Training of university students ?and prospective teachers- in the development and educational application of simulations: the case of the ideal gas

Vassilis Grigoriou, George Kalkanis
Science, Technology and Environment Laboratory,
Pedagogical department P.E., University of Athens
vgrigor@primedu.uoa.gr, kalkanis@primedu.uoa.gr, http://micro-kosmos.uoa.gr

This paper is part of a wider scientific effort conducted with an aim to study all necessary requirements for final-year students of the department of Physics of the National University of Athens, in order for them to be able to transform a scientific model to an educational model by creating material / software that utilizes new technologies, when necessary. As a result, the following study contains a qualitative research which studies the supporting-educational process from final-year students in the creation of a simulation and educational tool on the model of the ideal gas. The educational material had to comply with the scientific-educational model. The training of the students included teaching principles and technology and programming subjects, in the form of discussions and paradigmatic lessons. The duration of the training lasted three weeks. As a result, the necessity for a strictly guided educational process was concluded, in order for the students to be able to fulfill their initial aims.