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Vincent, Valeria; Powell, Frieda; Miller, Emily Adah; Kelly, Susan Codere – Science and Children, 2022
In this essay from a teacher in Argentina, Valeria Vincent describes how she employed Multiple Literacies in Project-based Learning (MLPBL) (Krajcik, Palincsar, and Miller 2015). ML-PBL, an open education free resource, has three design principles that support teacher and student learning and satisfaction. ML-PBL builds on teacher ingenuity and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Literacies, Active Learning, Student Projects
Kucuk, Arzu – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This study aimed to reveal the experiences of science teachers conducting a science fair project for the first time. The research used quantitative data based on an online assessment survey for science fair projects. There are twenty-one questions (one of them is open-ended, the others are Likert type) developed by the researcher. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers
Dogan, Soner – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
The aim of this study is to review the opinions of principals and teachers on TUBITAK-4006 (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) science fairs which are organized in about 10.000 schools every year in Turkey. This study is a qualitative research and it is formed with phenomenological design. The study group is determined with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Fairs, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Paul, Jürgen; Groß, Jorge – School Science Review, 2017
Science competitions have continuing relevance for schools. The aim of the German youth science fair "Jugend forscht" is to encourage scientific thinking and inquiry methods such as experimentation. Three concrete examples of participating projects are given. We summarise the current state of research related to science competitions,…
Descriptors: Science Fairs, Inquiry, Competition, Foreign Countries
Lashier, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Globalization and technological advances have enabled emerging countries to compete with traditionally economically dominant countries. Emerging countries can advance their economy through the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) from multinational corporations. A key element in the attraction of FDI is the development of human capital.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Styles
Ulusoy, Kadir – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Rapid changes and developments in education have also changed the content and the scope of the activities carried out in schools. Learning and teaching through experiencing and practicing process carried out after the transition to the constructivist approach in recent years has started and expedited the performance of new activities in several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Student Attitudes, High School Students
Molano, Christin – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Globalization and the influx of multinational corporations over the past 30 years have significantly impacted the educational system in Costa Rica. The need for knowledge-based workers has become essential in continuing to strengthen the economy and attracting foreign direct investment. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Styles
Flores, Ema – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of globalization, foreign direct investment, and multinational corporate responsibility on the curriculum and teaching practices in Costa Rican K-12 schools. The study was also designed to understand the relationships among the Ministry of Education, Coalicion Costarricense de Iniciativas…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Policy, 21st Century Skills, STEM Education
Paul, Jürgen; Lederman, Norman G.; Groß, Jorge – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Experiments are essential for both doing science and learning science. The aim of the German youth science fair, "Jugend forscht," is to encourage scientific thinking and inquiry methods such as experimentation. Based on 57 interviews with participants of the competition, this study summarises students' conceptions and steps of learning…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Fairs, Foreign Countries
Brent-Sanco, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of educational leadership on student participation in the National Program of Science and Technology Fairs (Programa Nacional de Ferias de Ciencia y Tecnologia [PRONAFECYT]) in the primary schools of Costa Rica. The study identified the role that governmental, community, and school site…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Fairs, National Programs, Student Participation
Rynerson, Douglas – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The impact of globalization and technological advances created a global economic environment in which emerging countries can compete with traditionally economically dominant countries on an increasingly level playing field. Emerging countries can advance their economy through the attraction of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) more quickly than by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Economic Factors, Educational Policy
Harshman, Denise Galvez – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study applied four frameworks from academic literature in the areas of leadership, change process, 21st-century skills, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) to understand the various factors providing for success and participation of a school in the national science fair initiative (Programa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Styles
Tortop, Hasan Said – Online Submission, 2014
This study aimed at examining the predictors of quality of science fair (SF) projects in the light of pre-service teachers' evaluation of SF rubric' domains. These projects were selected by judges in A city for the A Regional Exhibition of Science and Mathematics Project Study for Primary School Students: The SF projects were evaluated by thirty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Fairs, Student Projects, Scoring Rubrics
Reis, Giuliano; Dionne, Liliane; Trudel, Louis – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2015
Although anxiety is a significant emotional element of formal school science, little is known about how anxiety is originated and managed in the context of science fairs. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how a group of students in Grades 7 to 12 discursively (re)produce anxiety and its management from the perspective of their…
Descriptors: Science Fairs, Anxiety, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Ramnarain, Umesh; de Beer, Josef – Research in Science Education, 2013
In this paper, we report on the experiences of three 9th-grade South African students (13-14 years) in doing open science investigation projects for a science expo. A particular focus of this study was the manner in which these students merge the world of school science with their social world to create a hybrid space by appropriating knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Grade 9, Secondary School Science
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