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Tytler, Russell; Prain, Vaughan; Hobbs, Linda – Research in Science Education, 2021
Despite growing advocacy of interdisciplinary approaches to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), there are persistent concerns about the practical and principled epistemic bases on which this can be justified as a mainstream curricular practice. A major issue concerns the nature of interrelations between the STEM disciplines in…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education, Models, Foreign Countries
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McClune, Billy; Jarman, Ruth – Research in Science Education, 2011
Science programmes which prepare students to read critically and respond thoughtfully to science-based reports in the media could play an important role in promoting informed participation in the public debate about issues relating to science, technology and society. Evidence based guidance about the practice and pattern of use of science-based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Models, Science Education, Science Instruction
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Bächtold, Manuel – Research in Science Education, 2013
This paper aims at shedding light on what students can "construct" when they learn science and how this construction process may be supported. Constructivism is a pluralist theory of science education. As a consequence, I support, there are several points of view concerning this construction process. Firstly, I stress that constructivism…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Science Instruction, Science Education, Educational Theories