LEARNING OBJECTS FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS. SIMULATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING

In this work we present a proposal for an instructional approach to engage future science teachers at primary science education in the use of simulation as a resource to enrich practice of science education under an inquiry based learning approach. The main goal of this approach is to offer them two different learning scenarios about concept "density and buoyancy" in order to actively engage them as critical thinkers and decision makers to design an inquiry environment enriched by learning objects such as simulations.