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Joel Barnes – History of Education, 2023
This article considers Australian receptions of C. P. Snow's "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution" (1959), and of the controversy over the literary critic F. R. Leavis's combative 1962 response to it. Taking a lead from conceptual insights in global histories of science and the history of knowledge, the paper considers the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Historical Interpretation, Cultural Context, Science History
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Otrel-Cass, Kathrin – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
This article is a forum response to a research article on self-reporting methods when studying discrete emotions in science education environments. Studying emotions in natural settings is a difficult task because of the complexity of deciphering verbal and non-verbal communication. In my response I present three main points that build on insights…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Evaluation Methods, Science Education
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Jo, Injeong; Hong, Jung Eun; Verma, Kanika – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2016
Advocates for geographic information system (GIS) education contend that learning about GIS promotes students' spatial thinking. Empirical studies are still needed to elucidate the potential of GIS as an instructional tool to support spatial thinking in other geography courses. Using a non-equivalent control group research design, this study…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, World Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Ability