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Colin Power 《Research in Science Education》1982,12(1):1-8
Conclusion In the papers presented one can detect a number of major areas of concern.
The theorists like Shayer are largely concerned with the development and refinement of frameworks for studying cognitive development.
Their ultimate purposes varied from reconstructing the entire field of science education, to accelerating cognitive development,
to changing the ‘alternative frameworks’ of children. In essence, they seek totailor the teaching-learning process in accordance with a theoretical blue print.
Those who see the problems as more content and context specific would prefer to chip away at particular topics which create
teaching difficulties, thereby contributing to the improvement of practice in a more direct, piecemeal fashion. They could
perhaps be described astinkers. So we havetinkers andtailors.
Thesoldiers amongst us would equip teachers with the weapons needed to attack their own problems directly. They are working away at developing
techniques
Oh yes, thespies are the moles like me who are concerned with uncovering the secrets of classroom life, with identifying the structures, patterns
and processes which characterise classroom interaction, and with the describing and monitoring the ‘theories in action’ and
strategies which skilled practitioners have evolved to cope with the problems of promoting cognitive development in classroom
settings.
The ultimate question then, is what contribution can the tinkers, tailors, soldiers and spies make to science education? 相似文献
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Dr. Marilyn Fleer 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):132-139
The National Statement on Technology Education will soon be released in Australia. The statement advocates adesign,make andappraise approach to technology education. The document includes Year One children and provides exemplars of curriculum activities
for early childhood children. Although much curriculum development in technology education for primary and early childhood
has taken place in the UK, little research has been conducted within the early childhood area in Australia. This paper describes
a study which sought to investigate how thedesign,make andappraise approach could be implemented within early childhood using existing materials, procedures and teaching programmes. In particular,
the pre-school programme was considered to see if the approach was suitable for young children, and if girls could be encouraged
into this newly defined area of study.
Specializations: early childhood science education, early childhood technology education. 相似文献
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Dr J. R. Baird Associate Professor R. F. Gunstone Mr C. Penna Professor P. J. Fensham Professor R. T. White 《Research in Science Education》1990,20(1):11-20
This paper is based on findings from a three year collaborative action research project on classroom teaching and learning.
The research, which involved 33 teachers, over two thousand students from six schools, and the authors, centred on exploring
how various features of the classroom context influence teaching and learning processes. We interpret project findings as
indicating the importance of balance between cognition and affect for effective teaching and learning. We advance the notion
of challenge as a way of conceptualising this balance. Challenge comprises a cognitive/metacognitivedemand component and an affectiveinterest component. Nine major features of a teaching/learning event were found to interact to influence these cognitive and affective
components of challenge.
Specializations: Collaborative research on science teaching and learning; staff development and school improvement; quality of science education.
Specializations: Learning and teaching science; pre-service teacher education.
Specializations: teacher development in science education; technology education.
Specializations: Science and teachnology curriculum, environmental education, educational disadvantage.
Specializations: learning theory, probing of understanding, conceptual change. 相似文献
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Carmel McNaught Dianne Raubenheimer Margaret Keogh Rob O'Donoghue Jim Taylor 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):291-298
This paper describes an ongoing process of participatory curriculum development. It outlines some of the tensions which need
to be explored in science curriculum development: debates about the nature of science, of society, of school science content
and of learning theories. The process whereby action can arise from this debate is also explored. An example will be outlined
of a network of science curriculum action which has developed from the work of a range of science education projects in Natal,
South Africa.
Specializations: science curriculum development from primary to tertiary level.
Specializations: inservice primary science teacher development.
Specializations: inservice teacher development, biology education.
Specializations: environmental education, teacher development.
Specializations: environmental education, teacher development. 相似文献
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This paper outlines work in progress on a study which is investigating what children understand about natural and processed
materials and how scientific learning on the topic could be extended and reinforced in the home. Four different interview
schedules for eliciting children's understanding were developed and tried out. Children's understandings prior to each of
the four units, and at the conclusion of the teaching program were documented through individual interviews. Family interviews
were also conducted prior to and at the conclusion to the teaching. In this paper the difficulties associated with researching
young children's thinking are explored. The rationale for a storytelling context for the interviews is presented, and there
is a preliminary discussion on the effectiveness of the methodology utilised.
