Teaching nanotechnology in primary education

Estrategia de difusión de la nanotecnología: Enseñanza interdisciplinaria a profesores de educación primaria

“…Los proyectos de investigación de ciencia y tecnología en nanotecnología prometen avances en áreas tales como materiales y fabricación, medicina y atención médica, energía, tecnología de la información y seguridad nacional (Hsiao-Ping & Enyi, 2020). La nanociencia y nanotecnología han sido reconocidas como tecnologías emergentes del siglo XXI (Mandrikas et al, 2020).…”

The Contribution of the Health Crisis to Young Children’s Nano-literacy through STEAM Education

“…For this reason, many researchers, such as Lin et al ( 2015), focus on understanding NST as a genuinely interdisciplinary field that can enhance children's perceptions of the interconnectedness of nature with different areas of knowledge, such as Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM). Furthermore, it is an essential field of development (Mandrikas et al, 2020), as matter in this size scale (see Figure 3) exhibits properties with great potential that can revolutionize various fields such as energy, environment, and medicine (Delgado-Ramos, 2014). The concept of being interdisciplinary has raised expectations and is suggested to be an essential property that may decisively contribute to the progress of Nano-Science.…”

“…One obstacle to the beginning of children's understanding of NST is the lack of sensory experience of the invisible world. For example, electrons, atoms, molecules, and viruses are too small to see, while matter interactions and abstract phenomena evolving at this level are often against common intuition (Mandrikas et al, 2020;Magana et al, 2012). So, considering that NST concerns elements that cannot be observed with the naked eye, their understanding by young children undoubtedly requires appropriate teaching methods.…”

Teaching Nanotechnology through Research Proposals

“…Nanotechnology, with its multidisciplinary character, has experienced a rise in the past few decades and has had a significant influence on almost all fields of science and technology, − including chemistry . This was also recognized in 2016 when the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Stoddart, Sauvage, and Feringa for their remarkable work on nanomachines. , As the relevance of nanotechnology in society grew more and more obvious, its importance in education became more evident too. ,− This has been recognized at all levels of education, namely, primary, secondary, ,− and tertiary (higher) education. ,− Most contributions regarding nanotechnology in higher education, however, deal with the importance of teaching nanotechnology, , the content taught within nanotechnology courses ,,, or laboratory experiments found useful to illustrate important concepts in nanotechnology in the lab. − However, there are only several published contributions on the activities in the nanotechnology classroom ,,,,,,, at any level as most contributions focus on wh...…”