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Climate Change and Everyday Life: Repertoires Children Use to Negotiate a Socio-Scientific Issue
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Byrne, Jenny; Ideland, Malin; Malmberg, Claes; Grace, Marcus – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
There are only a few studies about how primary school students engage in socio-scientific discussions. This study aims to add to this field of research by focusing on how 9-10-year-olds in Sweden and England handle climate change as a complex environmental socio-scientific issue (SSI), within the context of their own lives and in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science
Analyzing Students' Learning in Classroom Discussions about Socioscientific Issues
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Rudsberg, Karin; Ohman, Johan; Ostman, Leif – Science Education, 2013
In this study, the purpose is to develop and illustrate a method that facilitates investigations of students' learning processes in classroom discussions about socioscientific issues. The method, called transactional argumentation analysis, combines a transactional perspective on meaning making based on John Dewey's pragmatic philosophy and an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Comparative Analysis, Video Technology
Conceptions of Computers among Students in China and Sweden.
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Allwood, Carl Martin; Wang, Zhong-Ming – Computers in Human Behavior, 1990
Discussion of cultural differences and their effects on how new technology is viewed in developed and developing countries focuses on a study that examined the conceptions of Swedish and Chinese college students concerning computers. The attitudes of psychology students and computer science students are compared, and implications for computer…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Computer Science
Stimulating Science and Technology in Higher Education: An International Comparison of Policy Measures and Their Effectiveness. Summary
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Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education
Stimulating Science and Technology in Higher Education: An International Comparison of Policy Measures and Their Effectiveness
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Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education