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Dr Rod Fawns 《Research in Science Education》1996,26(1):1-22
The aims of the junior technical schools in Victoria were, from the time of their formal establishment in 1911, to provide
preparatory education-training for two groups. First, for the relatively small number who proceeded to higher technical education,
appropriate for industrial chemists, engineers and architects, and secondly, for the relatively larger numbers who sought
to enter skilled trades. The first successful campaign in Australia for a general science for all other secondary students
in Victoria was waged in the War years 1939–43 on a platform of science as “a badge of utility and a key to good citizenship”.
These were the modest terms upon which science teaching secured a more central place in the classical literary curriculum.
The final campaign twenty years later in technical schools was fought on the platform that school science was “not just a
servant to trade or engineering courses.” 相似文献
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This study explored the effects that the incorporation of nature of science (NoS) activities in the primary science classroom
had on children’s perceptions and understanding of science. We compared children’s ideas in four classes by inviting them
to talk, draw and write about what science meant to them: two of the classes were taught by ‘NoS’ teachers who had completed
an elective nature of science (NoS) course in the final year of their Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree. The ‘non-NoS’ teachers
who did not attend this course taught the other two classes. All four teachers had graduated from the same initial teacher
education institution with similar teaching grades and all had carried out the same science methods course during their B.Ed
programme. We found that children taught by the teachers who had been NoS-trained developed more elaborate notions of nature
of science, as might be expected. More importantly, their reflections on science and their science lessons evidenced a more
in-depth and sophisticated articulation of the scientific process in terms of scientists “trying their best” and “sometimes
getting it wrong” as well as “getting different answers”. Unlike children from non-NoS classes, those who had engaged in and
reflected on NoS activities talked about their own science lessons in the sense of ‘doing science’. These children also expressed
more positive attitudes about their science lessons than those from non-NoS classes. We therefore suggest that there is added value in including NoS activities in the primary science curriculum in that they seem to help children make sense of science and
the scientific process, which could lead to improved attitudes towards school science. We argue that as opposed to considering
the relevance of school science only in terms of children’s experience, relevance should include relevance to the world of
science, and NoS activities can help children to link school science to science itself. 相似文献
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Marilyn A. Winkleby Judith Ned David Ahn Alana Koehler Jeanne D. Kennedy 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2009,18(6):535-545
Despite decades of precollege science education programs, African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans remain critically
underrepresented in science and health professions. This report describes college and career outcomes among graduates of the
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP), a 5-week summer residential program for low-income high school students among
whom 97% have been followed for up to 21 years. Approximately 24 students are selected annually, with participation limited
to low-income students who have faced substantial personal hardships. Undergraduate and medical students provide key program
leadership and training. The curriculum is based on science inquiry education and includes hospital internships, anatomy practicums,
research projects, faculty lectures, college admissions/standardized test preparation, and long-term college and career guidance.
A total of 476 high school students participated between 1988 and 2008, with 61% from underrepresented ethnic minority groups.
Overall, 78% of African American, 81% of Latino, and 82% of Native American participants have earned a 4-year college degree
(among those admitted to college, and excluding those currently attending college). In contrast, among 25–34-year old California
adults, 16% of African Americans, 8% of Latinos, and 10% of Native Americans earn a 4-year college degree. Among SMYSP’s 4-year
college graduates, 47% are attending or have completed medical or graduate school, and 43% are working as or training to become
health professionals. SMYSP offers a model that expands inquiry-based science education beyond the classroom, and recognizes
the role of universities as “high school interventionists” to help diversify health professions. 相似文献
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Vision II school science is often stated to be a democratic and inclusive form of science education. But what characterizes
the subject who fits into the Vision II school science? Who is the desirable student and who is constructed as ill-fitting?
