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Gaydos, Matthew J.; Squire, Kurt D. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
Research has shown that video games can be good for learning, particularly for STEM topics. However, in order for games to be scalable and sustainable, associated research must move beyond considerations of efficacy towards theories that account for classroom ecologies of students and teachers. This study asks how a digital game called "Citizen…
Descriptors: Science and Society, STEM Education, Predictor Variables, Use Studies
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Roberts, Lissa L. – Science & Education, 2012
One of the two most extensive instrument collections in the Netherlands during the second half of the eighteenth century--rivaling the much better known collection at the University of Leiden--belonged to an orphanage in The Hague that was specially established to mold hand-picked orphans into productive citizens. (The other was housed at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Citizenship, Educational Philosophy
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Alexakos, Konstantinos – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2010
In his article "Scientists at Play in a Field of the Lord", David Long (2010) rightly challenges our presumptions of what science is and brings forth some of the disjunctures between science and deeply held American religious beliefs. Reading his narrative of the conflicts that he experienced on the opening day of the Creation Museum, I cannot…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Epistemology, Teaching Methods, Religion
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Gablik, Suzi; Marriott, James – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2007
This article presents a conversation between the authors, James Marriott and Suzi Gablik. Marriott is a founding member and co-director of PLATFORM, a London-based, award-winning organization focused on social and ecological justice. Gablik is the author of "The Reenchantment of Art," "Conversations Before the End of Time," and "Living the Magical…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Futures (of Society), Science and Society, Conflict
Williams, Ken – Academy for Educational Development, 2009
Leadership and leadership development are popular topics today. Concurrent with the construction of leadership theory, leadership development has emerged as a practice, with programs, consultants, reports, and networking opportunities proliferating. Given the reality of limited resources, it is critical that investments in and approaches to…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Human Dignity, Empathy, Leadership
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Peters, Michael A. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2009
Openness as a complex code word for a variety of digital trends and movements has emerged as an alternative mode of "social production" based on the growing and overlapping complexities of open source, open access, open archiving, open publishing, and open science. This paper argues that the openness movement with its reinforcing structure of…
Descriptors: Open Education, Global Approach, Research Universities, Open Universities
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Martin, Vance S. – Policy Futures in Education, 2009
There have been many attempts to understand how the Internet affects our modern world. There have also been numerous attempts to understand specific areas of the Internet. This article applies Immanuel Wallerstein's World Systems Analysis to our informationalist society. Understanding this world as divided among individual core, semi-periphery,…
Descriptors: Internet, Influence of Technology, Science and Society, Social Change
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Chang, Shu-Nu; Yeung, Yau-Yuen; Cheng, May Hung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
Students' learning interests and attitudes toward science have both been studied for decades. However, the connection between them with students' life experiences about science and technology has not been addressed much. The purpose of this study is to investigate students' learning interests and life experiences about science and technology, and…
Descriptors: Females, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
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Fixsen, Dean L.; Blase, Karen A.; Naoom, Sandra F.; Wallace, Frances – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
The failure of better science to readily produce better services has led to increasing interest in the science and practice of implementation. The results of recent reviews of implementation literature and best practices are summarized in this article. Two frameworks related to implementation stages and core implementation components are described…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Best Practices, Theory Practice Relationship, Literature Reviews
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Kerner, Jon F.; Hall, Kara L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
In moving health and social service programs from planning into action, it is essential to understand the extent to which the knowledge gained from research should influence the actions taken by organizations and agencies that provide services (e.g., government, nongovernment organizations [NGOs]). The complexity of the challenges in translating…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Public Sector, Public Policy, Theory Practice Relationship
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Kenny, Robert – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the alleged changes in the ways the so-called "digital generation" communicates and learns. Most of the commentary has been based on anecdotes, observations and opinions. The lack of empirical evidence in this matter suggests that it may be time to begin the process of gathering…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Design, Conceptual Tempo, Influence of Technology
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Spence, Lucy K. – Reading Teacher, 2009
Jacky, an 11-year-old biliterate Latina, was the subject of this case study. She used her home funds of knowledge to become computer literate through the development of a website focused on Mexican heritage. The website, created via funds of knowledge drawn from the community, in turn involved families and the local community in computer…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Mexican Americans, Prior Learning, Computer Literacy
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Yetisir, Mehmet Ikbal; Kaptan, Fitnat – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to provide an historical perspective of the foundational points of Science, Technology and Society (STS), the reasons that STS is involved in Science Education Programs, and the effort of connecting and integrating STS into the curricula in Turkey. This study consists of two main sections. The first section focuses on…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Foreign Countries, Reflection, Integrated Curriculum
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Higgs, P. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
When reflecting critically on issues of education in society it is necessary to consider the following question: in what scientific paradigm should educational theory and practice be located in order to address issues of education in society in an educationally responsible manner? In this essay, I argue that for education theory and practice to…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Reflection, Educational Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
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Emo, Kenneth – Journal of Experiential Education, 2008
Rules guide and constrain participants' actions as they participate in any educational activity. This ethnographically driven case study examines how organizational rules--the implicit and explicit regulations that constrain actions and interactions--influence children to use science in the experiential educational activity of raising 4-H market…
Descriptors: Experience, Ethnography, Case Studies, Hands on Science
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