ERIC Number: EJ1460836
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-0145
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1839
Available Date: 2024-08-16
Students' Conceptions of Science Learning before and after the Pandemic Outbreak: A Drawing Analysis
Journal of Science Education and Technology, v34 n1 p58-72 2025
This study investigated students' conceptions of science learning before and after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak via drawing analysis. A total of 521 Taiwanese students in 7th, 9th, and 11th grades were asked to illustrate how they conceptualized science learning in an actual and ideal context. A coding checklist was developed to analyze the elements in the drawings. Epistemic network analysis (ENA) was employed to investigate the connections between the coded elements. The results suggest that students' conceptions of science learning before and after the pandemic outbreak were significantly different. Three major findings were made as follows: (1) students conceptualized learning with technological products more after the pandemic outbreak, both in an actual and ideal context; (2) elements related to science, nature, and the location of the drawing were drawn less frequently after the pandemic; and (3) elements related to learning were drawn more frequently after the pandemic. Implications include that while students started to take learning science with technology for granted, their imagination and inclination towards scientific inquiry with technology may still be limited. The results of this study confirm the application of ENA in drawing analysis. Concerns about the shift in learning conceptions and future research directions are also discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Science Education, Freehand Drawing, Illustrations, Student Attitudes, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Environmental Influences, Context Effect, Attitude Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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Author Affiliations: 1National Taiwan Normal University, Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, Taipei City, Taiwan; 2National Taiwan Normal University, Program of Learning Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan; 3National Taiwan Normal University, Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan