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Plummer, Paul; Van Poeck, Katrien – Environmental Education Research, 2020
Based on an exploratory case study of a community food waste initiative in Gothenburg, Sweden, this article presents a novel analytical approach to studying the role of learning within sustainability transition niches. The article's theoretical perspective draws from pragmatist educational philosophy, practice theory, and sustainability transition…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Environmental Education, Food, Wastes
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Davidsson, Eva; Jakobsson, Anders – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
This study investigates staff members' ideas and assumptions about visitors' learning at science and technology centres. It also aims to explore in what ways their reasoning intersect with existing theories about learning within the field of science and technology centre research. The results of the study reveal that the staff members allude to…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Learning Processes, Epistemology, Investigations
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Lidar, Malena; Lundqvist, Eva; Ostman, Leif – Science Education, 2006
The practical epistemology used by students and the epistemological moves delivered by teachers in conversations with students are analyzed in order to understand how teaching activities interplay with the "how" and the "what" of students' learning. The purpose is to develop an approach for analyzing the process of privileging…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Epistemology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods