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Bo Chen; Shaoli Chen; Huinan Liu; Xianhua Meng – Science & Education, 2024
This paper aimed to examine the changes in the representations of nature of science (NOS) in Chinese senior high school chemistry textbooks under the influence of the new curriculum ideas. The study was conducted based on an analytical framework in which the aspects of NOS, the approaches to address NOS, and the content relation of NOS aspects…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Textbooks
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Khanh Q. Tran; S. Selcen Guzey – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Science teachers and educators seek to promote equity and inclusion within their classrooms. Yet, many do not examine how their roles could reproduce oppression that continues to exclude certain groups of students. Centering on how oppression interacts with science teaching and learning, this naturalistic study observed Ms. William and her…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, STEM Education, Culturally Relevant Education
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Utama Alan Deta; Rinda Rahmanisa Sasmi; Aini Arisanti; Luthfiyaul Laila; Muhammad Nur Hudha; Husni Mubarok; Binar Kurnia Prahani; Nadi Suprapto – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
In higher education, fostering scientific literacy stands essential, especially in understanding and responding to natural disasters. This research investigates the scientific literacy levels among Physics Education students at State University in Surabaya, Indonesia, focusing on earthquake disaster mitigation. This study uses a qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Physics
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Lisa A. Borgerding; Jennifer L. Heisler; Breanna C. Beaver; A. O. Prince – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024
Climate change is a growing global crisis with short and long-term physical and human impacts. Although climate change is a global occurrence, the impacts of climate change are not felt equally among all locations and all groups of people. Climate justice education is a form of social justice education that invites students to consider how the…
Descriptors: Climate, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
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Jennifer Houchins; Danielle Boulden; James Lester; Bradford Mott; Kristy Elizabeth Boyer; Eric Wiebe – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
This design case chronicles the efforts of an interdisciplinary team of researchers as they collaborated with middle grades science teachers and students to build and refine an epidemic disease curriculum module. The initial five-day design was delivered in five science classrooms at three nearby schools where researcher classroom observations and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Middle School Students, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Mary F. Johnston; Valarie L. Akerson – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2025
This action research case study explored the ability of three high school chemistry students to grow in their understanding of nature of science (NOS) during its explicit-reflective inclusion in two unit chapters on bonding (ionic compounds followed by covalent molecules). Students completed a pre, post and delayed Views of Nature of Science Form…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Rural Schools, Chemistry
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Degorio, Jovie Mariel L. – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2022
This research is aimed to investigate the current implementation of the Science Spiral Curriculum from the perspective of the Science Teachers in the city of Baybay, Leyte. Descriptive-evaluative research design was used. This study was conducted in five selected Secondary High Schools in Baybay City Division. The respondents of this study were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
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Katarzyna Pomian Bogdanov – Grantee Submission, 2024
Teachers often rely on curricular materials as support for implementing reform-based science practices and as educative materials to continue developing ways in which they teach and approach science. Therefore, it is important to understand how teachers develop and use curricular materials and how they learn from their experiences. However, we…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Material Development, Values, Science Curriculum
Ashlee Penn Buchanan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The study aimed to investigate how the knowledge, understanding and skills of secondary science teachers in SC relate to their capacity to deliberately integrate World Class Skills (WCS) into their science classroom instruction through effective planning and pedagogical choices. The study employs the Partnership for 21 Century Learning framework…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Curriculum, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Kevin McElhaney; Rochelle Urban; Danae Kamdar; Anthony Baker; KellyAnn Tsai; Jeremy Roschelle – Digital Promise, 2024
OpenSciEd is a set of Creative Commons licensed, standards aligned curriculum and teacher professional learning materials that will be available for grades K-12. Using a storyline model that gives students the responsibility of "figuring out" science phenomena by engaging in science practices and classroom discussion to achieve…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
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William F. McComas – American Biology Teacher, 2024
This article introduces and contextualizes the content of this theme issue of "The American Biology Teacher" (ABT), which focuses on integrating elements of the history of science (HOS) in biology instruction. Such orientations can enhance students' understanding of core biological concepts and the process of scientific discovery by…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Science History, Scientific Concepts
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Mabrouk, Suzanne T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
An online chemistry of art course was developed for K-12 teachers enrolled in a Master of Education in Interdisciplinary STEM Education program. This course focused on the chemistry involved in the preparation of artists' materials, art, and the authentication of art and artifacts. The specific course topics addressed safety in creating art; the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Electronic Learning, Chemistry, Graduate Students
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Amy Pallant; Christopher Lore; Hee-Sun Lee; Stephanie Seevers; Trudi Lord – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2025
This paper describes how plate tectonics and rock genesis, two topics that are typically addressed separately in secondary Earth science classes, can be taught together as an integrated system. We define the TecRocks Reasoning Framework, developed to support student reasoning about rock formation situated in the context of plate tectonics. We also…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Geology, Plate Tectonics
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Natalie O'Neill – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Internationally, second level curriculum policy for STEM education is concentrating its efforts on promoting curriculum-making pedagogies, with enquiry-based teaching and learning at the forefront of this change. Policy aspirations have not translated well into practice, evidenced by science practical lessons consistently being delivered as…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Conie Mae Sudaria; Joje Mar P. Sanchez – Science Education International, 2024
The study examined how well Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO)-based formative evaluations might improve students' comprehension in the context of science education, with an emphasis on seismic events like earthquakes. Using a mixed-method research design, the study assesses students' entry understanding, how they advance through…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Seismology
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