Add to ORKGThe overarching Nature of Science (NoS) strand in our revised science curriculum presents teachers of science with a number of challenges. One of them is the ‘Participating and Contributing’ achievement aim with its focus on controversial science issues (CSI). This article reports on a new classroom model for exploring controversial science issues with students that was trialled in New Zealand science classrooms, writes Dr. Kathy Saunders, the University of Waikato
At Glamorgan, we aim to provide a pluralistic account of the physical sciences,recognizing the all-p...
It has become a habit of our time to lament about the state of the world and simultaneously profess ...
This thesis proposes a reconceptualisation of science education. Compulsory science education should...
The overarching Nature of Science (NoS) strand in our revised science curriculum presents teachers o...
Internationally there is concern that many science teachers do not address controversial science iss...
Several educators in science have called for the inclusion of controversial socio-scientific issues’...
This article is written for teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand schools who teach science to Year 7-10 ...
The article presents the proposed changes to the New Zealand Draft Curriculum on the Nature of Scien...
There is considerable international concern about science education based on the number of students ...
[Extract] There are problems with science education in many New Zealand primary schools. Not only di...
Internationally there is concern that many science teachers do not address socioscientific issues (S...
Controversies in science are an essential feature of scientific practice: defined here as current pr...
School science learning aims to engage students into understanding science concepts, developing proc...
As science educators, we must view the changing nature of society brought on by technology and the g...
During the recent past, efforts have been devoted in several countries to introduce socio-scientifi ...
At Glamorgan, we aim to provide a pluralistic account of the physical sciences,recognizing the all-p...
It has become a habit of our time to lament about the state of the world and simultaneously profess ...
This thesis proposes a reconceptualisation of science education. Compulsory science education should...
The overarching Nature of Science (NoS) strand in our revised science curriculum presents teachers o...
Internationally there is concern that many science teachers do not address controversial science iss...
Several educators in science have called for the inclusion of controversial socio-scientific issues’...
This article is written for teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand schools who teach science to Year 7-10 ...
The article presents the proposed changes to the New Zealand Draft Curriculum on the Nature of Scien...
There is considerable international concern about science education based on the number of students ...
[Extract] There are problems with science education in many New Zealand primary schools. Not only di...
Internationally there is concern that many science teachers do not address socioscientific issues (S...
Controversies in science are an essential feature of scientific practice: defined here as current pr...
School science learning aims to engage students into understanding science concepts, developing proc...
As science educators, we must view the changing nature of society brought on by technology and the g...
During the recent past, efforts have been devoted in several countries to introduce socio-scientifi ...
At Glamorgan, we aim to provide a pluralistic account of the physical sciences,recognizing the all-p...
It has become a habit of our time to lament about the state of the world and simultaneously profess ...
This thesis proposes a reconceptualisation of science education. Compulsory science education should...
