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Thematic approach to sciences with particular attention to the physics subjects
Dušanka Obadovic, Maja Garic
Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 4, 21000 Novi Sad
Vera Bojovic
Ministry of Education, Draže Pavlovica 15, 11000 Beograd



GIREP Seminar
2003


Having in mind that in the forthcoming period the majority of professions will demand the basic scientific and technological literacy, the education in sciences should be one of the priorities of school curricula. Sciences represent the basis for the understanding the world that surrounds us. Physics as the fundamental branch, is of exceptional importance for the understanding the natural phenomena, enabling the development of the systematic and critical approach to the process of acquiring knowledge. The aim of studying physics within the sciences, from the first class till the end of the obligatory education, is the observing of the basic properties of the objects, phenomena and processes in the environment and their interconnection. The development of the curiosity, elements of logical, abstract and creative thinking, ability for the active environment conservation, ending with the development of the tolerance and capability for the group work, are individual steps in the series leading to understanding the phenomena, changes and processes based on the laws, models and theories in the sciences (physics, chemistry and biology) as the individual sciences. In this sense, physics in the interactive teaching enables the student active participation as an individual and within the group, in the realization of simple experiments, the observation, study and problem solution - problem situations, using various information sources. In this work we analyze the goals and some examples of the realization of outcomes dealing with the theme “Sound” in different courses at the level of obligatory education. The advantage of such approach to planning is the correlation between various subjects and the consideration of the theme from various aspects contributing to a multifaceted understanding of the phenomenon.