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Pedagogical and Epistemological Challenges of Pre-Service Science Teachers Teaching Socioscientific Issues: Based on the SSI-PCK Framework
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Lee, Hyunju – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2022
To effectively address socioscientific issues (SSI), science teachers need to obtain a certain level of pedagogical content knowledge for SSI teaching (SSI-PCK). In this study, therefore, pre-service science teachers (PSTs) were provided an SSI teacher education program (SSI-TEP) based on the SSI-PCK framework and their development and challenges…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Science and Society
Exploring the Effects of Implementing a Research-Based SSI Program on Students' Understanding of SSI and Willingness to Act
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Choi, Yunhee; Lee, Hyunju – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2021
This study aimed to examine the effects of a research-based SSI program on fostering students' understanding of issues and their willingness to act. Twenty-five middle school students voluntarily participated in the program on the issue of artificial food additives over 6 months. The data were collected by means of interviews with the students,…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Scientific Literacy, Science Instruction, Middle School Students
The Effects of Community-Based Socioscientific Issues Program (SSI-COMM) on Promoting Students' Sense of Place and Character as Citizens
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Kim, Gahyoung; Ko, Yeonjoo; Lee, Hyunju – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
This study aimed to investigate how the community-based socioscientific issues program (SSI-COMM) affected middle school students' sense of place (SOP) and character development as citizens. We designed and implemented SSI-COMM on fine dust, abandoned pets, and recycling issues that were closely related to the students' local communities. SSI-COMM…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Place Based Education, Middle School Students, Grade 7
Examining Tensions in the Socioscientific Issues Classroom: Students' Border Crossings into a New Culture of Science
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Lee, Hyunok; Lee, Hyunju; Zeidler, Dana L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
In the socioscientific issues (SSI) classroom, students need to cross the border between the subcultures of science (i.e., school science vs. everyday science). Traditional school contexts tend to present science as positivistic knowledge and unshakable truth unaffected by sociocultural factors. In contrast, everyday science, including SSI, is…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Science Instruction, Course Content, Middle School Students
Science Teachers Taking Their First Steps toward Teaching Socioscientific Issues through Collaborative Action Research
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Lee, Hyunju; Yang, Jung-eun – Research in Science Education, 2019
This study presents two science teachers, Catherine and Jennifer, who took their first steps toward teaching socioscientific issues through collaborative action research. The teachers participated in the collaborative action research project because they wanted to address socioscientific issues but had limited experience in teaching them. The…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Action Research, Teacher Collaboration, Science Teachers
Enhancing Students' Communication Skills in the Science Classroom through Socioscientific Issues
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Chung, Yoonsook; Yoo, Jungsook; Kim, Sung-Won; Lee, Hyunju; Zeidler, Dana L. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
Communication skills are one of the most important competencies for 21st century global citizens. Our guiding presupposition was that socioscientific issues (SSIs) could be used as an effective pedagogical tool for promoting students' communication skills by increasing peer interactions, stimulating students' reasoning, and in constructing shared…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Science Education, Genetics, Grade 9