This article explores discourses that structure the Vision II science classroom, and how different students construct their
identities inside these discourses. In the article we consider school science as an order of discourses which restricts and
enables what is possible to think and say and what subject-positions those are available and non-available. The results show
that students’ talk about a SSI about body and health is constituted by several discourses. We have analyzed how school science
discourse, body discourse and general school discourse are structuring the discussions. But these discourses are used in different
ways depending on how the students construct their identities in relation to available subject positions, which are dependent
on how students at the same time are “doing” gender and social class. As an example, middle class girls show resistance against
SSI-work since the practice is threatening their identity as “successful students”. This article uses a sociopolitical perspective
in its discussions on inclusion and exclusion in the practice of Vision II. It raises critical issues about the inherited
complexity of SSI with meetings and/or collisions between discourses. Even if the empirical results from this qualitative
study are situated in specific cultural contexts, they contribute with new questions to ask concerning SSI and Vision II school
science. 相似文献
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The demographic changes in Greek schools underline the need for reconsidering the way in which migrant pupils move from their
everyday culture into the culture of school science (a process known as “cultural border crossing”). Migrant pupils might
face difficulties when they attempt to transcend cultural borders and this may influence their progress in science as well
as the construction of suitable academic identities as a means of promoting scientific literacy. In the research we present
in this paper, adopting the socioculturally driven thesis that learning can be viewed and studied as a meaning-making, collaborative
inquiry process, we implemented an action research program (school year 2008–2009) in cooperation with two teachers, in a
primary school of Athens with 85% migrant pupils. We examined whether the two teachers, who became gradually acquainted with
cross-cultural pedagogy during the project, act towards accommodating the crossing of cultural borders by implementing a variety
of inclusive strategies in science teaching. Our findings reveal that both teachers utilized suitable cross-border strategies
(strategies concerning the establishment of a collaborative inquiry learning environment, and strategies that were in accordance
with a cross-border pedagogy) to help students cross smoothly from their “world” to the “world of science”. A crucial key
to the teachers’ expertise was their previous participation in collaborative action research (school years 2004–2006), in
which they analyzed their own discourse practices during science lessons in order to establish more collaborative inquiry
environments. 相似文献
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Daniel W. Lang 《Higher Education》2009,57(3):355-371
This paper investigates the intersection of system articulation, transfer, and the choices that secondary school students
make when they apply to college and university. The investigation is based on the results of a study that was undertaken to
determine factors that influence choices that secondary school students make between enrolling in community college or university,
and in particular whether or not those choices are affected by the degree of “articulation” within a public system of post-secondary
education. There are several studies that have emerged recently in the United States and Canada that examine factors that
influence the choice of university and 4-year college. There are a few studies that examine the choice of community and 2-year
college. None, however, either in Canada or in the United States, has sought to examine “college choice” comparatively among
students who apply to baccalaureate (4-year colleges and universities) and sub-baccalaureate (community colleges) programs.
This study examines college choice on the basis of two series of longitudinal surveys conducted in the province of Ontario
since the late 1980s, and on a series of surveys and interviews of students, parents and guidance counselors in six secondary
schools, each with a different student population, since 2004. The third study—called the “college choice” project—tracked
secondary school students as they made decisions about attending college or university, and as they finally selected the institutions
that they would attend. The study concludes that greater conventional articulation will not significantly affect rates of
transfer, that for most students plans to transfer develop after they enter college and are not a major factor in their initial
“choice,” that the rate of transfer is highly dependent on the corresponding arrays of programs at colleges and universities,
and that articulation might better be thought of as a subset of other basic forms of inter-institutional cooperation.
An earlier version of this paper was presented to the ASHE Annual Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, November, 2007. 相似文献
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Individuals and Leadership in an Australian Secondary Science Department: A Qualitative Study 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Wayne Melville John Wallace Anthony Bartley 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2007,16(6):463-472
In this article, we consider the complex and dynamic inter-relationships between individual science teachers, the social space
of their work and their dispositions towards teacher leadership. Research into the representation of school science departments
through individual science teachers is scarce. We explore the representations of four individual teachers to the assertions
of teacher leadership proposed by Silva et al. (Teach Coll Rec, 102(4):779–804, 2000). These representations, expressed during
regular science department meetings, occur in the social space of Bourdieu’s “field” and are a reflection of the “game” of
science education being played within the department. This departmentally centred space suggests an important implication
when considering the relationship between subject departments and their schools. The development of an individual’s representation
of teacher leadership and the wider “field” of science education appears to shape the individual towards promoting their own
sense of identity as a teacher of science, rather than as a teacher within a school. Our work suggests that for these individuals,
the important “game” is science education, not school improvement. Consequently, the subject department may be a missing link
between efforts to improve schools and current organizational practices. 相似文献
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Kristina Andersson 《Research in Science Education》2012,42(2):281-302
