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van Rens, Lisette; Pilot, Albert; van der Schee, Joop – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
A framework for teaching scientific inquiry in upper secondary chemistry education was constructed in a design research consisting of two research cycles. First, in a pilot study a hypothetical framework was enriched in collaboration with five chemistry teachers. Second, a main study in this community of teachers and researchers was conducted on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Secondary Education, Scientific Attitudes
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van Eijck, Michiel; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Science educators are confronted with the challenge to accommodate in their classes an increasing cultural and linguistic diversity that results from globalization. Challenged by the call to work towards valuing and keeping this diversity in the face of the canonical nature of school science discourse, we propose a new way of thinking about and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Cultural Context, Context Effect, Cultural Pluralism
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De Jong, Onno; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Presents a case study of problems that can occur when teaching the topic of redox reactions to grade-11 students. Concludes that the teachers' scientific expertise is an important source of difficulties when teaching redox reactions. Discusses implications for improvement of current chemistry classroom practice and content-related teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Observation