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Direct linkCirkony, Connie – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
To promote scientific literacy in school science, students need to learn key concepts in science, along with the nature of scientific knowledge and how it is generated. Ideally, this learning mirrors authentic scientific inquiry through student engagement in three key epistemic practices: flexibility and creativity, knowledge construction, and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Authentic Learning, Inquiry, Active Learning
Alexandra Okada – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
National governments are concerned about the disconnection of young people from science, which hampers the development of a scientifically literate society promoting sustainable development, wellbeing, equity, and a green economy. Introduced in 2015 alongside Agenda 2030, the "open schooling" approach aims at enhancing students' science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science
Burgin, Stephen Randall – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Authenticity is a term that has become ubiquitous within the field of science education, particularly when it relates to the practices of science. These practices are a key feature of science education reform documents in the US. However, a common definition of just what makes for the authentic doing of science is hard to come by and certainly…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Teachers
Wyman, Monica – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Research in the past ten years has shown that there has been a lack of professionals to fill the jobs available in science. One possible reason for the lack of participation in science fields lies in students' beliefs in their ability to do science, or science self-efficacy, which is linked to interest and achievement. Their perceptions of science…
Descriptors: College Students, Secondary School Science, Science Achievement, Science Interests
Williams, John; Cowie, Bronwen; Khoo, Elaine; Saunders, Kathy; Taylor, Simon; Otrel-Cass, Kathrin – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2013
This research project aimed to understand and explore the ways electronically networked (e-networked) tools can support authentic science inquiry in junior secondary classrooms in order to address concerns about student engagement in science. The research questions for this study were: (1) What are the existing ideas, experiences and visions that…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Secondary School Science, Learner Engagement
