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Wittau, Franziska – Journal of Social Science Education, 2021
Purpose: This article aims to discuss the influence of milieu-based daily life experiences on teaching social science studies by taking the example of consumption. It should be asked to what extent personal habitus in a Bourdieuian sense influences teachers' beliefs about consumer education in particular and social science education in general.…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Teacher Attitudes, Social Sciences, Teaching Experience
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Becker-Leifhold, Carolin; Hirscher, Anja-Lisa – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2019
Adolescents often do not consider sustainability in their consumption behaviours. Sustainability issues are challenging to communicate through course content alone. Against this background, the concept of fashion libraries (FLs) was introduced to adolescents at a non-denominational school in a small German city. The purpose was to explore whether…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Adolescents, Consumer Economics
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Kowasch, Matthias; Lippe, Daniela Franziska – Environmental Education Research, 2019
The expert-driven and normative character of sustainability education aims to promote societal transformation and global change. While some authors underline the ethical claims of education, others have criticized that there is a problematic tendency to prescribe certain actions beyond ethical education. The article aims to provide an empirical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Values Education, Geography Instruction
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Hammann, Marcus; Jördens, Janina; Büschgens, Désirée – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Student interest in plants is lacking. Therefore, we investigated potential drivers of situational interest in cultivated plants and interactions between different dimensions of interest, i.e. topic, context and learning activity. A total of 462 high school students (14-17 years of age) rated two sets of questionnaire items combining eight plants…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Horticulture, Student Interests, Context Effect
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Burmeister, Mareike; Eilks, Ingo – School Science Review, 2014
People use many different products made from plastics every day. But conventional plastics such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) do not always have a good reputation in society at large. Bioplastics such as thermoplastic starch (TPS) promise to be better alternatives but are they really better than conventional plastics? This article presents a new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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Muhammet Demirbilek Ed.; Mahmut Sami Ozturk Ed.; Mevlut Unal Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (ICSES) which took place on October 20-23, 2023, in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), International Cooperation, Education, Social Sciences