Within the framework of an Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs cooperation project lasting from 1984 to 1991 the National University of Somalia required students to attend a special preparatory term before enrolling in a scientific faculty. The curriculum comprised various tests designed to explore students’ level of disciplinary knowledge and their learning profiles. The data collected revealed relevant issues concerning lexical-based conceptual distortions, study habits, problem-solving procedures, graphic perception and, in general, word views and natural event management. Such data supported a constructivist approach to teaching/learning and, at the same time, suggested the adoption of an intercultural attitude also when it is taken for granted that teacher and students belong to the same culture.
Bandiera, M. (2009). The cross-cultural dimension of science education. In Lessons in survival: the language and culture of Somalia (pp. 113-135). PARIS : L'Harmattan.
The cross-cultural dimension of science education
BANDIERA, Milena
2009-01-01
Abstract
Within the framework of an Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs cooperation project lasting from 1984 to 1991 the National University of Somalia required students to attend a special preparatory term before enrolling in a scientific faculty. The curriculum comprised various tests designed to explore students’ level of disciplinary knowledge and their learning profiles. The data collected revealed relevant issues concerning lexical-based conceptual distortions, study habits, problem-solving procedures, graphic perception and, in general, word views and natural event management. Such data supported a constructivist approach to teaching/learning and, at the same time, suggested the adoption of an intercultural attitude also when it is taken for granted that teacher and students belong to the same culture.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
