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Science Choices in Norwegian Upper Secondary School: What Matters?
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Boe, Maria Vetleseter – Science Education, 2012
There is international concern about young people's participation in science. This study investigated the relevant importance of various issues in 1628 Norwegian upper secondary students' choices of postcompulsory subject combinations: natural science and mathematics (henceforth Science) or languages, social science and economics (henceforth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Sciences
Currents in STSE Education: Mapping a Complex Field, 40 Years on
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Pedretti, Erminia; Nazir, Joanne – Science Education, 2011
It has been 40 years since science, technology, society, and environment (STSE) education first appeared in science education research and practice. Although supported among many educators worldwide, there is much confusion surrounding the STSE slogan. Widely differing discourses on STSE education and diverse ways of practicing, have led to an…
Descriptors: Science Education, Social Sciences, Technology Education, Environmental Education
Scientific Literacy for Citizenship: Tools for Dealing with the Science Dimension of Controversial Socioscientific Issues.
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Kolsto, Stein D. – Science Education, 2001
Offers a general framework for examining the science dimension of controversial socioscientific issues. Proposes eight specific content-transcending topics to be emphasized in science education. Topics are grouped under the headings Science as a Social Process, Limitations in Science, Values in Science, and Critical Attitude. (Author/SAH)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Science Education, Secondary Education, Social Influences
Performance Levels in Science and Other Subjects for Jamaican Adolescents Attending Single-Sex and Co-Educational High Schools.
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Hamilton, Marlene A. – Science Education, 1985
Examination results from 1146 Jamaican high school students in single-sex and coeducational schools indicated students from coeducational schools had lower performance on all measures. A subsample provided more information on sex differences, performance in individual subjects, and students receiving grades of A or B. (DH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Coeducation
Using Concepts from Epistemology and Sociology in Teacher Supervision.
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Geddis, Arthur N. – Science Education, 1988
Promotes teacher supervision that is aimed at helping teachers reflect on their own practice. Outlines views that teaching which aims at the development of intellectual independence needs to address epistemological issues. Argues that attention has to be directed at knowledge and control. Outlines a scheme to address these issues. (CW)
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Ideology
Experiments, Contingencies, and Curriculum: Providing Opportunities for Learning through Improvisation in Science Teaching.
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Kelly, Gregory J.; Brown, Candice; Crawford, Teresa – Science Education, 2000
Examines how, through discourse processes, a third grade teacher and her students came to situationally define science in their classroom. Uses a discourse analytical approach to examine the classroom members' experimentation logic, their explanations and scientific decisions, and their accounts of events. (Contains 82 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Experiments