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Direct linkMcKinley-Hicks, Megan – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
This paper highlights an investigation of how middle school students responded to a theatre performance designed to portray science as a humanistic and relatable endeavour that youth -- similar to the youth in the audience -- engage in during their everyday lives. The play included in this study was generated as a part of a design research project…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Theater Arts, Cooperation
Birmingham, Daniel J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
School science continues to fail to engage youth from non-dominant communities (Carlone, Huan-Frank & Webb, 2011). However, recent research demonstrates that informal science learning settings support both knowledge gains and increased participation in science among youth from non-dominant communities (Dierking, 2007; Falk et al., 2007; HFRP,…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Science Education, Females, Learner Engagement
Thiry, Heather; Laursen, Sandra L. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
Among science educators, current interest in undergraduate research (UR) is influenced both by the traditional role of the research apprenticeship in scientists' preparation and by concerns about replacing the current scientific workforce. Recent research has begun to demonstrate the range of personal, professional, and intellectual benefits for…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Learning Theories, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Feldman, Allan; Divoll, Kent; Rogan-Klyve, Allyson – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
This study examined an interdisciplinary scientific research project to understand how graduate and undergraduate honors students learn to do science. It was found that the education of the students occurs as part of an apprenticeship. The apprenticeship takes place in research groups. In general, research groups are structured in two ways:…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Academically Gifted, Honors Curriculum
Tasar, Mehmet Fatih – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
The conversation between myself and Professor Lederman took place in Malmö, Sweden on August 25, 2007. The purpose of the conversation was to elaborate on the past, present and future of nature of science research and also to provide insights for beginning researchers. In this text I am providing the questions about which we talked and my…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Research, Reflection, Foreign Countries
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1992
The hearing, opened by Rep. Ray Thorton of Arkansas, addressed the perceived imbalance between teaching and research among university professors and the concern that the quality of undergraduate science education within the United States has deteriorated. Witnesses were called to examine factors that contribute to establishing an appropriate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Excellence in Education
Gottfried, Sandra S. – 1993
The Science Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program is a scientific work experience program conducted at the University of Missouri-St. Louis that provides secondary science teachers internships with faculty researchers. This report evaluates the STARS program with respect to the teachers' (n=17) first summer experiences only. Both…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Experiential Learning, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education
