Examination ofthe effects ofschool project works related to natural Science

Abstract

Considering the science education system of the EU we can state that there is a remarkable decline in young people's interest in science studies. Teaching Science subjects with the traditional methods are unintelligible and considered unnecessary for most students; this situation needs to be improved. The scholastic natural scientific projects can answer somé problems; a project is a collaborative knowledge-sharing method. In this work intended to examine the characteristics of the project method in the science studies. I have been examining the effects of participation in a project work on the attitűdé of students towards project work with the help of questionnaires. First of all, I wanted to know in reference to science subjects how project works had affected their stance to the subjects. Therefore I made the students fill in questionnaires regarding all the projects done at our school during the years. Analysing the answers it became obvious that students welcomed the different projects and they felt the purpose and the usefulness of their works. All the project exercises affected the attitűdé of the students in a positive way; the greatest improvement was observed in integrated science project works.