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Santos Silva, Guilherme Paulino; Trindade, Neilo Marcos – Science Education International, 2022
This paper presents a perspective of how the radiation and radioactivity themes have been discussed at the high school level in several locations around the world. In this context, scientific journals, academic journals, theses, dissertations, and media materials were analyzed. Recent research has shown that the concern with the discussion about…
Descriptors: High Schools, Radiation, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
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Hand, Brian; Cavagnetto, Andy; Chen, Ying-Chih; Park, Soonhye – Research in Science Education, 2016
Given current concerns internationally about student performance in science and the need to shift how science is being learnt in schools, as a community, we need to shift how we approach the issue of learning and teaching in science. In the future, we are going to have to close the gap between how students construct and engage with knowledge in a…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Instruction, Educational Methods, Classroom Environment
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Vilches, Amparo; Gil-Pérez, Daniel – Science & Education, 2013
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and UNESCO have proposed that the International Year of Chemistry, 2011, should make a strong educational contribution to the goals of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. This emphasis is absolutely necessary because education for sustainability remains practically…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Sustainability, Scientific Concepts
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Steele, Astrid – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2014
The author compares two frameworks, one proposed by Sauvé (2005) for environmental education (EE) and the other prepared by Pedretti and Nazir (2011) for Science, Technology, Society and Environment (STSE) education. With the aim of investigating the utility of the two frameworks as tools for analysis of science teaching practice, the author…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, STEM Education, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Science
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Huffman, Douglas; Thomas, Kelli; Lawrenz, Frances – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
This study examined the science and mathematics instruction of teachers who were initially prepared by the Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation program (CETP). The focus of this study was on examining the extent to which science and mathematics teachers used more reform-oriented instructional practices in their classes when they…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Teaching (Occupation), Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Sandall, Barbara R. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2003
"Elementary Science: Where are We Now?" is a review of Elementary Science Education from the 1960s to 1999. Curriculum moved from uniform programs in the 1960s based on two assumptions to a wide diversity of goals, philosophies, and types of materials in the 1970s. The two assumptions behind the elementary science curriculum programs of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Teaching Styles, Scientific Literacy, Technological Literacy