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Direct linkChaoqun Lu; Winnie Wing Mui So – Language and Education, 2024
This mixed-method study, employing inquiry-based science teaching theory, delves into the interaction of English Medium Instruction (EMI) and scientific inquiry by investigating science teachers' understanding and perceptions of conducting inquiry-based science activities in EMI classrooms. Drawing on a questionnaire of 166 EMI science teachers…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction
Download full textMetlí, Akin; Akis, Dinçer – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2022
Limited studies investigate the high school teachers' challenges and strategies while teaching science and mathematics in English as the target language through the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the challenges that science and math teachers encounter and the strategies they employ…
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Strategies, Advanced Placement Programs, Content and Language Integrated Learning
Mohammed, Salifu Maigari; Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Ampadu, Ernest; Kumassah, Eliot Kosi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of implementation of inquiry-based science teaching and learning in Ghanaian junior high schools. We sampled 503 students, 18 integrated science teachers, and 23 educational administrators from rural and urban areas of four districts and municipalities in the Central Region of Ghana. We used…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Bergman, Daniel – Science Scope, 2011
The growing number of students needing additional language support requires extra time in the hectic schedule of a typical science teacher. The good news for busy teachers is that several researchers and educators have crafted methods for using "sheltered instruction" to meet the unique needs of English language learner (ELL) students:…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, English (Second Language)
Westervelt, Miriam – Science Teacher, 2007
This article presents outdoor inquiry activities to help English Language Learner (ELL) students learn life science concepts. As a public high school ELL science teacher, the author of this article use these place-based and scaffolded inquiry activities outside to reinforce concepts she teaches in the classroom all year long. Through inductive…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Skills, Science Teachers, Biological Sciences
Settlage, John; Madsen, Anne; Rustad, Kerri – Issues in Teacher Education, 2005
When planning to teach science to students who are English language learners (ELLs), science teachers and some science educators look to sheltered instruction as a potential guide. The possibility of blending inquiry-based teaching with a sheltered instruction framework seems a promising method for providing high-quality science learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Science Teachers, Grade 2, English (Second Language)
Anstrom, Kris; DiCerbo, Patricia, Ed. – 1998
This document examines the education of secondary level English language learners within mainstream science classes. It provides teachers and teacher educators with an understanding of how mainstream science instruction can be designed and implemented to enhance academic achievement for these students. Research for this report included an…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Comprehension, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student)
