This paper reports the perceptions and ideas expressed by students about geological heritage and geoparks and learning results within the framework of a research in science education focussed on students from two clas...This paper reports the perceptions and ideas expressed by students about geological heritage and geoparks and learning results within the framework of a research in science education focussed on students from two classes of 11^(th)grade(ages 16 to 18)of a secondary school in Portugal.Considering that geoparks can be assumed as territories with educational resources of great importance in promoting education for sustainable development,mobilizing knowledge inherent to the Earth Sciences,and to geoconservation in particular,the activities with the students were held in the classroom and in the field,the latter within a field trip to the Arouca Global Geopark(Portugal).In this context,resorting to strategies of fieldwork in small groups,we sought to explore with students,geodiversity elements recognizable in five of its geosites.展开更多
文摘This paper reports the perceptions and ideas expressed by students about geological heritage and geoparks and learning results within the framework of a research in science education focussed on students from two classes of 11^(th)grade(ages 16 to 18)of a secondary school in Portugal.Considering that geoparks can be assumed as territories with educational resources of great importance in promoting education for sustainable development,mobilizing knowledge inherent to the Earth Sciences,and to geoconservation in particular,the activities with the students were held in the classroom and in the field,the latter within a field trip to the Arouca Global Geopark(Portugal).In this context,resorting to strategies of fieldwork in small groups,we sought to explore with students,geodiversity elements recognizable in five of its geosites.
