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Schalk, Herman H.; van der Schee, Joop A.; Boersma, Kerst Th. – Research in Science Education, 2013
Ensuring the quality of investigations requires the understanding of procedures by which empirical evidence is obtained. This can be interpreted as becoming aware of and using criteria for evidence in one's mental structure. The question is whether this process can be observed in practice. In two schools for pre-university education where 11th…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Biology, Science Education
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Borgerding, Lisa A. – Science Educator, 2012
High school biology teachers face many challenges as they teach evolution. State standards for evolution may provide support for sound evolution instruction. This study attempts to build upon previous work by investigating teachers' views of evolution standards and their evolution practices in a state where evolution standards have been…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evolution, State Standards, Genetics
Singh, Michael; Cui, Guihua; Harreveld, Bobby – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
This paper reports on a preliminary investigation into organisational innovations in Senior L/earning as these potentially relate to teachers' professional development, the curriculum and the outcomes for young adults. Specifically, this paper focuses on an investigation into organisational innovations in Senior L/earning in Queensland through a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Vocational Education, Secondary Education, School Community Relationship