Using role-play to develop science concepts

dc.creator	Maharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
dc.date.accessioned	2010-04-14T19:41:22Z
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-05T18:10:31Z
dc.date.available	2010-04-14T19:41:22Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-05T18:10:31Z
dc.date.created	2010-04-14T19:41:22Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier	Maharaj-Sharma, R. (2008). Using role-play to develop science concepts. Caribbean Curriculum, 15, 25-43
dc.identifier	1017-5636
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/6586
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3015640
dc.description.abstract	There is an urgent need in science education to explore new and innovative ways to teach science to children at all levels of the education system in ways that will pique their curiosity and hold their interest. This article reports on the use of role-play to develop children's ideas and understandings about energy concepts and energy conservation issues/practices. The findings show that children retain many abstract science concepts when taught using this approach and, further, that this method of instruction allows them to make linkages and distinctions among several energy concepts and to appreciate the importance of energy conservation
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine
dc.subject	Primary school students
dc.subject	Role playing
dc.subject	Science education
dc.subject	Concept teaching
dc.subject	Energy
dc.subject	Trinidad and Tobago
dc.title	Using role-play to develop science concepts
dc.type	Article