A Physics and Engineering Lab for Primary Teachers at CERN

Abstract

<p class="0abstract"><span lang="EN-US">Major international Research Centers run Continuous Professional Development Courses for Primary Teachers on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics activities and experiments. The projects and the hands-on workshops inspire teachers through cutting-edge science and technology to influence and spread the research culture to their students in return. The STEM lab in this paper was presented in a CERN program for Greek primary educators teaching Physics and IT. The research focuses on the teachers' electromagnetic lab and was tested by students in the classroom environment for two subsequent years. The results of both labs, of teachers and students, are examined regarding their basic understanding of Physics Laws and scientific research.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></p>

Web-Based Virtual Laboratory Development for Basic Practicums in Science and Technology

“…In the development of this virtual laboratory module, the role of artificial intelligence in the form of augmented reality and virtual reality was also very substantial so that it could meet the students' needs, especially to answer the problem related to the absence of real-time laboratory practicum due to various obstacles. The results of this study strengthened the findings of previous studies, especially the research conducted by Nantsou et al [12].…”

“…Utilization of the Virtual Labs application makes learning more interesting, interactive, effective, and efficient; and learning can occur anywhere and anytime and in real time [12]. Virtual Labs simplifies complex processes into simple processes, visualizes abstract objects into reality, and reduces the risk of harm in science and technology periments [4], [11].…”

Integración de un laboratorio virtual en un ciclo de aprendizaje 4MAT evaluado con el modelo Kirkpatrick

“…A diferencia de la poca disponibilidad de los laboratorios físicos o tradicionales (LT), los LV no tienen esta restricción ya que pueden ser utilizados a través de tecnologías basadas en la web y otros entornos virtuales de aprendizaje o EVA (del Carmen, 2016). Además, la experimentación en los LV es una actividad didáctica que fomenta el aprendizaje activo en los estudiantes ya que los involucra directamente en el desarrollo de la lección, así como en la resolución de problemas (Nantsou, Kapotis y Tombras, 2021;Meltzer, 2011). Por otra parte, los EVA también dan la oportunidad de completar un aprendizaje significativo en los alumnos debido a que permite la interconexión de los conceptos aprendidos a través de una experiencia que puede poner en evidencia conceptos previamente adquiridos, y contrastarlos con los nuevos conceptos (Moltó, 2003).…”