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Cox, Jo – Education in Science, 2014
Redmoor Academy is a Key Stage 3 (age 11-14) school in Leicestershire, UK, with a student cohort just over 500 pupils. The Academy has a long history of encouraging pupils to consider how STEM subjects relate to each other and to their future careers, and has made great inroads into ensuring that all teachers of STEM subjects are delivering the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Activities, Student Projects, Problem Based Learning
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Sloman, Katherine; Thompson, Richard – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Undergraduate students pursuing a three-year marine biology degree programme (n = 86) experienced a large-group drama aimed at allowing them to explore how scientific research is funded and the associated links between science and society. In the drama, Year 1 students played the "general public" who decided which environmental research…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Scientific Research, Environmental Research, Science and Society
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Wright, Hazel A.; Ironside, Joseph E.; Gwynn-Jones, Dylan – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2009
Purpose: Owing to the specialist nature of biological experimentation, scientific research staff have been largely neglected from the pro-environmental initiatives which have inundated other areas of higher education. This dearth of studies is surprising given that scientific research is recognised as a substantial contributor to the environmental…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Environmental Research, Laboratories, Work Environment