This study illuminates teachers’ conceptions of gender and science and possibilities to challenge these conceptions. Since
2005, a group of teachers (K-6) in Sweden have met approximately once a month in two-hour seminars to discuss and develop
their instruction in science and technology based on a gender perspective. The present data consist mainly of audio-recordings
of the teacher seminars and video-recordings of science activities with students. Analysis of the empirical data has been
carried out in several stages and was inspired by thematic analysis, the theoretical framework of which is based on Hirdman’s
and Beauvoir’s theories of gender. The results show that the teachers’ ideas about gender/equity and science exist on several
levels, within which various conceptions are represented. On the one hand, “reasoning around similarity”, where teachers consider
that both girls and boys should have the same prerequisites for working with science. In contrast, stereotypical conceptions
of girls and boys occur when the teachers evaluate their activities with students, and condescending attitudes toward girls
are also observed. The girls’ ways of working with science are not as highly valued as the boys’, and this outlook on children
can ultimately have consequences for girls’ attitudes towards the subject. When teachers are allowed to read their own statements
about the girls, they get “a glimpse of themselves”, and their condescending ideas about girls are made visible. In this way,
the teachers can begin their active work towards change, which may lead to new outlooks on and attitudes towards students. 相似文献
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Erik A. Zavrel 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2011,20(2):201-207
High school science teachers, of course, want to motivate their students to consider studying science and engineering (S&E)
in college. However, many high school students are not familiar with what science and engineering actually entail. They may
know science as little more than “systematic discovery” and engineering as nothing but “math-intensive design.” Without appreciation
for the rich culture of science and engineering, students will be unlikely to choose such a field of study. The Discovery
Channel television show Mythbusters helps remedy the lack of understanding many people, especially young people, have about
S&E. Mythbusters presents a highly accurate vignette of the culture of science and engineering. Episodes of the show were
analyzed for instances in which the culture of science and engineering was accurately depicted. Many resources, including
several publications of the National Research Council, informed the media analysis. To encourage more high school students
to pursue S&E in college, they need to be exposed to the culture of S&E. Mythbusters provides a window into the often unseen
realm of science and engineering, allowing its viewers, who are disproportionately represented among the young adult age bracket,
to see what it means to conduct science and engineering on a routine basis. High school science instructors should look to
Mythbusters to provide insight into the culture of S&E that textbooks often have difficulty conveying to students. 相似文献
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Marilyn Fleer 《Research in Science Education》2000,30(2):241-253
This paper presents a study of the design questions that children ask as they work technologically in school. Thirty-nine
school aged children's technological work on “cubby building” is mapped and discussed. Data sources included video recording,
worksamples, photographs with annotations of work in progress and when completed, and ethnographic field notes. The findings
support the view that children's design questions and briefs arise at various points throughout the lesson sequence, demonstrating
the iterative nature of design, make and appraise within and across lessons. The formulation of design questions evolved as
children interacted, negotiated, played and worked in technological ways. For young children, playing with the “product” or
“process” was an important part of working technologically. For the older children, the possession of technological skills
for joining materials to achieve the desired outcome was a key factor. 相似文献
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Like many readers of this journal, I have long been an advocate of having science students introduced to philosophy of science.
In particular, influenced by the Philosophy for Children movement founded by Matthew Lipman, I have advocated such an introduction
as early as possible and have championed early secondary school as an appropriate place. Further, mainstream science curricula
in a number of countries have, for some time now, supported such introductions (albeit of a more limited sort) under the banner
of introducing students to the “Nature of Science”. In this paper, I explore a case against such introductions, partly in
role as “Devil’s Advocate” and partly exploring genuine qualms that have come to disturb me. Generally speaking, my judgement
is that no justification is available in terms of benefit to the individual or to society of sufficient weight to outweigh
the loss of freedom of choice involved in such forced learning. One possible exception is a minimalist and intellectually
passive “Nature of Science” introduction to some uncontroversial philosophical views about science.
An earlier version of this paper was presented to the Seventh International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg and subsequently published in its proceedings (see my 2003). I am grateful to those who engaged in discussion of the paper upon its presentation. I am also grateful to the advice of
this journal’s anonymous referees. 相似文献
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Alejandro J. Gallard Mart��nez 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2011,6(3):719-723
This forum considers argumentation as a means of science teaching in South African schools, through the integration of indigenous
knowledge (IK). It addresses issues raised in Mariana G. Hewson and Meshach B. Ogunniyi’s paper entitled: Argumentation-teaching
as a method to introduce indigenous knowledge into science classrooms: opportunities and challenges. As well as Peter Easton’s:
Hawks and baby chickens: cultivating the sources of indigenous science education; and, Femi S. Otulaja, Ann Cameron and Audrey
Msimanga’s: Rethinking argumentation-teaching strategies and indigenous knowledge in South African science classrooms. The
first topic addressed is that implementation of argumentation in the science classroom becomes a complex endeavor when the
tensions between students’ IK, the educational infrastructure (allowance for teacher professional development, etc.) and local
belief systems are made explicit. Secondly, western styles of debate become mitigating factors because they do not always
