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Design of a Pre-Service Teacher Training Unit to Promote Scientific Practices. "Is a Chickpea a Living Being?"
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Maria Martínez-Chico; Maria Rut Jiménez-Liso; Maria Evagorou – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2020
In this paper, we present the design of a teacher training sequence, emphasizing supporting pre-service teachers to reflect on their knowledge, skills, and emotions experienced when engaging in scientific practices. We consider such reflections being crucial in initial teacher training because they can make pre-service teachers aware of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education
Starting a Robotics Program in Your County
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Habib, Maria A. – Journal of Extension, 2012
The current mission mandates of the National 4-H Headquarters are Citizenship, Healthy Living, and Science. Robotics programs are excellent in fulfilling the Science mandate. Robotics engages students in STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics) fields by providing interactive, hands-on, minds-on, cross-disciplinary learning…
Descriptors: Robotics, Extension Education, STEM Education, Youth Programs
Scientific Literacy, Environmental Issues, and PISA 2006: The 2008 Paul F-Brandwein Lecture
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Bybee, Rodger W. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
In today's world, scientific literacy has become essential to full participation of citizens. Certainly, important components of scientific literacy include resource use and environmental quality. The 2006 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) centered on scientific literacy and included resources and environments as two contexts for…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Teaching Methods, Conservation (Environment), Science Process Skills