Price, S;
Davies, P;
Farr, W;
Jewitt, C;
Roussos, G;
Sin, G;
(2014)
Fostering geospatial thinking in science education through a customizable smartphone application.
British Journal of Educational Technology
, 45
(1)
pp. 160-170.
10.1111/bjet.12000.
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Abstract
Enhanced capabilities of modern smartphones offer the potential to design tools that support new forms of teaching and learning. Increased access to mobile-networked environments and geospatial systems provide opportunities for developing new educational experiences that support a geospatial approach to science, fostering new ways of thinking about science. Yet, designing effective innovative educational mobile applications remains a challenge. Applications need to be accessible to teachers that are not tech-savvy as well as those that are, foster active learning pedagogies, enable flexible and creative use, as well as fit within the curriculum. This paper describes a smartphone application developed together with pre-service science teachers, designed to be customisable by teachers while supporting a geospatial approach to science education. The design process and trial illustrate application use, how it supported a geospatial approach to science education, and raises issues around mobile technologies, teacher pedagogies and adoption.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Fostering geospatial thinking in science education through a customizable smartphone application |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjet.12000 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12000 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10123927 |
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