EXPERIMENTS IN 3RD YEAR PRIMARY SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSES - THE SENSES

Diplomska naloga z naslovom Eksperimentalno delo pri pouku spoznavanja okolja v tretjem razredu – čutila je sestavljena iz dveh delov (teoretičnega in praktičnega), ki sta vsak zase zaokrožena celota, se pa med seboj dopolnjujeta. V teoretičnem delu je podrobneje predstavljeno naravoslovje (učenje naravoslovja, naravoslovje v šoli, naravoslovne dejavnosti z raziskovalnim pristopom, interesne dejavnosti, posebej poudarjeno pa to poglavje zaokrožata predstavitvi začetnega naravoslovja in naravoslovna pismenost), eksperimentalno delo pri pouku naravoslovja v prvem triletju in učni predmet spoznavanja okolja s stališča eksperimentalnega dela. V praktičnem delu diplomske naloge so predstavljeni natančna učna priprava, potek dela in evalvacija eksperimentalnega pouka v tretjem razredu osnovne šole z vsebino čutil. Po opravljenem praktičnem delu ugotavljamo, da se mora učitelj na tako obliko učne ure natančno pripraviti, imeti mora ogromno gradiva in znanja, biti mora iznajdljiv, da je učna vsebina zanimiva, zabavna, privlačna, ne pretežka in primerna za razvojno stopnjo učencev. Učitelj mora tudi pri eksperimentalnem delu načrtovati in poskrbeti za individualizacijo in diferenciacijo.This diploma thesis is titled Experiments in 3rd Year Primary School Science Classes ─ the Senses. It is composed of two parts (theoretical and practical/empirical), each of them its own entity but complementing the other. In the theoretical part three topics are illustrated in more detail. The first is science (learning science, science in school, research science activities, extracurricular activities and the presentation of beginner science and science literracy, the two latter themes concluding this chapter). The following two topics are Science class experiments in the first three years of primary school and the school subject of Social Science in terms of its experimental work. The practical part of the thesis depicts a detailed lesson plan, the chronological order and evaluation of third year primary school experiment classes within the topic of senses. The practical part having been carried out, several things can be established. Namely, the importance of the teacher\u27s thorough planning and preparationthe teacher\u27s need for a large amount of materials and a lot of knowledgethe relevance of the teacher\u27s resourcefulness to make the topic interesting and appealing, fun, not overly demanding and appropriate for the students\u27 stage of development. It is also necessary that the teacher use an individual as well as streamed approach in class