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Teachers as Secondary Players: Involvement in Field Trips to Natural Environments
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Alon, Nirit Lavie; Tal, Tali – Research in Science Education, 2017
This study focused on field trips to natural environments where the teacher plays a secondary role alongside a professional guide. We investigated teachers' and field trip guides' views of the teacher's role, the teacher's actual function on the field trip, and the relationship between them. We observed field trips, interviewed teachers and…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Teacher Role, Physical Environment, Observation
Student Self-Reported Learning Outcomes of Field Trips: The Pedagogical Impact
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Alon, Nirit Lavie; Tal, Tali – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
In this study, we used the classification and regression trees (CART) method to draw relationships between student self-reported learning outcomes in 26 field trips to natural environments and various characteristics of the field trip that include variables associated with preparation and pedagogy. We wished to examine the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Classification, Regression (Statistics), Curriculum Design
Making Pedagogical Decisions to Address Challenges of Joint Jewish-Bedouin Environmental Projects in Israel
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Alkaher, Iris; Tal, Tali – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2016
This interpretive study identifies challenges of working with Bedouin and Jewish Israeli youth in two multicultural projects: education for sustainability and place-conscious education. It also describes the ways the adult project leaders addressed these challenges and their views on the effectiveness of their decisions. Participants comprised 16…
Descriptors: Jews, Minority Groups, Cognitive Style, Conservation (Environment)
The Learning Environment of Natural History Museums: Multiple Ways to Capture Students' Views
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Bamberger, Yael; Tal, Tali – Learning Environments Research, 2009
This article describes an initial attempt to find out students' perceptions of class visits to natural history museums, with regard to the museum's role as a place for intellectual and social experience. The study followed up approximately 500 Grades 6-8 students who visited four museums of different sizes, locations and foci. Data sources…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Museums
Learning in a Personal Context: Levels of Choice in a Free Choice Learning Environment in Science and Natural History Museums
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Bamberger, Yael; Tal, Tali – Science Education, 2007
The study aims to characterize contextual learning during class visits to science and natural history museums. Based on previous studies, we assumed that "outdoor" learning is different from classroom-based learning, and free choice learning in the museums enhances the expression of learning in personal context. We studied about 750 students…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Science Curriculum, Museums, Educational Environment
Embedded Assessment in Project-Based Science Courses for the Gifted: Insights to Inform Teaching All Students
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Miedijensky, Shirley; Tal, Tali – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The present study of gifted students' views of assessment is aimed at understanding how the employment of Embedded Assessment for Learning (EAfL) framework in science courses for the gifted affects the students' views throughout the learning process. The participants were 86 students in three programmes for the gifted who elected project-based…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academically Gifted, Teaching Methods, Science Curriculum