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Direct linkErden, Ozlem – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
As the school National Science Curriculum in Turkey includes topics such as human reproduction, hormonal growth and adolescent health, elementary school science teachers (ESTs) are required to teach sexuality-related topics to their students. However, studies have shown that teachers in Turkey, like their counterparts in many other countries, have…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Sexuality, Foreign Countries, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Sung, Ji Young; Oh, Phil Seok – Research in Science Education, 2018
Recent science education reform initiatives suggest that learning in science should be organized on the basis of scientists' actual practices including the development and use of models. In line with this, the current study adapted three types of modeling practices to teach two Korean 6th grade science classes the causes of the Earth's seasons.…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Educational Change, Models, Foreign Countries
Download full textZhang, Jie; Wong, Sissy; Relyea, Jackie; Wui, Ma Glenda; Emenahar, Uchenna – English in Texas, 2017
In the DISCUSS (Dialogic Inquiry for Socioscientific and Conceptual Understanding in School Science) research project, a Socioscientific Issues (SSI)-based curriculum is developed and implemented in sixth-grade science classrooms with predominantly English language learners (ELLs) in Houston, Texas. A four-week space unit is designed in…
Descriptors: Science Education, English Language Learners, Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Communication
Alshammari, Ahmad – Online Submission, 2013
The MoE (Ministry of Education) in the state of Kuwait is starting to reform the science curriculum in all school academic stages: primary (1-5) grades, intermediate (6-9) grades, and secondary (10-12) grades. The purpose of this study was to explore the opinions of science teachers about Kuwait's new sixth and seventh grade science curriculum,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Curriculum Implementation, Science Curriculum
Laughter, Judson C.; Adams, Amelia D. – Urban Education, 2012
To respond to calls for more research on culturally relevant science teaching, we present findings from one middle school science teacher's practices in an effort to contribute to this research. We describe how a discussion lab centered on Derrick Bell's (1992) short story "The Space Traders" was purposively included in a lesson on scientific bias…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Educators, Grade 6
