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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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Professor Peter Fensham Dr. Kathiravelu Navaratnam Dr. Warren Jones Professor Leo West 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):80-89
One set of measures of the quality of courses for the preparation of science teachers stems from the perceptions exit students
have of their knowledge with respect to that teaching. The Discipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science
surveyed these students late in 1988 on three broad types of knowledge-science content knowledge, curriculum knowledge, and
pedagogical knowledge. Some of these findings of the Review are described. In addition, the base for developing items to measure
these three types of knowledge is discussed in this paper. The variety in the data that emerged is also presented and the
consistency of the findings with other measures of quality is described.
Specialisations: science and technology curriculum, environmental education, educational disadvantage.
Specialisations: research and evaluation in teacher education, technical and further education and total quality management.
Specialisations: research in educational systems. 相似文献
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Dr. Campbell J. McRobbie Dr. Barry J. Fraser Dr. Geoffrey J. Giddings 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):244-252
Existing instruments in classroom environment research have limitations when subgroups are investigated or case studies of
individual students conducted. This study reports the validation and development of a personal form of the Science Laboratory
Environment Inventory which is better suited to such studies. Further, systematic differences between scores on the class
and personal forms of the instrument are reported along with comparisons of their associations with inquiry skill and attitudinal
outcomes.
Specializations: Science education, Preservice science teacher education.
Specializations: Learning environments, science education, educational evaluation, curriculum.
Specializations: Curriculum, science education, science laboratory teaching. 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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Preparing student teachers to teach thoughtfully and to consider carefully the consequences of their work involves creating
opportunities for these beginning teachers to learn the skills and attitudes required for reflective practive. The case study
described here explores one model of developing reflective practice and the congruent role that the source and use of knowledge
of good teaching practice has in the process of developing the reflective practices of a post-graduate pre-service science
teacher. Of particular interest are the facilitators and barriers she sees as affecting this development.
Specializations: Science education, science teacher education
Specializations: science education, science teacher education, conceptual change, learning environments, science reasoning. 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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Dr. Donna Satterthwait Dr. Jim Butler Dr. Warren Beasley 《Research in Science Education》1993,23(1):252-258
Australia's changing political, social and economic agendas have triggered a critical analysis of school curriculum. Part
of this consideration has been concern over the future of science education within the context of senior schooling. Following
the completion of the Senior Science Future Directions Project commissioned by the Queensland Board of Senior Secondary School
Studies, fifteen issues were identified. These issues, grouped by the needs of the science disciplines, society and the individual
student, are discussed with the view of understanding the future design of senior science syllabuses.
Specializations: biology teacher education, science curriculum development.
Specializations: professional development, curriculum design and evaluation.
Specializations: professional development, science teaching. 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 examines the ideology of one the best known figures in science education in the USA, and draws attention to the
relationship between the political climate and curriculum in national curriculum developments. We are mindful of the forces
shaping the schooling of science in Australia, and we present this analysis as an example of the social forces that dominate
education both here and overseas. Paramount is our desire to open the door for a socially responsible Australian school science
experience.
Social Responsibility of Science in Science Education Group.Specializations: sociology of science education, the nature of science and the production of scientific knowledge, comparative science education
and environmental education.
Social Responsibility of Science in Science Education Group.Specializations: comparative education with particular reference to China, the nature of science and the production of scientific knowledge. 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 paper relates to a study commissioned by the Department of Employment, Education and Training to evaluate the impact
of the Discipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science. The major datagathering strategies employed in that
study have been to visit every higher education institution in Australia involved in teacher education to interview relevant
staff and to seek information by mail from other bodies to whom recommendations of the Review were addressed. This paper reports
a supplementary activity, the analysis of citations of the Report of the Discipline Review in the journal of the Australasian
Science Education Research Association,Research in Science Education. This research reveals that there has been relatively little critical analysis of the Review, somewhat surprising in the
light of its significance for science teacher education. Further the citations in the journal suggest that the Review Report
has struck a responsive chord with those involved in the science education of primary school teachers. Its impact on secondary
teacher education would appear to be less significant. This difference is explored in the context of professional education.
Specializations: science education, teacher education.
Specializations: international education, educational measurement, science education. 相似文献
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Brian Coles 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):81-90
Routines are a fundamental aspect of classroom life and much attention in recent years has focused on routines for management.
The concept of ‘behaviour settings’ and transitions between them as classroom routines is explained and exemplified. This
view of routines provides an explanation for the difficulties faced by relieving teachers and student teachers who enter classrooms
at mid year and suggests how new routines for complex science activity may be introduced.
