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Pedagogical Framework for Cultivating Children's Data Agency and Creative Abilities in the Age of AI
Juho Kahila; Henriikka Vartiainen; Matti Tedre; Eetu Arkko; Anssi Lin; Nicolas Pope; Ilkka Jormanainen; Teemu Valtonen – Informatics in Education, 2024
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) topics into K-12 school curricula is a relatively new but crucial challenge faced by education systems worldwide. Attempts to address this challenge are hindered by a serious lack of curriculum materials and tools to aid teachers in teaching AI. This article introduces the theoretical foundations and…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Data, Children, Creativity
Kazempour, Mahsa; Amirshokoohi, Aidin – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
This article discusses the key components of a reform-based introductory undergraduate environmental science course for nonscience majors and elementary teacher candidates as well as the impact of such components on the participants. The main goals for the course were to actively engage the students in their learning and, in doing so, to enhance…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Environmental Education, Undergraduate Study, Curriculum Development
Forbes, Cory T. – Science Education, 2011
Curriculum materials are important resources with which teachers make pedagogical decisions about the design of science learning environments. To become well-started beginning elementary teachers capable of engaging their students in inquiry-based science, preservice elementary teachers need to learn to use science curriculum materials…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Lawrence, Liz – Education in Science, 2009
In this article, the author discusses how science can be integrated into the "creative curriculum". Creative approaches to curriculum design, cross-curricular studies and an increased focus on the creative arts are routes to promoting and teaching creativity. But when learning in science is based on a genuine enquiry-based approach with children…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Moscovici, Hedy; Osisioma, Irene – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2008
This paper addresses the dilemmas encountered by two secondary science education instructors designing a course for preservice elementary teachers. Taking into consideration past experiences of teaching education and science courses in general and with preservice elementary teachers in particular and recommendations from state and national…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Preservice Teacher Education

Prestt, Brenda – Education in Science, 1978
Outlines a plan for teaching science in the elementary school. Includes nature study, mathematical activities, and processes of science. (MA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Botticelli, Charles R. – 1966
This is the National Science Teachers Association project report regarding curriculum development in science. The approach utilizes conceptual schemes as basic elements. The theoretical base for this approach is developed in detail, and the implications for the classroom teacher are carefully analyzed. Guidelines for implementing a curriculum…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Design
Showalter, Victor M. – 1971
The two major models of science curriculum change, textbook revision and national curriculum projects, are derived from, and reinforce, the present curriculum structure. This is undesirable in a time of increasing fluidity and change, because adaptation to new situations is difficult. Unified science, based on the premise that science is a unity,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Integrated Curriculum

Horn, B. Ray – Science and Children, 1973
Describes a systems model for designing environmental education programs in schools. Four major phases are identified which suggest planning experiences for environmental awareness, knowledge, and action. (PS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary School Science

Melander, Kathleen M.; Walker, Nora M. – Education, 1984
Describes the development and rationale of a hands-on, process-oriented elementary science curriculum that emphasizes decision making, problem solving, current issues, and the human element in science and technology. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education

Whitmer, John C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1974
Reviews some efforts in elementary school science made since the early 1960's, including the Elementary Science Study, Science-A Process Approach, and Science Curriculum Improvement Study projects. Suggests scientists from all levels of the educational and scientific community assist the implementation of these programs. (CC)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science
Verdone, Joseph S. – 1974
This project was an outgrowth of an earlier minipracticum which analyzed and evaluated the implementation of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) in the elementary classrooms of the Jericho (New York) School District. Coinciding with the project, the author received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research

Zubrowski, Bernard – Science Education, 1984
Uses examples related to a head of cabbage to discuss: (1) sensory development in children; (2) the integration of sensory and cognitive involvement; and (3) a child's mode of exploring and discovering. Also discusses why science curricula need to be organized around a paradigm that is holistic. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education

Tobin, Kenneth; And Others – Science Education, 1990
Described is how an elementary teacher established an environment conducive to learning in her classroom by implementing her own integrated science and mathematics curriculum. The implications for change on the county and state levels are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

School Science Review, 1981
Provides a policy statement of the Association of Science Education including: (1) the place of science in the school curriculum; (2) science curriculum development; and (3) science curriculum implementation. Includes a summary of recommendations and proposals related to these three major areas. (DS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education