaching geology from the point of view of the general public
Lacina, Martin Jakub ; Jedličková, Tereza (advisor) ; Teodoridis, Vasilis (referee)
Within the didactics of natural sciences, research on personal attitudes primarily focuses on the attitudes of direct participants in education, namely students and teachers. The opinions of the general public are often overlooked, even though they play a significant role in shaping students' attitudes. As part of a master's thesis, a questionnaire survey was conducted focusing on the attitudes and opinions of the general public towards geological sciences and their education. Additionally, students from the first and second year of secondary school and teachers of natural science subjects, were approached. The collected data was evaluated using selected statistical methods, which allowed, among other things, the comparison of responses from different target groups of respondents. A total of 727 respondents participated in the questionnaire survey (414 respondents from the general public, 201 students, and 112 teachers). The results indicate that the attitudes of the general public are generally positive. Geology is not considered a difficult and boring subject. Despite all three groups rating geology as an unpopular subject, they regard geological sciences as part of general education. Enthusiastic and motivated teachers, mineral and rock samples, field trips, and excursions are considered the...
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USB-microscope in chemistry and geology - a toy for geeks or a teaching aid?
Kopecký, Ondřej ; Šmejkal, Petr (advisor) ; Martínek, Václav (referee)
Microscopes are often used in school environments to give students insight into the microworld, whether (especially) to observe small objects in biology, but also in chemistry or geology. A stereoscopic microscope, in other words a binocular, is usually used to observe opaque objects. These devices make it possible to examine larger, opaque and three-dimensional samples. In recent decades, the so-called USB-microscope has appeared on the market and in technical fields, which could be an alternative to binoculars due to its properties such as durability and small device dimensions. However, these devices are not widely used in teaching yet, but the question is whether their use would not cause difficulties or be less illustrative for teaching, eg due to the limited field of view of the USB-microscope compared to binolup. In this regard, the work deals with the observation of binoculars and USB-microscope in terms of motivation of students in working with the device and also tries to evaluate the user experience of students in working with these devices. For this purpose, a teaching activity was prepared for working with a binolup and a USB-microscope, in which students used a binolup and a USB-microscope to determine the crystallographic system, their chemical composition and the associated shape of...
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