Specializations: Science curriculum science teacher education, teacher 相似文献
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Dr Campbell J. McRobbie Dr Geoffrey J. Giddings Dr Barry J. Fraser 《Research in Science Education》1990,20(1):200-209
Existing instruments for assessing student or teacher perceptions of characteristics of actual or preferred classroom psychosocial
environment are unsuitable for one of the most important settings in science teaching, namely, the science laboratory class.
Consequently, the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI), was designed to assess student or teacher perceptions of
seven scales:Teacher Supportiveness, Student Cohesiveness, Open-Endedness, Integration, Organization, Rule Clarity andMaterial Environment. An important feature of the design of the study was that the new instrument was field tested simultaneously in six countries:
Australia, USA, Canada, England, Nigeria and Israel. This paper is based on a sample of 4643 students in 225 individual laboratory
classes, together with the teachers of most of these classes. Preliminary analyses were used to shed light on various important
research questions including the differences between Actual and Preferred environments, gender differences in perceptions
of Actual and Preferred environment, the relationship between the science laboratory environment and attitude towards science
laboratory work, differences between school and university laboratory classes, differences between teachers’ and students’
perceptions of the same laboratory classes, and differences between laboratory classes in different science subjects (Physics,
Chemistry, Biology).
Specializations: Science education, educational evaluation.
Specializations: Curriculum, science education, science laboratory teaching.
Specializations: Learning environments, science education, educational evaluation, curriculum. 相似文献
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In recent years Australian primary schools have adopted an across-the-curriculum approach to writing. However, relatively
little research has been conducted in the area of primary science. This paper reports the result of a small scale collaborative
study involving a Year 2 and a Year 5 class, and their classroom teacher, which used science activities as the basis for developing
report-writing skills using a framework consisting of three focus questions. Students in both classes learned to use the framework
in one term and it was found that it improved the quality of reports.
Specialisations: science and technology curriculum development, secondary and primary teacher education in agriculture, science and environmental
education.
Specialisations: cognition and curriculum, early childhood and primary teacher education in science and social education. 相似文献
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Dr. Srinivasiah Muralidhar 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):253-262
One of the issues identified in a recent study of science teaching and learning in Fiji's primary and secondary schools was
the problems faced by students in coping with scientific terminology, and in expressing ideas in their own words (Muralidhar,
1989). In this paper, some examples from the study are used to illustrate the extent of the problem and to discuss the implications
for teaching and learning science. It is argued that the quality of communication is an important factor in promoting the
understanding of science, especially when the main sources of information for the majority of students are the textbook and
the teacher.
Specializations: Science teacher education, curriculum in action, problem solving, curriculum evaluation, naturalistic research. 相似文献
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The premise that underlies the pre-service science teacher education program at Monash University is the need to focus on
the nature of learning in ways that encourage student-teachers to reconsider their conceptions of learning and how this relates
to their view of teaching. The purpose of teaching portfolios is to act as a prompt for student-teachers to reconsider these
conceptions and as a way of helping them to better articulate their professional knowledge. The Science (Stream 3) student
teachers construct a portfolio of teaching strategies, episodes, ideas, etc. that demonstrate how they see their role as science
teachers. The portfolio is ungraded, openended and organised as a dynamic assessment task, not just a static end product.
This paper reports on student-teachers' understanding of, and approach to portfolios as they come to understand its purpose
and value.
Specializations: chemistry and science education, technology and industry links with science curriculum
Specializations: science education, reflection, curriculum and evaluation 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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What is written in reports to parents can provide insight into the perceptions of teachers of the various areas of the primary
school curriculum. This paper reports the first stage of a research project focussing on reports as a guide to teachers' views
of the relative importance of, and desired student outcomes in, key areas of the curriculum. Teacher comments in the end-of-the-year
reports in one primary school were analysed.
Specializations: science education, teacher education.
Specializations: science education, teacher education. 相似文献
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Garry Henderson 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):188-193
This paper describes a study involving second and third year primary Diploma of Teaching students. It considers their discipline
competence, their confidence in teaching particular topic areas and their views of the nature of science teaching in the classes
in which they were placed during teaching rounds. It then describes attempts made within the science curriculum course to
overcome particular problems.
Specializations: Science teacher education, the practicum. 相似文献
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Dr. Jeff Northfield 《Research in Science Education》1993,23(1):208-213
The importance of recent and relevant experience is being asserted for teacher educators though not others responsible for
education policy and curriculum. The paper will review the “self evident” value of recent and relevant experience from the
perspective of researcher/teacher educator returning to classroom teaching. The potential and implications for research on
teaching and learning and the opportunities for more significant school experience in teacher education are outlined.
Specializations: teacher education, science education, health education, curriculum evaluation and research. 相似文献