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Wonyong Park; Alison Cullinane; Haira Gandolfi; Sahar Alameh; Günkut Mesci – Research in Science Education, 2024
There has been sustained research interest in the role of early career researchers in advancing the field and the challenges that they face. However, efforts to document lived experiences of researchers working in a specific research area within science education have been scarce. This paper considers the meaning of innovation in the context of…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Principles, Social Problems, College Faculty
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de Andrade, Vanessa; Freire, Sofia; Baptista, Mónica – Research in Science Education, 2019
This article describes a system of analysis aimed at characterizing students' scientific explanations. Science education literature and reform documents have been highlighting the importance of scientific explanations for students' conceptual understanding and for their understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge. Nevertheless, and despite…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
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Michie, Michael; Hogue, Michelle; Rioux, Joël – Research in Science Education, 2018
The issue of Indigenous engagement, participation and success in the sciences is a concern both in Australia and in Canada. The authors of this paper have taught Indigenous students in tertiary enabling programs, undergraduate science and science education. Their experiences bridging Indigenous and Western cultures in science and science education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods
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Forbes, Anne; Skamp, Keith – Research in Science Education, 2014
"MyScience" is a primary science education initiative in which being in a community of practice is integral to the learning process. This paper describes the ongoing journey to date of eight primary teachers from three primary schools who actively participated in "MyScience" over an extended period. Their views of interactions…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Dawson, Chris; Lyndon, Harry – Research in Science Education, 1997
Examines both theoretical and practical perspectives on conceptual exchange--exchanging a student's entrenched view on a scientific topic for one based on actual scientific perspective. Endorses the conceptual-mediation model based on interference theory for changing an established view. (AIM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Fundamental Concepts, Higher Education, Misconceptions
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Osborne, Margery D. – Research in Science Education, 2000
Reflects on the idea of a person being constructed through his actions, and the role of the teacher in enabling such actions. Argues that the way a teacher shapes the classroom is, in effect, a lens through which children can be viewed and visions of the educational process both shape and are shaped by the teacher. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Epistemology
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Nichols, Sharon E.; Tippins, Deborah J. – Research in Science Education, 2000
Explores an approach to autobiographical research based on a notion of "outlaw genre" autobiography, referred to as "biomythography". Describes the use of photo essays to learn about prospective elementary teachers' stories of science and science education. Calls for an examination of hegemonies extending from students' personal histories as…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Feminist Criticism
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Eisenhart, Margaret – Research in Science Education, 2000
Describes an experience of trying to publish a book whose contents are in some ways marginal to what is normally considered science or science education. During the publishing process, ideas about what counts as science got tangled up with what counts as "credible" science, "marketable" literature, and academic competence. (Contains 26…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Epistemology, Feminist Criticism, Personal Narratives
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McGonigal, Judith A. – Research in Science Education, 2000
Examines multiple ways in which autobiography informed the restructuring of an elementary classroom. Uses journals, interview transcripts, and electronic mail archives to document how the author provided a voice to students and used their perspectives to construct a teaching framework for elementary science education. (Contains 30 references.)…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science