adequately translate to South African culture. For example, in many instances it is more culturally acceptable in South Africa
to build consensus than to be confrontational. Thirdly, the tension between what is “authentic science” and what is not becomes
an influencing factor when a tension is created between IK and western science. Finally, I argue that the thrust of argumentation
is to set students up as “scientist-students” who will be considered through a deficit model by judging their habitus and
cultural capital. Explicitly, a “scientist-student” is a student who has “learned,” modeled and thoroughly assimilated the
habits of western scientists, evidently—and who will be judged by and held accountable for their demonstration of explicit
related behaviors in the science classroom. I propose that science teaching, to include argumentation, should consist of “listening
carefully” (radical listening) to students and valuing their language, culture, and learning as a model for
“science for all”. 相似文献
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A science teacher and her mentor reflect on their participation in the Learning Research Cycle, a professional learning model
that bridges research and practice in both university and public school contexts. Teachers do scientific research in scientists’
laboratories, then bridge their scientific experiences with the design of new classroom learning environments and teacher-driven
educational research projects. Science students do scientific research via their teachers’ lessons that bridge laboratory
research with classroom learning. Scientists and educational researchers bridge their research interests to create new questions
centered on teaching and learning in authentic science learning environments. The authors engaged in this qualitative inquiry
present their perspectives on “what goes on,” “what we have learned,” and “what it means to the larger community.” 相似文献
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Andrea Reupert 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2006,28(1):95-105
Each counsellor brings his or her personal qualities or what is sometimes referred to in the literature as the “counsellor's self,” when working with clients. The aim of this paper is to highlight the theoretical, clinical and research work regarding the self of the counsellor, and to indicate gaps within such work. It is argued here that while the person of the counsellor is vital to the therapeutic process, more work needs to be directed at defining this concept, and describing the process by which the counsellor engages his or her self whilst working with clients, particularly from a trans-theoretical perspective. Such research has implications for the training and supervision of counsellors, as well as providing potentially valuable information for future studies that focus on counsellor variables, particularly those associated with developing the therapeutic alliance. 相似文献
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Gilbert C. Park 《The Urban Review》2011,43(5):620-635
While the “model minority” stereotype of Asian Americans and its negative effects has been documented elsewhere, relatively
little attention has been paid to how recent Asian immigrant students begin to embrace the stereotype while in schools. This
study explores the identity formation process for a group of recent Korean immigrant students as “model minority” in an urban
high school to empirically document the process. Through interviews and observations, I learned that the immigrants acquired
an unauthentic American identity as a racial minority, constructed their status as “model minority” in response, and enacted
the stereotype as they sanctioned those who couldn’t live up to the stereotype. The aim is to add to the body of knowledge
on the school experiences of recent Asian immigrants. 相似文献
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The physical and social image of the scientist among school children, student teachers, and teachers over the last 50 years
was investigated. Interest has also been shown in the perception of the personality behind the physical stereotype. Nevertheless,
the value judgments of science and scientists and the positive and negative mind–sets attaching to these judgments in our
society were less investigated, either in Israel or abroad. In this investigation models given to science and scientists in
the classical literature and by some popular science writers were investigated, together with contemporary learners’ views.
The populations consist of 125 high school students from Israel. Several tools were used during this investigation to decipher
the images of science: Closed questionnaire, writing an essay, and semistructured collective interviews. Classical authors
have pessimistic views about science and the scientists. Most models are unfavorable, and criticize the scientists: The mad
and monstrous scientist (Frankenstein), the scientist who is alienated from human life (The Physicists), the scientist who is cut off from reality, the “geek” (Gulliver’s Travels), the scientist whose irresponsible research is harmful to the environment (Jurassic Park), the scientist who hungers for knowledge at any cost (Faust). The positive images found especially in the popular science literature: the scientist who cures diseases (Microbe Hunters), the scientist who has professional integrity (Galaxies), the scientist who keeps to the rules of the scientific method to obtain objective results (Wrinkles in Time).
We found that some expressions relating to fear of science which have appeared in the classics since the beginning of the 18th century were found in a similar way with students of the 21st century, while others expressed that same fear in different ways. There was also an identification with Swift’s “unsociable
and unemotional” scientists. Alongside the existence of expressions of fear of science, and mainly ambivalent opinions of
students toward science, the dominant picture that stands out in this study is that our contemporary students are pro science,
and regard science as a useful area of society. 相似文献
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This study investigates the effective research-based characteristics of professional development (ERBCPD) of the National
Science Foundation’s GK-12 Program—a program which partners institutions of higher education with local school districts and
places science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates in the K-12 classroom with teachers. Final evaluations
of 26 GK-12 sites were analyzed with a priori and emergent content analyses, which included rigorous inter- and intra-reliability
testing. The results of the a priori analysis demonstrated that the GK-12 program incorporates all ERBCPD, but to drastically
varying degrees (76–5%). The a priori characteristics that appeared most often were “Treats Fellows as professionals,” and
“Professional development is on-going.” The two emergent characteristics included “Improves communication skills” and “Has
real world application.” 相似文献