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Katarin Alinta Macleod; Silmara Alessi Guebur Roehrig – European Journal of Physics Education, 2022
Science, technology, society, and environment (STSE) education is a focus of the public education system of both Canada and Brazil and therefore should translate into the teaching and learning that occurs within their respective Bachelor of Education programs when addressing Science education, and specifically the connections between STSE and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Physics, Curriculum Development
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Slomka, Jessica M. – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2019
Scientific problems of the twenty-first century involve complex research questions that require an interdisciplinary approach. Educational research suggests that overall student achievement is greater in an interdisciplinary science curriculum than in a discipline-specific science curriculum. Regardless, the secondary school science curriculum in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Bellomo, Katherine – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Science, technology, society, and the environment (STSE) education is a part of the science curriculum in Ontario schools and also a theoretical positioning for a science teacher. This qualitative study uses individual interviews, group meetings, and action research to explore, how science teachers, develop and implement inclusive science…
Descriptors: Science Education, Social Justice, Technology Education, Science Curriculum
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Hollins, Martin; Reiss, Michael J. – Curriculum Journal, 2016
The last two decades have seen unprecedented interest in science curricula, with many governments seeing improvements in the performance of their school students in science as key to future economic prosperity. We present the results of an analysis of the curriculum documents for primary and secondary science in Australia (New South Wales and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, National Curriculum, Comparative Education
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Lewthwaite, Brian; Doyle, Tanya; Owen, Thomas – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
This paper examines teachers' experiences in responding to a new Chemistry curriculum in the province of Manitoba in Canada informed by a "tetrahedral" orientation (Mahaffy, 2005) as a pedagogical framework for the teaching of Chemistry. This tetrahedral orientation endorses macroscopic, microscopic, symbolic and human element teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Education, Science Curriculum
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Krzic, Maja; Strivelli, Rachel A.; Holmes, Emma; Grand, Stephanie; Dyanatkar, Saeed; Lavkulich, Les M.; Crowley, Chris – Natural Sciences Education, 2013
Since soil plays a crucial role in all aspects of global environmental change, it is essential that post-secondary institutions provide students with a strong foundation in soil science concepts including soil classification. The onset of information technology (IT) and web-based multimedia have opened new avenues to better incorporate…
Descriptors: Soil Science, Instructional Design, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Putnam, JoAnne W.; Putnam, David E.; Jerome, Bernard E.; Jerome, Ramona – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2011
For over 400 years, Wabankaki children of Maine and eastern Canada have been assimilated into schools established by European immigrants. Low high school graduation rates, poor achievement outcomes, and overrepresentation of students in special education reveal an "invisible crisis" that threatens the survival of the indigenous culture…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development, Partnerships in Education, International Educational Exchange
Ruddock, Graham; Sainsbury, Marian – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
This study looks at the curricula for mathematics, science and literacy, comparing England's curricula with those of other countries based on performance in international comparative surveys. The main objective was to answer the question: How does the content of the Primary Curriculum in England at Key stage 2 compare in literacy, math and science…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Science Curriculum
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Lewthwaite, Brian – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2007
This paper explores the history and processes associated with the transformation of a northern Canadian Aboriginal school into a culture-based community school for its Metis, Inuvialuit and Gwichin citizens. In particular, the role of the principal, a local Aboriginal, as a leader in initiating and facilitating the transformative change is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Community Schools, Canada Natives, Foreign Countries
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Finegold, Menahem; Mackeracher, Dorothy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Reports on the analysis of science curricula carried out across Canada within the framework of the Second International Science Study by: (1) describing the background to the study and the research methodology employed; (2) showing how data were organized; and (3) discussing meanings derived from the data analysis. (JN)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lang, H. Murray – Journal of Biological Education, 1976
Discusses the diversification of biology courses and resources in Ontario province, Canada, resulting from the province's 1960 departure from a prescribed curriculum syllabus. (SL)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Development
Olson, John, Ed.; Russell, Thomas, Ed. – 1984
The eight case studies included in this volume were conducted during a major study of Canadian science education. The study was undertaken to establish a documented basis for describing the present purposes and general characteristics of science teaching in Canadian schools, to provide a historical analysis of science education in Canada, and to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
McFadden, Charles P. – 1990
For more than 12 years, the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project (ASCP) has attempted to find a feasible path for educational reform in Canada. This search for a voluntary, regionally initiated path to educational reform was necessitated by the absence of substantial federal and provincial and private foundation sources of funding for science…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Anderson, Len; And Others – 1977
This publication is an interim edition of a curriculum guide published by the Ministry of Education of British Columbia for use during the 1977-78 school year. This revised guide is to replace the "old" Elementary Science Program first introduced in 1964 (Primary), 1968 (Intermediate and Grade VII), and the alternative Materials Based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Chamberlain, Valerie Elaine – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Reviews a model used in the teaching of plate tectonics which includes processes and concepts related to: terranes and the amalgamation of terranes, relative plate motion and oblique subduction, the effects of continent-continent collision, changes in plate motion, plate configuration, and the type of plate boundary. Diagrams are included.…
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum Development, Earth Science, Geology
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