Specializations: early childhood science education; the Curriculum Corporation K-3 Science Program.
Specializations: primary science education, teacher education in science, adult experiences of science and technology; the K-3 Science Program. 相似文献
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Adult experiences of science and technology in everyday life: Some educational implications 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Dr. Tim Hardy 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):178-187
This paper outlines a project that is focussed on examining the complex ways in which adults experience science and technology
in different areas of their everyday life including paid work, the home, health and leisure. The research has involved interviews
with individual adults situated in a diverse range of life situations in New Zealand. A case study is presented to indicate
the type of data being analysed and the implications emerging for education from the project.
Specializations: science teacher education, science curriculum development, science and technology in society. 相似文献
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Ms. R. I. Coulson 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):345-347
Studies of children's attitudes towards science indicate that a tendency for girls and boys to have different patterns of
interest in science is established by upper primary school level. It is not know when these interest patterns develop.
This paper presents the results of part of a project designed to investigate preschool children's interests in science. Individual
4–5 year-old children were asked to say what they would prefer to do from each of a series of paired drawings showing either
a science and a non-science activity, or activities from two different areas of science.
Girls and boys were very similar in their overall patterns of choice for science and non-science items. Within science, the
average number of physical science items chosen by boys was significantly greater than the average number chosen by girls
(p=.026). Girls tended to choose more biology items than did boys, but this difference was not quite significant at the .05
level (p=.054). The temporal stability of these choices was explored.
Specializations: early childhood science education, biological aspects of child development. 相似文献
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Dr Beverley F. Bell Dr Valda M. Kirkwood Mr John D. Pearson 《Research in Science Education》1990,20(1):31-40
The Centre for Science and Mathematics Education Research at the University of Waikato is now undertaking the fourth Learning
in Science Project, LISP(Teacher Development). The project builds on the findings of the previous three projects on the nature
of learning and how to improve learning of science in classrooms. This two-year project is investigating the process of teacher
development (as change in behaviour and beliefs) in the context of two kinds of teacher courses that acknowledge and take
into account teachers’ existing ideas. This paper summarises the planning done for the first phase of the project as detailed
in Bell, Kirkwood and Pearson (1990).
Specializations: learning theories, curriculum development, equity issues.
Specializations: science education, teacher professional development. 相似文献
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This paper is based on interviews with seventy-five science teachers in twelve schools across Australia. The interviews were
conducted as part of a D.E.E.T. Project of National Significance. The purpose of the project was to develop a strategy for
the professional development of science teachers. The main purpose of our interviews was to listen to teachers' views on what
such a strategy should try to achieve. We asked them to talk about conditions affecting the quality of their work, their attitudes
to teaching, their professional development, their careers, the evaluation of teaching, and Award Restructuring. Through these
interviews we came to understand how many science teachers are loosely connected with potentially valuable sources of support
for their professional development. In this paper we focus on one group of “loose connections”; those between science teachers
and scientists in other fields, research in science education, and their colleagues within science departments in schools.
Specializations: Science education, reflective practice, teaching and learning.
Specializations: Professional development, educational evaluation. 相似文献
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This study explored the interactions of a highly motivated group of students doing traditional practical work in science.
Interest focussed on the social construction of understanding and how this could be described. Despite considerable collaboration
in constructing an understanding of the task the students rarely focussed on the concepts the practical work was intended
to illustrate. Collaboration was described in terms of social behaviours and discourse moves which supported the use of cognitive
strategies.
Specializations: science practical work, collaborative group work, role of language.
Specializations: science teacher education, conceptual change, learning environments, science reasoning. 相似文献
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Dr Tim Hardy Ms Margaret Bearlin Dr Valda Kirkwood 《Research in Science Education》1990,20(1):142-151
The aim of the Primary and Early Childhood Science and Technology Education Project (PECSTEP) is to improve teaching and learning
in science and technology of by increasing the number of early childhood and primary teachers who are effective educators.
