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Robert Murphy; Christopher Harris; Mingyu Feng – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: The Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012) and Next Generation Science Standards ([NGSS] NGSS Lead States, 2013) emphasize that all students from the earliest grades onward must have the opportunity to learn and actively participate in authentic science. In K-12 science instruction, this means that students should have the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Science Instruction
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Thomas, Kelli, Ed.; Huffman, Douglas, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
The addition of the arts to STEM education, now known as STEAM, adds a new dimension to problem-solving within those fields, offering students tools such as imagination and resourcefulness to incorporate into their designs. However, the shift from STEM to STEAM has changed what it means for students to learn within and across these disciplines.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Educational Change, Barriers
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Hollins, Martin; Reiss, Michael J. – Curriculum Journal, 2016
The last two decades have seen unprecedented interest in science curricula, with many governments seeing improvements in the performance of their school students in science as key to future economic prosperity. We present the results of an analysis of the curriculum documents for primary and secondary science in Australia (New South Wales and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, National Curriculum, Comparative Education
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Henning, Mary Beth; Peterson, Barbara R.; King, Kenneth Paul – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
In an effort to improve science and social studies instruction, preservice teachers developed original science, technology, and society units to teach in elementary and middle school classrooms during their clinical field experience. Data revealed that the preservice teachers fell into categories of being skeptics, open-minded instructors, or…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Personality, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education
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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
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Carrier, Sarah; Wiebe, Eric N.; Gray, Patricia; Teachout, David – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
Policymakers and industry leaders are calling for a 21st century education that is more interdisciplinary in nature, including the ability to solve problems and think creatively. Traditional teaching practices that present subjects as separate and distinct disciplines do not encourage students to make connections between subjects in school and in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Music, Interdisciplinary Approach
Khine, Myint Swe, Ed.; Saleh, Issa M., Ed. – IGI Global, 2013
"Approaches and Strategies in Next Generation Science Learning" examines the challenges involved in the development of modern curriculum models, teaching strategies, and assessments in science education in order to prepare future students in the 21st century economies. This comprehensive collection of research brings together science educators,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Physical Sciences, Learning Theories
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Varelas, Maria; Plotnick, Roy; Wink, Donald; Fan, Qian; Harris, Yvonne – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008
An interdisciplinary team of science and education faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago and several Chicago-area community colleges developed and implemented a series of four integrated, inquiry-based science courses for preservice elementary school teachers. All four courses are based on guiding principles taken from the rich…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Education Majors, Curriculum Development, Preservice Teacher Education
York, L. Jean – Superv Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary School Science, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Andrew, Michael D. – Science Education, 1970
Discusses the importance of designing new science curriculum to emphasize these features: ecology-environment concepts; close tie between science and human values; technology and the application of science; processes which will enable man to more effectively use and control science and technology; integrated science; and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education
Fiasca, Michael A. – Amer Biol Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Patterson, Marvin – Science Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Individualized Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Whitfield, Eddie – Science and Children, 1978
Encourages the integration of science into other subject areas and into current events as a means to increase the emphasis upon science in the elementary school curriculum. (CP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instruction
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Hurd, Paul DeHart – Science Teacher, 1975
Puts forth and develops arguments for new perspectives in teaching science and suggests an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum which focuses on human values and social dilemmas. (BR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Futures (of Society), Humanism
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Pendelbury, J. N. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary School Science
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