Taking the cue from a didactical trouble, an answer is sought to the appearance of some troubling mental representations about the anatomy of fishes arising from university students in the second year of the biology course; the gap between these mental representations and an accredited scientific perspective and their similarity with the images of the anatomy of fishes produced by children in kindergarten (5 years old), suggest to discuss about sustainability of formal and not formal science education experiences. Students emotional participation proves to be basic for knowledge construction processes; such involvement is achieved by participative democracy practice deeply rooted in the educational actions for sustainability (starting from the contents of Agenda XXI). The properties of an university sustainable education process are discussed.

Università: sguardi obliqui e sostenibilità

MATRICARDI, GIORGIO
2008-01-01

Abstract

Taking the cue from a didactical trouble, an answer is sought to the appearance of some troubling mental representations about the anatomy of fishes arising from university students in the second year of the biology course; the gap between these mental representations and an accredited scientific perspective and their similarity with the images of the anatomy of fishes produced by children in kindergarten (5 years old), suggest to discuss about sustainability of formal and not formal science education experiences. Students emotional participation proves to be basic for knowledge construction processes; such involvement is achieved by participative democracy practice deeply rooted in the educational actions for sustainability (starting from the contents of Agenda XXI). The properties of an university sustainable education process are discussed.
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