PECSTEP is based on an interactive model of teaching and systematically links work on gender with the learning and teaching
of science and technology. The project involves: a year-long inservice program which includes the development of a science
curriculum unit by teachers in their schools; linking of the preservice and inservice programs; and the development of support
networks for teachers. Each phase of PECSTEP has been researched by means of surveys, interviews and the use of diaries. Research
questions have focussed particularly on changes in: teachers’ and student teachers’ attitudes to teaching science and technology;
their perceptions of science and technology; their perceptions of their students’ responses and their understandings of how
gender relates to these areas.
Specializations: primary science curriculum, science teacher education, sociology of science, technology and education.
Specializations: gender and science/science teacher education, feminist theory, curriculum theory.
Specializations: Science education research, curriculum development. 相似文献
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Conclusion Currently the 26 films in the Science Territory series have been shown to audiences who watch Channel 8 commercial television
in the vicinity of Darwin. They are still being shown to audienc who watch Imparja Television. There are no plans at the moment
to shown Science Territory for any extra time on either Channel 8 or Imparja, once the Imparja programmes are completes. There
are plans however to develop materials to complement the programmes, which could be used in schools and there are also plans
to repeat the success of Science Territory and to expand it on a national basis to a series of programmes to be called “Science
Oz”.
This research note has described of the Scienc Territory project which has attempted to improve students' and parents' attitudes
to science. It has alo attempted to explain how the issue of determining the effectiveness of the project has been addressed.
Overall, Science Territory proved to be an interesting, exciting, successful and whorthwhile venture, particularly for the
small scientific community of the Northern Territory. It also appears to be unique both in Australia and worldwide. There
are therefore lessons that science educators can learn from this about new ways of improving students' attitudes to science.
Specializations: Science education policy, curriculum development and science education development projects with industry.
Specializations: Science teacher education, chemical education, science education in developing countries, educational Issues. 相似文献
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This research was carried out over a period of ten months with children in Grades 2 and 3 (aged 7 and 8) who were participating
in a sequence of technology activities. Since the introduction into Victorian primary schools ofThe Technology Studies Framework P-10 (Crawford, 1988), more teachers are including technology studies in their classrooms and by so doing may assist children's
understanding of science concepts. Children are being exposed to science phenomena related to the technology activities and
Technology Studies may be a way of providing children with science experiences. ‘Technology Studies’ in this context refers
to children carrying out practical problem solving tasks which can be completed without any particular scientific knowledge.
Participation in the technology activities may encourage children to become actively involved, thereby facilitating an exploration
of the related science concepts. The project identified the importance of challenge in relation to the children's involvement
in the technology activities and the conference paper (available from the first author) discusses particular topics in terms
of the balance between cognitive/metacognitive and affective influences (Baird et al., 1990)
Specializations: science and technology education, interest and attitudinal change.
Specialization: technology in the primary school. 相似文献
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Professor Dr. Reinders Duit Professor Dr. Peter Häussler Dr. Roland Lauterbach Professor Dr. Helmut Mikelskis Professor Dr. Walter Westphal 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):106-113
This paper outlines the design of a physics textbook that addresses issues of gender-inclusive physics teaching, STS and constructivism.
Difficulties of addressing these issues in a textbook for normal classes, which has to compete with other textbooks on the
market will be discussed.
Specializations: constructivist approaches in science education research and practice.
Specializations: gender issues in science instruction.
Specializations: primary education, integrated science.
Specializations: STS, phenomenological oriented physics instruction.
Specializations: peace education within science education. 相似文献
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This paper reports an empirical study of science education in Australian primary schools. The data show that, while funding
is seen as a major determinant of what is taught and how it is taught, teacher-confidence and teacher-knowledge are also important
variables. Teachers are most confident with topics drawn from the biological sciences, particularly things to do with plants.
