Elevanpassad undervisning : En studie om gymnasieelevernas perspektiv på lärande i naturvetenskapliga ämnen

• Main Author: Dempsey, Tatiana
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen 2011
• Subjects: Learning styles; learning style models; attitudes to science subjects; socio-cultural perspective on learning and cognitive perspective on learning
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-9357

The purpose of my study is to determine students’ attitudes to the Natural Science subject. I want to contribute to scientific discourse about different learning styles that can respond to childrens’ requirements in teaching as well as to determine the student’s experience of learning styles. The studies were carried out at an upper secondary school in Stockholm (spring term 2011) for three different classes. I have used qualitative interviews to determine student's experiences and quantitative analysis of student's evaluations of science subjects they have been taught. In my research I concluded that pupils’ attitudes to science are quite common. I also suggest that students with negative attitudes to science have a basis in the student's difficulties with science learning. I also found that the students have different ways of learning. By making the students aware of their best way to learn they can develop individual strategies for attaining new information. The traditional teaching methods that exist in today's education system impart knowledge in the form of finished facts. This can lead to pupils having difficulties in learning. Therefore teachers must adapt their teaching styles and methods to a way that fits all of the students’ different ways of processing information and learning. Schools need to find different approaches to the teaching of its pupils. My conclusion is that if teachers adjust their methods of teaching the Natural science subjects to suit each student learning - styles, this can increase their ability to learn and therefore increase their comprehension of the subjects.