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Secondary Students' Responses to Perceptions of the Relationship between Science and Religion: Stances Identified from an Interview Study
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Taber, Keith S.; Billingsley, Berry; Riga, Fran; Newdick, Helen – Science Education, 2011
It has been argued that learning science may be complicated, and even compromised, when students hold worldviews that may seem at odds with what is presented in science lessons. In particular, in some parts of the world, there has been considerable concern that students from particular religious backgrounds may reject some science teaching if…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Conflict, Religion, Science Instruction
Science: The Salters' Approach--A Case Study of the Process of Large Scale Curriculum Development.
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Campbell, Bob; And Others – Science Education, 1994
Analyzes the process of large scale curriculum development. Locates the projects and their development within the range of approaches advocated in science education and considers the practical decisions taken during the development in relation to theories of curriculum development and change. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum
Large-Scale Exploration of Pupils' Understanding of the Nature of Science.
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Solomon, Joan; And Others – Science Education, 1996
Explores pupils' (n=800) ideas about what scientists do, their more general knowledge about theories and how they change, and their impressions of how theory and experiment interact in the school science that they have experienced. Discusses teacher and out-of-school effects, gender, school work, and development with age. Contains 22 references.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Science Experiments
Science Teachers' Transformations of the Use of Computer Modeling in the Classroom: Using Research to Inform Training
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Stylianidou, Fani; Boohan, Richard; Ogborn, Jon – Science Education, 2005
This paper, from the UK group in the STTIS (Science Teacher Training in an Information Society) project, describes research into the nature of teachers' transformations of computer modeling, and the development of related teacher training materials. Eight teacher case studies help to identify factors that favor or hinder the take-up of innovative…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Visualization, Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education