With this exception there is no shared body of science education knowledge that could be used to develop a curriculum for
science education. There was evidence that most teachers see a need for a hands-on approach to primary science education involving
the use of concrete materials. A substantial proportion of teachers agree that some of the problems would be alleviated by
having a set course together with simple, prepared kits containing sample learning experiences. Any such materials must make
provision for individual teachers to capitalise on critical teaching incidents as they arise and must not undermine the professional
pride that teachers have in their work.
Specializations: science education, school effectiveness, teacher education
Specializations: science education, teacher education in science 相似文献
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Paul Strube 《Research in Science Education》1987,17(1):47-55
Conclusions This study raises a great number of questions, many of which would be valuable for science curricula to reflect upon. Firstly,
it would seem that the practising professionals do not believe methodology is easily taught, at least not without a strong
factual knowledge base. Secondly, science courses have had little effect on carrer choice, with the possible slight exception
of physical scientists working in the public sector. Thirdly, scientists would give strong support to the idea of teaching
students to use ‘scientific attitudes’ in their everyday life. And fourthly, the social implications of science are felt to
be deserving of close attention in schools-but perhaps not within the science classroom.
What clearly remains to be done is the difficult and time-consuming work to follow up these hints. What do the scientists
see asthe scientific attitudes? What facts, etc., should form the basis of the science curricula? How should the social implications
of science be discussed, and what responses are appropriate to them? To answer these questions will take a national study
of great scope and effort, yet it would seem to be an essential part of the process of determinng science education programmes
of purpose and value. 相似文献
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Conclusion This study suggests that most students entering science or science education units in preservice primary teacher education
courses have a positive attitude to the teaching/learning of primary science and see value in all domains of science for children
at this stage. This was an unexpected finding. It was of concern however, that their interest in physical science topics was
so low. This may be due to previous specific experiences in secondary science. Science and science education units should
build on the positive attitudes of students and could develop physical science ideas through their significance in environmental
and social problems.
Specializations: science education, teacher education in science.
Specializations: science education policy and practice, teacher education, school effectiveness. 相似文献
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Julia Atkin 《Research in Science Education》1984,14(1):223-229
Concluding comments An an ‘action research’ project, science curriculum development at St Columba's is ongoing as is the total school curriculum
development. An outline of the development in science has been presented here to:invite comment from science educators in order to help define future directions in curriculum development; tostimulate further research in the area of curriculum development for a ‘Science for All’, and tostimulate debate about what school science, especially junior secondary science, should be. 相似文献
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Towards a theoretical basis for students' alternative frameworks in science and for science teaching 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Dr Brian L. Jones Professor Kevin F. Collis Dr Jane M. Watson 《Research in Science Education》1993,23(1):126-135
As there is nothing as practical as a good theory, there is a continuing need in the field of science education enquiry to
look for theories which help to interpret the findings about students' alternative frameworks and to inform the design of
teaching strategies which relate to a research focus on ‘how the student learns’. The developmental model of cognitive functioning
based on the SOLO Taxonomy (Biggs & Collis, 1982) as updated in 1991 (Biggs & Collis, 1991; Collis & Biggs, 1991) is being
applied in this way. Questionnaire data from two large studies of science learning of Australian students (conducted by ACER
and NBEET) are being re-analysed in terms of the current theory. This paper illustrates the theory and describes a plan of
further research.
Specializations: science education, students' understandings of phenomena in science.
Specializations: cognitive development, evaluation, mathematics and science education.
Specializations: mathematics education, students' understanding of chance and data concepts. 相似文献
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While constructivism has emerged as a major reform in science education from the last decade, wide-spread adoption of constructivist
practices in school laboratories and classrooms is yet to be achieved. If constructivist approaches are to be utilised more
widely, teachers will need to accept a more active and constructivist role in their own pedagogical learning. One experienced
junior science teacher was able to implement constructivist approaches in her classroom by using a personally constructed
metaphor to guide her practice.
Specializations: science education, teaching of thinking, professional development.
Specializations: constructivism, professional development. 相似文献