Understanding the intellectual demands of an intended curriculum is crucial as it defines the frames for teaching and learning processes and practice during lessons. In this study, upper-secondary school chemistry curricula contents in Czechia, Finland, and Turkey were analysed, and their objectives were compared using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy…

This curriculum inquiry explores scholarly influence by examining how Joseph J. Schwab's ideas travelled over time and how his research was disseminated. The study begins with Schwab's biography and a literature review, followed by descriptions of the research method and sources of evidence. Data analysis centre on (1) The influence of Schwab's…

The need to make higher education curricula gender-inclusive is increasingly pressing as student cohorts diversify. We adopted a student-staff partnership approach to design, integrate, and evaluate a module that taught first-year science students the difference between biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation in…

Capstone experiences have high educational impact with a number of approaches for biology. In most capstones, students produce a major project, typically as an undergraduate research experience, with a primary goal to integrate students' learning. At Augustana, our senior biology capstone uses history and philosophy to frame students' reflections…

Six undergraduate research projects were identified in a capstone spatial science course to demonstrate service-learning and reflection within a natural resource curriculum. Students met with state and national organizations and formulated plans for a Firewise certification program for a university; developed an historical trail encompassing…

In this paper, we analyze the science activities offered at 7th grade in the Turkish science and technology curriculum along with addressing the curriculum's original intent. We refer to several science education researchers' ideas, including Chinn & Malhotra's (Science Education, 86:175--218, 2002) theoretical framework and Edelson's (1998)…

School-wide curriculum initiatives are complex fields of activity, held together by a cast of heterogeneous actors who put diverse discourses to work in their everyday efforts to shape their work. This paper draws upon qualitative data collected across an 18-month period in a regional Australian primary school that, since the beginning of 2012,…

In this article the author takes as a point of departure certain discursive practices employed by physicists credited with popularizing the field of quantum mechanics in order to posit the relationship between space, learning, and the perception of pedagogical realities as trans-local phenomena. More specifically, through this article the author…

We investigated the effects of our Bio-ITEST teacher professional development model and bioinformatics curricula on cognitive traits (awareness, engagement, self-efficacy, and relevance) in high school teachers and students that are known to accompany a developing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. The…

This study examined how a group of ten middle school teachers implemented a technology enriched problem-based learning (PBL) environment. The goal was to understand their motivation, document their implementation techniques, and identify factors that teachers considered important in using technology-based PBL tools in their teaching. The analysis…

This paper (1) describes 4-year efforts of the Eastern Regional Institute for Education (ERIE) to promote use of various process-oriented curricula in over 50 New York State and Pennsylvania school districts; and (2) presents guidelines for curriculum installers based on documented successes and failures in participating schools. (Author/LLR)

Described are some of the activities, roles, problems and projects of the Education (Research) Committee of the Association for Science Education. (PEB)

Presented is a scheme for systematically analyzing curriculum prescriptions to produce probing arguments in defense of the instructional objectives of each curriculum. With the probing arguments thus defined, a defensible, analytical choice between the alternative prescriptions would be facilitated. Included are four detailed examples of the…

There is great diversity among institutions of higher education in their requirements for various curriculums. This report, which is concerned only with the broad requirements as percentages of total requirements, analyzes the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science curriculums in six undergraduate areas that account for about one-half of all…

Stresses the need for chemical engineering education to keep abreast of current needs. Explores the need for global economics, marketing strategy, product differentiation, and patent law in the curriculum. Questions the abilities of current chemical engineering graduate students in those areas. (MVL)