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Žák, Vojtech; Kolár, Petr – Science Education, 2023
This paper explores the views of leading Czech physicists regarding a physics curriculum for upper secondary schools. This paper presents the first part of an effort to define starting points for a new physics curriculum in Czechia (subsequent phases would analyze the opinions of other scientists, education experts, and physics teachers regarding…
Descriptors: Physics, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools
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Vogelezang, Michiel; Van Berkel, Berry; Verdonk, Adri – Science Education, 2015
Between 1970 and 1990, the Dutch working group "Empirical Introduction to Chemistry" developed a secondary school chemistry education curriculum based on the educational vision of the mathematicians van Hiele and van Hiele-Geldof. This approach viewed learning as a process in which students must go through discontinuous level transitions…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Qualitative Research, Secondary School Students
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Bang, Megan; Medin, Douglas – Science Education, 2010
Although there has been considerable focus on the underrepresentation of minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and the need for science instruction that fosters diversity, much of the associated effort has focused on the goal of diversity and tended to assume that science and science learning are…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disproportionate Representation, Science Instruction, Science Education
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Guerra-Ramos, Maria Teresa; Ryder, Jim; Leach, John – Science Education, 2010
There is evidence that science teachers give naive responses to direct questions about the nature of science. However, there is also evidence that such responses underpredict the more sophisticated knowledge that teachers may use in classroom situations. The purpose of this study was to characterize the informal ideas used by teachers in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
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Taber, Keith S.; Billingsley, Berry; Riga, Fran; Newdick, Helen – Science Education, 2011
It has been argued that learning science may be complicated, and even compromised, when students hold worldviews that may seem at odds with what is presented in science lessons. In particular, in some parts of the world, there has been considerable concern that students from particular religious backgrounds may reject some science teaching if…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Conflict, Religion, Science Instruction
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Campbell, Bob; And Others – Science Education, 1994
Analyzes the process of large scale curriculum development. Locates the projects and their development within the range of approaches advocated in science education and considers the practical decisions taken during the development in relation to theories of curriculum development and change. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum
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Aubusson, Peter John; Watson, Kevin – Science Education, 1999
Reviews recent curriculum implementation in Pakistan through the eyes of three members of a science-curriculum review and implementation team. Examines perceptions of past, present, and future science-curriculum implementation to reveal changing patterns in science-curriculum implementation. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
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Dekkers, John; Treagust, David F. – Science Education, 1983
Provides the status (as of February 1982) of institutions active in curriculum development and/or science education research in Australia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Paupau New Guinea, Philippines, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Solomon Islands, and Thailand. Includes institutional title/address and name of contact person. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Thijs, Gerard D.; Dekkers, Peter J. J. M. – Science Education, 1998
Describes a study in which teaching and learning activities are designed using a cognitive conflict strategy. Focuses on the effectiveness of these activities in classroom research in pre-university courses in Botswana and South Africa. Contains 39 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Force
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Barbera, Oscar; Zanon, Beatriz; Perez-Pla, Jose Francisco – Science Education, 1999
Reviews 100 years of history and focuses on the relationship between socially controversial biological issues and the decision-making procedures in the construction of the national curriculum. Contains 39 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wei, Bing; Thomas, Gregory P. – Science Education, 2005
Taking the Junior Secondary School Chemistry Curriculum (JSSCC) in the People's Republic of China as a case, this paper approaches the issue of the tension between elite and future citizenry orientations in science curriculum. The changes in the JSSCC over the period from 1978 to 2001 are explained from three viewpoints: sociopolitical,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Chemistry, Curriculum Development
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Lewthwaite, Brian – Science Education, 2006
This inquiry examines the personal attribute and environmental factors that contribute to and impede science teacher-leader development. Using a narrative approach, the inquiry focuses on the experiences of three teachers in three different New Zealand primary schools (years 1-6) as they develop in their capabilities as science teacher-leaders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Science Teachers, Elementary Education
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King, Chris – Science Education, 2001
Reports on a survey undertaken to test teacher perception of the effectiveness of their teaching of an earth science component which was added to the National Curriculum of England and Wales in 1989. Teachers indicated that the achievement of their pupils in earth science is moderate while reports on national testing show that it is poor.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Earth Science
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Adeniyi, E. Ola – Science Education, 1987
Reviews the major science curriculum programs in Nigeria which stress an integrated approach. Discusses the factors involved in curriculum development and outlines the foundations considered in program implementation and evaluation in primary and junior secondary schools in Nigeria. (ML)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; BouJaoude, Saouma; Duschl, Richard; Lederman, Norman G.; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; Hofstein, Avi; Niaz, Mansoor; Treagust, David; Tuan, Hsiao-lin – Science Education, 2004
This paper set emerged from an international symposium that aimed to shed light on issues associated with the enactment of inquiry both as means (i.e., inquiry as an instructional approach) and as ends (i.e., inquiry as a learning outcome) in precollege science classrooms. The symposium contributors were charged with providing perspectives from…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Science Education, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
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