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Direct linkLee, Gyeong-Geon; Hong, Hun-Gi – History of Education, 2021
Comenius (1592-1670) has been widely studied in educational research, although limited work has addressed his thinking about science education comprehensively. His Pansophist philosophy led him to believe that science was a necessary subject for all ("Omnes"). Comenius emphasised useful scientific knowledge and core principles…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational History, Philosophy, Science Curriculum
Download full textGilbert, John; Concannon, James – Science Education International, 2020
To examine differences between sequences of secondary science courses on achievement on science high stakes exams, a purposive quantitative research design was utilized in this study. A short survey was sent out to public high schools in the state of Missouri that asked to identify their main science course sequence. In addition, participants were…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Achievement, Science Tests
Long, Christopher S.; Fraser, Barry J.; Sinclair, Becky – Learning Environments Research, 2020
For a sample of 367 middle-school students in the USA, learning environment criteria were used to evaluate two alternative science curriculum sequences (generalised/integrated and topic-based) and to investigate the differential effectiveness of the alternative sequences for two different ethnic groups (Caucasian and Hispanic). The six scales used…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Science Curriculum, Sequential Learning
Wyner, Yael; Doherty, Jennifer H. – Science Education, 2017
This paper examines how students make progress toward three-dimensional (3D) understanding of the patterns of evolution. Specifically, it proposes a learning progression that explains how scientific practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas come together in naming and grouping, length of change over time, and the role of common…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Science Curriculum
Bain, Kalyani; Siddique, Mohammad Nure Alam – Science Education International, 2017
This study explored the organization of contents in the junior secondary science curriculum of Bangladesh. The research questions of this study focus on how science content is sequenced and integrated in the intended curriculum. Document analysis within a qualitative approach has been followed to conduct this study. Both junior secondary science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction
Larkin, Douglas B. – School Science and Mathematics, 2016
This article examines the process of shifting to a "Physics First" sequence in science course offerings in three school districts in the United States. This curricular sequence reverses the more common U.S. high school sequence of biology/chemistry/physics, and has gained substantial support in the physics education community over the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Science
