Assessment of Informal Learning Program on Weather Phenomena: Its Perception and Necessity in Greece

Year 2020, Volume: 5 Issue: 4, 315 - 334, 01.10.2020

Kyriaki Makri Elissavet Galanaki Ioannis Koletsis Vassiliki Kotroni Konstantinos Lagouvardos

https://doi.org/10.24331/ijere.753774

Abstract

The inadequate approach of the weather phenomena, the associated atmospheric processes as well as their impacts at the Greek education led to the creation of the learning program "Peri Anemon & Ydaton", by the meteorological unit of the National Observatory of Athens. The program, which is presented to Junior High School and High School students, is structured into five thematic sessions and covers eight learning goals, the implementation of which was assessed using a multiple-response questionnaire. In general, the program "Peri Anemon & Ydaton" is a vivid example for the efficiency of informal learning programs. Furthermore, it is the first attempt for the recording of the results as an assessment of an informal learning program on weather and climate in Greece. The learning program "Peri Anemon & Ydaton" is implemented with the approval of the Educational Policy Institute of Greece, thus indicating its pedagogical adequacy

Keywords

Informal learning, meteorology, assessment, perceptions

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