Review The Role of Microscopes to Promote Sustainable Development Goals at School: A Literature Review
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science education environmental education education for sustainable development
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2024-11-19Referencia bibliográfica
Rams, S.; Pla-Pueyo, S.; Blanco-López, Á. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 1264. [https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14111264]
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MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union NextGenerationEU/ PRTR, Project reference TED2021-129474B-I00; Grant PID2021-123092NB-C22 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ERDF A way of making EuropeResumen
Microscopes are instruments usually associated with the field of Science Education. Unfortunately,
despite their great potential for education, their use at school is not generalised. This implies
fewer opportunities for students to understand the microscopic world, thus affecting the quality of
their Environmental Education. In the present systematic literature review, proposals for Primary and
Secondary (6–18 years) microscopy education are analysed, as well as their relation to the promotion
of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It has been carried out in the databasesWeb of Science and
Scopus, followed by a content analysis of 82 journal articles. The main results show that non-formal
educational contexts pay more attention to the relation between school microscopy and the SDGs
than the formal ones, and, within these, basic education is the least represented in comparison to
middle and high levels. Optical microscopes are the most used in relation to SDGs, in contrast to
electron microscopes, while new digital, virtual and remote-controlled models are also mentioned.
Within the Science and Technology fields associated with SDGs through school microscopy, ‘Life
Sciences’ and ‘Technological Sciences’ stand out, and these fields are particularly varied in the case of
SDG4 (Quality Education) and SDG3 (Good health and well-being). In conclusion, microscopes play
a diverse and conspicuous role in promoting SDGs in school contexts at an international level, and
their use should be encouraged in Environmental Education formal and non-formal Primary and
Secondary Education.