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Direct linkKhishfe, Rola; Alshaya, Fahad S.; BouJaoude, Saouma; Mansour, Nasser; Alrudiyan, Khalid I. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine students understandings about nature of science (NOS) and their arguments in context of controversial socio-scientific issue (SSI). A total of 74 11th graders in six schools in Saudi Arabia participated in the study. The instrument used was a questionnaire consisting of four scenarios addressing SSI about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Grade 11, Secondary School Science
Schalk, Kelly A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This study reports the effects of an innovative introductory microbiology course for undergraduates that used a socioscientific issues (SSI)-based curriculum. The study illustrates how an SSI-based intervention provides learners with pragmatic opportunities for cultivating their scientific literacy subsuming the nature of science (NOS). Empirical…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science and Society, Microbiology, Introductory Courses
Harris, Kerri-Lee – Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2012
Prior to this research little was known about the ways in which people draw upon their science backgrounds. An earlier CSHE [Centre for the Study of Higher Education] study for the ACDS [Australian Council of Deans of Science] examined employment outcomes and confirmed that many science graduates pursue careers outside scientific research. There…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Education, Measures (Individuals), Graduates
Download full textMcGinnis, J. Randy – 1992
This study qualitatively investigates the taboo and "noa" topics of Science-Technology-Society (STS) taught in two local cultures. Taboos are beliefs that constrain behavior by making those behaviors perceived as threatening by the members of the social group forbidden and improper for discussion. "Noa" is the Polynesian word…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Context
Pimple, Kenneth D. – 1996
This report describes the project, "Teaching Research Ethics: A Workshop at Indiana University," an annual, intensive workshop designed to help university research scientists integrate the teaching of the responsible conduct of research into their curricula. The project worked closely with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Khadria, Binod – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
This paper describes the results of two specific primary surveys, one of IT professionals in the city of Bangalore and their role in making the city a corridor for international mobility of Indian professionals, and the second survey of health professionals (doctors and nurses) in the city of New Delhi. In these surveys, highly skilled Indians…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Economic Research, Indians, Industry
