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Potatoes to Plastics: A Resource for Building Science Capital
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Winter, Jane – Primary Science, 2018
In this article, Jane Winter describes a pilot project that uses a simple and engaging science activity to raise children's science capital, as well as increasing understanding of the potential of science to combat world problems. "Potatoes to plastics" is a Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) project, aimed at key stage 2…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Science Activities, Science Process Skills, Elementary School Students
Parental Involvement across European Education Systems: Critical Perspectives. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
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Paseka, Angelika, Ed.; Byrne, Delma, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This book addresses central questions regarding parental involvement across European educational systems; exploring the commonalities and differences across European countries and the extent to which current policy and practice pertaining to parental involvement is inclusive of diversity. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that draws from the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Policy, Diversity
There's More to Science and Skills Shortages than Demography and Economics: Attitudes to Science and Technology Degrees and Careers.
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Fuller, Alison – Studies in Higher Education, 1991
A study investigated the attitudes of British first-year polytechnic or university students (n=38) and employed graduates (n=80) in science and technology fields up to age 30, concerning their choice of science/technology or nonscience/technology fields. Results indicate why some students are deterred from science/technology. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Freshmen, Decision Making, Foreign Countries