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The potential of informal sources of science learning to supplement and interact with formal classroom science is receiving
increasing recognition and attention in the research literature. In this study, a phenomenographic approach was used to determine
changes in levels of understanding of 27 grade 7 primary school children as a result of a visit to an interactive science
centre. The results showed that most students did change their levels of understanding of aspects of the concept “sound”.
The study also provides information which will be of assistance to teachers on the levels of understanding displayed by students
on this concept.
Specializations: informal science learning, science curriculum
Specializations: science education, science teacher education, conceptual change, learning environments. 相似文献
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Deborah Corrigan Peter Fensham Jennifer Sheed Rosemary Hutchinson 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):403-405
Conclusion The difficulty of sharing meaning of curriculum intentions between different groups is highlighted in this study. The acceptance
of the novel features of the Chemistry Study Design is mixed. The longitudinal nature of the study helped to identify the
difficulty teachers had in understanding the meaning of these novel features although the experiences of teaching units in
the VCE chemistry course have enabled some teachers to shift in their construction of the meaning of the words and messages
around them.
Specializations: chemistry and science education, technology and industry links with sicence in schools.
Specializations: science and technology curriculum, environmental education, educational disadvantage.
Specializations: curriculum change, science career paths.
Specializations: science education, computers in schools. 相似文献
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Beverley Jane Associate Professor Marjory-Dore Martin Russell Tytler 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):188-197
A study of primary teacher trainees' perceptions and attitudes to science in 1990, has been useful in designing a semester
unit aimed at increasing the confidence and interest of first year students at Victoria College. This paper outlines the background
survey and discusses some, of the results and how they were used to develop the Professional Readiness Study-Understanding
Science. This unit attempts to change attitudes by focussing on metacognition and encourages students to understand and control
their own learning. Discussion involves teaching and learning strategies and alternative assessment approaches including the
student's journal-the Personal Record.
Specializations: technology for learning, health education.
Specializations student understanding of biology, particularly genetics, evaluation.
Specializations: children's learning in science, language in science. 相似文献
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Alison Grindrod Andrea Klindworth Dr. Marjory-Dore Martin Russell Tytler 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):151-160
In 1990, a large proportion of third year primary trainee teachers at Victoria College had observed or taught very few or
no science lessons during the first two years of their course. The students felt that a lack of content knowledge, a crowded
school curriculum, and problems associated with managing resources and equipment, were the main factors contributing to the
low level of science being taught in schools. By the end of their third year significantly more students had taught science
than after the second year. There was also a change in approach to teaching science with more practical activities being included
than previously. The science method unit taught to the students in the third year of their course contributed to this increase.
The students considered the hands-on activities in class to have been the most effective aspect of the unit in their preparation
for the teaching of primary science.
Specializations: children's learning in science, primary teacher education.
Specializations: student understanding of biology, evaluation of formal and informal educational settings.
Specializations: gender, science and technology, environmental education.
Specializations: children's learning in science, language and science. 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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This paper highlights the challenges and problems in developing an innovative K-3 science program to support teachers in the
implementation of the national Statement and Profile in science. The program has been developed by the authors in association
with the Curriculum Corporation. The paper outlines the assumptions made about teachers of young children, the role of research
in the construction of the program, and the extent to which the Statement and Profile have influenced the process. The resolution
of a number of key problems in this curriculum development is discussed: responding to teachers' needs for a base of science
discipline knowledge, developing strategies for working scientifically with very young children, and helping teachers develop
an extended understanding of the nature of science.
Specializations: early childhood science and technology education.
Specializations: primary science education, teacher education in science, adult experiences of science and technology, and curriculum development. 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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Ian A. Simpson Dr. Kevin P. Singer Dr. David Treagust Dr. Marjan G. Zadnik 《Research in Science Education》1990,20(1):316-323
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a course in physiotherapy whereby the physics fundamental to the modalities
of cold, heat and ultrasound therapies was integrated in lectures and actual physiotherapy activities. The design of the course
is described together with the perceptions of physiotherapy students regarding the organisation of the course, safety aspects
and how well the integration contributed to their understanding of the physics involved in electrotherapy.
Specialization: Physics education.
Specialization: electrotherapy.
Specializations: Diagnosis of student learning difficulties and teaching for conceptual change, technology education, curriculum evaluation.
Specializations: Material science, isotope studies, physics education. 相似文献
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Unattended science and technology exhibits of both static and operational types have been an integral part of museum displays
for many years. More recently interactive exhibits in which observers are encouraged to become part of the system of exhibits
have become more common. A study was commenced to explore the impact and potential of low cost, unattended, interactive exhibitsset up singly in a normal school classroom without the distractions of a multiplicity of activities as is common in ‘science museums’. Three small groups of Grade 5/6
primary school children interacted with a ‘Falling Towers’ exhibit and their voluntary activities were recorded on videotape
for later analysis. Children appeared to state the results of their activity in ways consistent with their expectations rather
than with their most recent experience with the exhibit. The responses of girls, boys and mixed groups are reported.
Specializations: primary mathematics and science education, teaching strategies.
