Social Desirability,Environmental Attitudes,and General Ecological Behaviour in Children     

Britta Oerke  Franz X. Bogner 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(5):713-730

Socially desirable responses have been widely discussed as potentially biasing self-reported measures of environmental attitude and behaviour assessment. The direct and moderating effect of social desirability on children has not been analysed before. By applying a Lie scale together with a two-factor environmental attitude set measure and a scale of self-reported General Ecological Behaviour (GEB) to 198 pupils, we found a moderate impact of Lie scores on only one of both attitude measures and a small impact on GEB. In a multiple regression analysis general behaviour was predicted by attitude, social desirability, and the interaction of both. Social desirability had no moderating effect on the relationship between environmental attitudes and behaviour. Implications of these outcomes for research on environmental issues with children are discussed.  相似文献   

Concept map structure,gender and teaching methods: an investigation of students' science learning     

Sabine Gerstner  Franz X. Bogner 《Educational research; a review for teachers and all concerned with progress in education》2013,55(4):425-438

Background: This study deals with the application of concept mapping to the teaching and learning of a science topic with secondary school students in Germany.

Purpose: The main research questions were: (1) Do different teaching approaches affect concept map structure or students' learning success? (2) Is the structure of concept maps influenced by gender? (3) Is the concept map structure a reliable indicator of students' learning success?

Sample: One hundred and forty-nine high-achieving 5th-grade students from four German secondary schools participated in the study. The average age of participants was 10½ years. Gender distribution was balanced. Students produced concept maps working in small, single-sex groups.

Design and methods: There were two teaching approaches used: one based upon teacher-centred instruction and one consisting of student-centred learning. Both were followed by a concept-mapping phase. Student groups experienced either one or the other teaching approach. Concept map structures were analysed using of the method of Kinchin, Hay and Adams. We defined three different possible types of concept map structure: spokes, chains and nets. Furthermore, for assessing a student's short- and longer-term learning success, we constructed a multiple-choice knowledge test applied in a pre-, post-, retention-test design. Parametric tests, such as MANOVA, one-way ANOVA and t-tests were used to identify any differences in gender, teaching approach, number of nets per concept map and their interactions.

Results: Type of teaching approach had an effect on concept map structure but not on students' longer-term learning success. Students of the teacher-centred approach produced more net structures than those students who participated in the hands-on instruction. Subsequent analyses showed in total more net structures for female groups. The interaction of gender and number of nets per concept map showed a significant effect on students' longer-term learning success.

Conclusion: The study suggests that Kinchin's classification scheme for assessing concept map quality may be a good indicator of students' learning success when applied in combination with a knowledge test.  相似文献   

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER RETRAINING IN OLDER ADULTS     

John B. Franz 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(5-6):443-462

Recent research on the cognitive development and functioning of older adults is reviewed and explored in relation to vocational retraining. It is argued that an ecological approach to the study of cognitive development in older adults is preferable, based on the life‐phase, hierarchical‐stage and cognitive functioning literatures. The relevance of this literature for career development in older adults is considered and suggestions for future research are offered. In particular, it is proposed that retraining programs designed to facilitate the career adaptability and success of older persons should attempt to increase their cognitive complexity and flexibility.  相似文献   

International research orientation of Swiss universities: self-regulated or politically imposed?     

Franz Horváth  Karl Weber  Martin Wicki 《Higher Education》2000,40(4):389-408

International openness is essential to science in small modern countries. The modernization of Swiss science and economy in the nineteenth century was promoted largely by foreigners: newly founded Swiss universities were staffed to a large extent by foreign professors, but students also came from abroad. Up to the middle of this century, the development of Swiss universities was marked by distinct successive phases of inviting in or shutting out international influence, depending mainly on changes in the political context. The international landscape of knowledge and science since the 1950s has undergone dynamic change. University structures were installed as a reaction to this dynamism. Patterns of international research orientation emerging in different universities and in the disciplinaryfields of business administration, chemistry and history are discussedin a comparative perspective.  相似文献   

Perceptions and intentions of secondary students in rural Australia to progress to university     

Franz Carrillo-Higueras  T. R. Walton 《高等教育研究与发展》2020,39(4):627-642

ABSTRACT

This article explores four critical factors in the determining of regional and remote school students’ intentions to progress to university. Three of these factors are based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB): students’ attitudes, the opinions of their significant others (social capital), and students’ perceptions of control. A fourth factor, students’ knowledge about university, is also examined, extending the TPB. The research model tested used the responses of a survey of 620 school students from remote and regional areas in New South Wales, Australia. Results show that students’ attitudes towards university and perceptions about social capital are the most important predictors of their intentions to progress to university. In addition, students’ knowledge about university was found to be a significant contributor to students’ attitudes and perceptions of control.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

P. C. B.  Saul B. Robinsohn  J. J. Grant  David C. Thomas  Franz Hilker  George W. Parkyn  Urban Dahllöf  Gilbert F. Peaker  Kurt Spangenberg  S. Leslie Hunter  Gilbert de Landsheere  M. J. Langeveld 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1965,11(4):492-508

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Schools: A place of ecological learning     

Franz Rauch 《Environmental Education Research》2000,6(3):245-258

This article explores the concept of 'ecologisation of schools' as a form of school development and is based upon a study commissioned by the Federal Austrian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs. On the basis of a material and literature search on models and experiences gained from school-based environmental projects in Central Europe and in England, some quality features for an ecologisation process of schools are suggested. These features are the basis of an ecological school development programme in Austria, which is described briefly in this study.  相似文献   

Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekte zum Thema “Electronic Commerce”     

Franz Schober 《Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung》2000,15(4):226-229

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Subjective Probabilities as Basis for Scientific Reasoning?     

Huber  Franz 《The British journal for the philosophy of science》2005,56(1):101-116

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Empirical comparison of trained and non-trained teachers in constructing criterion-referenced items     

Hans-Juergen W. Wieberg  Karl-Ernst Neeb  Franz Schott 《Studies in Educational Evaluation》1984,10(2):199-204

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