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Yuksel, Ibrahim; Kircicek, Hatice – International Journal of Higher Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to determine the views of the prospective teachers in the Department of Science Education and Other Departments about the removal of the School Experience course for the new students who are newly accepted in the undergraduate programs which are updated by the Higher Education Council (HEC) in the 2018-2019 academic year…
Descriptors: Science Education, Content Analysis, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students
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van Rooy, Wilhelmina – Teaching Science, 2013
The fatal effect of the Hendra virus was noticed first in Queensland, Australia in 1994 when several horses died from an "unidentified cause". This was followed by the death of trainers and veterinarians called to assist affected horses. It is now known that the "unidentified cause", is a virus harboured in native Australian…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Animals, Diseases, Scientific Literacy
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Emdin, Christopher – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2011
This article describes, and then applies a newly developed framework for classroom citizenship as an entry point into addressing social justice issues in urban science classrooms. The author provides in-depth descriptions of cogenerative dialogues, coteaching, and cosmopolitanism (3Cs), and presents this triad of tools as an approach to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Urban Schools, Citizenship, Urban Youth
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1984
This six-chapter guide is designed to help Georgia teachers adopt or adapt various options into the local school's science curriculum. Major areas addressed in the chapters are: (1) secondary school curriculum development (focusing on performance objectives, sequencing the curriculum, evaluation, and scientific literacy); (2) teaching methods…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions
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Demastes, Sherry; Wandersee, James H. – Bioscience, 1992
Examines the proposed definition of biological literacy as the understanding of a small number of pervasive biological principles appropriate to making informed personal and societal decisions. Utilizes the content of a major daily newspaper to adjust biology instruction to focus on this notion of biological literacy. Discusses benefits and…
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
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Goodwin, Leonard; And Others – Bioscience, 1991
Reports on the impact of an introductory biology course sequence that incorporated experience-based, group learning. Achievement results indicate that students were not disadvantaged by this new approach and, in fact, displayed a superior grasp of group-work, open lab utilization, and creative problem solutions. Attitudes regarding anxiety over…
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions
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Schamel, Douglas; Ayres, Matthew P. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1992
Describes how college science laboratory activities can be developed by student teams in which original questions are formulated as testable hypotheses and refined into experimental designs on the basis of personal observations. Distinguishes this "minds-on" approach from traditional college science laboratories with respect to students'…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Science, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions