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The Status of STS Education in Taiwan: The Chain-Reaction That Knows No Bounds.
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Su, Walter Yu-Jen; Juang, Chyi-Shiun – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1998
Discusses how science, technology, and science education (STS) was introduced to Taiwan. Provides an overview of the status quo of STS in Taiwan. Presents possible implementation strategies. (CCM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Science and Society, Science Instruction
The Effects of STS-Oriented Instruction on Female Tenth Graders' Cognitive Structure Outcomes and the Role of Student Scientific Epistemological Beliefs.
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Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Investigates the effects of Science-Technology-Society instruction on a group of Taiwanese female 10th grade students' cognitive structure outcomes. Examines the role of student scientific epistemological beliefs on such effects. (Author/SAH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Females, Foreign Countries
A Science Teacher's Reflections and Knowledge Growth about STS Instruction after Actual Implementation.
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Tsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 2002
Describes a science teacher's views of Science-Technology-Society (STS) instruction after implementing a two-semester STS-oriented science course in a Taiwanese high school. Concludes that the heavy content load of Taiwan's national curriculum, regular cross-class standard tests, lack of peer or administrative support, resource limitations in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Reflective Teaching, Science and Society
The Progression toward Constructivist Epistemological Views of Science: A Case Study of the STS Instruction of Taiwanese High School Female Students.
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Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Discusses Science-Technology-Society (STS) instruments as a promising means to help students progress towards constructivist-oriented epistemological views of science. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Females, Foreign Countries
An Assessment of Environmental Literacy and Analysis of Predictors of Responsible Environmental Behaviour Held by Secondary Teachers in the Hualien Area of Taiwan.
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Hsu, Shih-Jang; Roth, Robert E. – Environmental Education Research, 1998
Assesses the environmental literacy of secondary teachers via survey and analyzes predictors of teachers' responsible environmental behavior. Discusses implications for program development and instructional practice and makes recommendations for further research. Contains 69 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching