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de Oliveira Moraes, Isabelle; Aires, Rafaela Magalhães; de Souza Góes, Andréa Carla – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Big Brother, newspeak, doublethink, vapourised people and thought police became worldwide famous expressions. 1984 novel portrays a nightmare society controlled by information manipulation and by suppression of both history and science. This study aimed to investigate the impact of using the 1984 dystopian novel associated with socio-scientific…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Novels
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Copeland, Susan; Furlong, Michelle; Boroson, Bram – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Since the advent of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs, first in K-12 and now in college curricula, many variants of STEM have arisen to include other disciplines in developing cross-disciplinary literacy among students. This paper briefly defines our own variant STE[A]M branch within the context of cross-disciplinary…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Fiction
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Rubba, Peter A.; And Others – Hoosier Science Teacher, 1982
Results of a study investigating the effects of three high school courses (science fiction literature course, biology course, and English composition course) on students' (N = 55) attitudes toward science indicated that none of the courses had a measurable effect when pretest scores were compared to posttest scores. (SK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Biology, High School Students, Science Education