Specializations: science education, students' understandings of phenomena in science. 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 study employs narrative methods to give a holistic view of the experiences of five mature age preservice teachers in
a semester unit of science education. The unit was designed to help teachers examine and make explicit their ideas about science
and science teaching and consider ways in which they might put those ideas into practice. The pivotal theme, around which
the teachers' experiences could be organised, was found to be learning science. The preservice teachers expressed a need for
a supportive learning environment in which concepts were built gradually and introduced using concrete examples. Previous
science experience was found to be a major influence on the attitudes the participants brought to the present course. A lack
of previous experience or negative past experiences were a major cause of anxiety. Gender was also important as it had limited
the science experiences available to some participants in the past and continued to influence the way they participated in
classes during the semester.
Specializations: primary science, science teacher education, primary school field experience.
Specializations: formation of teachers' knowledge, leadership, teacher change, school reform. 相似文献
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Six beginning primary school teachers pioneering the Interactive Teaching approach to science were studied in their first
year of teaching. Interviews with the beginning teachers revcaled that they faced several obstacles to the implementation
of the interactive teaching of science. These included lack of collegial support, lack of feedback on their teaching, difficulty
assessing the learning of their pupils, and the differences between the culture of learning of the alternative science pedagogy
and that of their pupils. By the end of the year, teachers had reconstructed the alternative science pedagogy in ways that
reduced these difficulties. The interviews also provided evidence that ongoing support by teachers and teacher-educators versed
in the alternative pedagogy can make beginning teacher's implementation of the Interactive Teaching of science less difficult.
Specializations: physics education, beginning teachers.
Specializations: misconceptions, assessment. 相似文献
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Mr. Ray Peterson Associate Professor David Treagust 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):323-330
This paper discusses a preliminary investigation into primary pre-service teachers' pedagogical reasoning skills. Results
from this investigation led to the development of a problem-based learning model which focused on improving primary pre-service
teachers' pedagogical reasoning skills. The problem-based learning model uses pedagogical reasoning as the basis for creating
problem situations for the pre-service teachers to investigate. The paper reports on pre-service teachers' views on the use
of the approach to improve their pedagogical reasoning skills.
Specializations: science teacher education, learning in science, chemistry education.
Specializations: student learning, conceptual change, technology education, curriculum evaluation. 相似文献
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This paper describes research into teachers' perceptions of technology education carried out as part of the Learning in Technology
Education Project. Thirty primary and secondary school teachers were interviewed. Secondary teachers interpreted technology
education in terms of their subject subcultures as did some primary teachers. The primary teachers were also influenced by
current initiatives, outside school interests and teaching programs.
Specializations: investigations in science, science and technology education.
Specializations: learning theories, history and philosophy of science, chemical education. 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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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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The Sci-Tec project was based on an interactive, non-deficit model of in-service in which the fundamental principle was to
value the expertise of all participants, and to encourage them to share that expertise with others. As part of the unfolding
of the project, the participants also identified various areas of need as they arose, and these too became elements of the
in-service agenda. The model has proved to be robust when applied in a wide range of schools, and with teachers who originally
expressed widely varying degrees of confidence and interest in teaching primary science and technology.
Specializations: primary science in-service education, curriculum leadership
Specializations: in-service and pre-service primary science and technology 相似文献
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Concern is increasingly being expressed about the teaching of higher order thinking skills in schools and the levels of understanding
of scientific concepts by students. Metaphors for the improvement of science education have included science as exploration
and science as process skills for experimentation. As a result of a series of studies on how children relate evidence to their
theories or beliefs, Kuhn (1993a) has suggested that changing the metaphor to science as argument may be a fruitful way to
increase the development of higher order thinking skills and understanding in science instruction. This report is of a case
study into the coordination of evidence and theories by a grade 7 primary school student. This student was not able to coordinate
these elements in a way that would enable her to rationally consider evidence in relation to her theories. It appeared that
the thinking skills associated with science as argument were similar for her in different domains of knowledge and context.
Specializations: science learning, scientific reasoning, learning environments, science teacher education.
Specializations: cognition, reasoning in science and mathermatics. 相似文献
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It is argued that the introduction of many new curricular with their associated teaching practices have failed because the
beliefs, views and attitudes of teachers have been ignored. This paper reports the implications of the initial belicfs of
primary school teachers involved in a professional development program about science and technology education. In particular,
a mismatch between teachers views of learning and teaching is identified and analysed.
Specializations: Science education, professional development
Specialisation: primary science and technology education 相似文献
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A national curriculum comprising statements of attainment at different levels must be underpinned by some idea of “progression”
in learning. Questions arise as to the nature and meaning of progression. To gain a deeper insight into how children progress
in their understanding of science, this research involves the construction and testing of a hypothetical learning sequence
for the topic of forces. This interim report explains how children aged 7 to 13 are being interviewed to explore their explanations
of phenomena involving forces. These explanations will be mapped onto the sequence to provide a multi-dimensional model of
progression.
Specializations: assessment, curriculum development.
Specializations: assessment, investigations in science, progression in learning science. 相似文献