Research Article

An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life

Volume: 5 Number: 1 June 30, 2023
EN

An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life

Abstract

This research evaluated the effect of guided inquiry approach-based laboratory activity within the scope of lifelong learning, in which daily life context is used, on developing pre-service science teachers' learning processes. The study groups the research consisted of six pre-service science teachers who were seniors in the science education department at a university in the west of Turkey. The holistic single-case design was used as the research method in this study. One of the topics related to enzymes we encounter in many areas of daily life is the concept of enzymatic browning. In this study, starting from a daily life context, an activity that includes the chemical change emphasis underlying the enzymatic browning event and the factors affecting the work of enzymes is discussed. In this context, the guided inquiry learning approach, in which the hypothetico-deductive reasoning cycle is used in laboratory practices in teacher education, is based on the activity. At the end of the activity, experiment reports, science journals, and concept maps were evaluated. As a result of the evaluation, it was seen that the students not only designed scientific research and tested their hypotheses consistently and accurately but also obtained the subject gains related to enzymes and chemical change. Since it is understood that the activity supports lifelong learning in terms of both the skills developed and the ideas reflected by the pre-service teachers, using similar practices in teacher education can be recommended.

Keywords

Context-based learning, Enzymatic browning, Guided inquiry learning, Lifelong learning.

References

  1. REFERENCES Adams, J. B., & Brown, H.M. (2007). Discoloration in raw and processed fruits and vegetables. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 47 (3), 319-333. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10408390600762647
  2. Af’idayani, N., Setiadi, I., & Fahmi, F. (2018). The effect of inquiry model on science process skills and learning outcomes. European Journal of Education Studies, 4 (12). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1344845.
  3. Alfieri, L., Brooks, P. J., Aldrich, N. J., & Tenenbaum, H. R. (2011). Does discovery-based instruction enhance learning? Journal of Educational Psychology, 103(1), 1–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021017
  4. Alpat, Ş. (2017). Amino Acids, peptides, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids. In C. Nakiboğlu (Ed), General chemistry 4: Organic chemistry (pp. 333-376). Anı.
  5. Aspin, D.N. & Chapman, J.D. (2000) Lifelong learning: concepts and conceptions, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 19(1), 2-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/026013700293421
  6. Avinal, M. (2019). The investigation of the effect of the activities designed by three dimensional printer technology on teaching the systems in our body unit. [Unpublished Master’s Thesis]. University of Kastamonu.
  7. Baydere, F. K., & Aydın, E. (2019). Bağlam temelli yaklaşımın açıklama destekli React stratejisine göre göz konusunun öğretimi [Context-based approach with explanation support Teaching eye subject according to React strategy]. Gazi University Journal of Gazi Educational Faculty, 39(2), 755-792. https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TXpNeE1UVTNOdz09/baglam-temelli-yaklasimin-aciklama-destekli-react-stratejisine-gore-goz-konusunun-ogretimi
  8. Beernaert, Y. (1997). Teacher education and lifelong learning: the contribution of action 3 of COMENIUS European ın‐service education projects. Higher Education in Europe, 22(3), 329-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/0379772970220307
  9. Bell, R. L., Smetana, L., & Binns, I. (2005). Simplifying inquiry instruction. The Science Teacher, 72(7), 30–33. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228665515_Simplifying_inquiry_instruction
  10. Bennett, J., Lubben, F., & Hogarth, S. (2007). Bringing science to life: A synthesis of the research evidence on the effects of context-based and STS approaches to science teaching science education. Science Education, 91(3), 347–370. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.20186
APA
Şaşmazören, F., & Şahin, F. (2023). An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning, 5(1), 336-362. https://doi.org/10.51535/tell.1281528
AMA
1.Şaşmazören F, Şahin F. An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life. TELL. 2023;5(1):336-362. doi:10.51535/tell.1281528
Chicago
Şaşmazören, Fatma, and Feride Şahin. 2023. “An Inquiry and Context-Based Activity Supporting Lifelong Learning: Enzymes in Daily Life”. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning 5 (1): 336-62. https://doi.org/10.51535/tell.1281528.
EndNote
Şaşmazören F, Şahin F (June 1, 2023) An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning 5 1 336–362.
IEEE
[1]F. Şaşmazören and F. Şahin, “An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life”, TELL, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 336–362, June 2023, doi: 10.51535/tell.1281528.
ISNAD
Şaşmazören, Fatma - Şahin, Feride. “An Inquiry and Context-Based Activity Supporting Lifelong Learning: Enzymes in Daily Life”. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning 5/1 (June 1, 2023): 336-362. https://doi.org/10.51535/tell.1281528.
JAMA
1.Şaşmazören F, Şahin F. An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life. TELL. 2023;5:336–362.
MLA
Şaşmazören, Fatma, and Feride Şahin. “An Inquiry and Context-Based Activity Supporting Lifelong Learning: Enzymes in Daily Life”. Journal of Teacher Education and Lifelong Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, June 2023, pp. 336-62, doi:10.51535/tell.1281528.
Vancouver
1.Fatma Şaşmazören, Feride Şahin. An inquiry and context-based activity supporting lifelong learning: Enzymes in Daily Life. TELL. 2023 Jun. 1;5(1):336-62. doi:10.51535/tell.1281528