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Kilinc, Ahmet; Demiral, Umit; Kartal, Tezcan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
Teaching socioscientific issues (SSI) necessitates dialogic discourse activities. However, a majority of science teachers prefer monologic discourse in SSI contexts. In addition, some of these teachers are resistant to change (from monologic to dialogic discourse) despite certain professional development attempts. The purpose of the present…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Persuasive Discourse, Workshops, Practicums
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Tan, Edna; Calabrese Barton, Angela; Kang, Hosun; O'Neill, Tara – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
The underrepresentation of non-White students and girls in STEM fields is an ongoing problem that is well documented. In K-12 science education, girls, and especially non-White girls, often do not identify with science regardless of test scores. In this study, we examine the narrated and embodied identities-in-practice of non-White, middle school…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Minority Groups, Females, Gender Differences
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Shanahan, Marie-Claire; Nieswandt, Martina – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Sociocultural studies of science education have consistently recognized the dialectic nature of students' agency to create and author positions for themselves and the structural constraints that may influence them. This mixed-methods study explores one particular aspect of these potential constraints: the possibility of a social structure specific…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Student Role