“La Main à la Pate” (Finger in the pie) is a wide experimental project started in France in 1996, aimed at revolutionizing Science teaching in the primary school. It has deeply influenced the national programs for the primary school proposed by the French Education Ministry in 2002 and recently in 2008. It is a sort of “pedagogical adventure”, which poses pupils in a central position and proposes direct experimentation, a strict bonding between science and language, a particular attention to the development of pupils’ imagination and creativity, as well as their logical reasoning and utmost attitude. The same basic principles inspired the Italian project “ISS - Insegnare Scienze Sperimentali” (Teaching Experimental Science): this project was proposed by the Italian Ministry of Research, University and Education (MIUR) in 2005, in collaboration with Science Teachers Associations (DD-SCI, AIF, ANISN) and two Italian Scientific Museums (Milano and Napoli). Now in the Italian Ministry Indications for the Curriculum (2007) and in the practice of many teachers we can find some important reminds to the “philosophy” of the ISS project. The target is represented by “competence goals”, gradually distributed along the different school periods, pursued by: (a) laboratorial didactics (b) context of sense; (c) vertical approach; (d) cross-curricular approach.
Science Teaching In The Primary School: A Comparison Between Good Practices Developed In France And In Italy In The Twentyfirst Century
CARPIGNANO, Rosarina;CERRATO, Giuseppina;
2009-01-01
Abstract
“La Main à la Pate” (Finger in the pie) is a wide experimental project started in France in 1996, aimed at revolutionizing Science teaching in the primary school. It has deeply influenced the national programs for the primary school proposed by the French Education Ministry in 2002 and recently in 2008. It is a sort of “pedagogical adventure”, which poses pupils in a central position and proposes direct experimentation, a strict bonding between science and language, a particular attention to the development of pupils’ imagination and creativity, as well as their logical reasoning and utmost attitude. The same basic principles inspired the Italian project “ISS - Insegnare Scienze Sperimentali” (Teaching Experimental Science): this project was proposed by the Italian Ministry of Research, University and Education (MIUR) in 2005, in collaboration with Science Teachers Associations (DD-SCI, AIF, ANISN) and two Italian Scientific Museums (Milano and Napoli). Now in the Italian Ministry Indications for the Curriculum (2007) and in the practice of many teachers we can find some important reminds to the “philosophy” of the ISS project. The target is represented by “competence goals”, gradually distributed along the different school periods, pursued by: (a) laboratorial didactics (b) context of sense; (c) vertical approach; (d) cross-curricular approach.
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