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Chinn, Pauline W. U. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study reports findings from a 10-day professional development institute on curricular trends involving 19 secondary mathematics and science teachers and administrators from Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, Philippines, the United States, and People's Republic of China. Participants explored the roles of culture, place, and…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Education, Problem Based Learning
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Kobayashi, Yoshikazu – Human Development, 1994
Examines the role of social interaction as a facilitator of learning in general and conceptual change in particular. Three conditions are proposed as necessary for social interaction to facilitate knowledge construction--horizontal information, comparable domain knowledge, and availability of cognitive tools. Suggests that these conditions assure…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries