Distant science practicals–COVID-19 experience from Czech lower secondary schools

Vanda Janštová; Helena Zdobinská

doi:10.29333/ejmste/12795

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Vanda Janštová ¹ ^* , Helena Zdobinská ¹

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¹ Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC^* Corresponding Author

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This study contributes to description of teaching changes resulting from COVID-19 epidemic. It focuses on online teaching of practical exercises in science subjects from pupils’ and teachers’ perspectives. Views on the distance learning of practical exercises were obtained from Czech lower-secondary school pupils (n=543) and science teachers (n=24). Most teachers conducted science practicum classes using a combination of synchronous and asynchronous methods and rated support from school management as rather adequate. Teachers assigned fewer hands-on activities, specifically experiments, observations, and activities resulting in a product, in distance teaching than in face-to-face lessons, although they rated them as the most useful. Pupils found experimentation and observation to be the most interesting and useful, followed by activities that result in a product (e.g., herbarium). Pupils generally preferred the present form of practical activities.

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science teaching
distance learning
science practicals
COVID-19

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2023, Volume 19, Issue 1, Article No: em2212

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Janštová, V., & Zdobinská, H. (2023). Distant science practicals–COVID-19 experience from Czech lower secondary schools. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(1), em2212. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12795

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Janštová V, Zdobinská H. Distant science practicals–COVID-19 experience from Czech lower secondary schools. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2023;19(1):em2212. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12795

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Janštová V, Zdobinská H. Distant science practicals–COVID-19 experience from Czech lower secondary schools. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2023;19(1), em2212. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12795

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Janštová, Vanda, and Helena Zdobinská. "Distant science practicals–COVID-19 experience from Czech lower secondary schools". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2023 19 no. 1 (2023): em2212. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12795

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Janštová, V., and Zdobinská, H. (2023). Distant science practicals–COVID-19 experience from Czech lower secondary schools. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(1), em2212. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12795

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Janštová, Vanda et al. "Distant science practicals–COVID-19 experience from Czech lower secondary schools". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 19, no. 1, 2023, em2212. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12795