Science Education

Science Education
Author: James F Donnelly
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2001-01-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761964445

Who wants to change school science education and why? What mechanisms exist to effect change? What implications do they have for teachers' professionalism? These are the principal questions explored in this book. The authors focus on strategies for effecting change, including decentralized and statutory mechanisms, and the use of systems of assessment. The authors question the effectiveness of centralized programmes in improving the quality of students' science education. They suggest that this arises from a failure to acknowledge the contribution that the science teaching profession must make to reform. They argue that sustained and effective change, embodying improvements in standards, depends upon promoting the initiativ

Science Learning, Science Teaching

Science Learning, Science Teaching
Author: Jerry Wellington
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317225961

Now fully updated in its fourth edition, Science Learning, Science Teaching offers an accessible, practical guide to creative classroom teaching and a comprehensive introduction to contemporary issues in science education. Aiming to encourage and assist professionals with the process of reflection in the science classroom, the new edition re-examines the latest advances in the field and changes to the curriculum, and explores the use of mobile technology and coding, and its impact on ICT in science education. With extra tasks integrated throughout the book and a brand new chapter, ‘Working scientifically’, to help develop learners’ investigative skills, key topics include: • The art and craft of science teaching. • The science curriculum and science in the curriculum. • Planning and managing learning. • Inclusive science education. • Laboratory safety in science learning and teaching. • Language and numeracy in science teaching and learning. • Computers and computing in science education. • Citizenship and sustainability in science education. Including points for reflection and useful information about further reading and recommended websites, Science Learning, Science Teaching is an essential source of support, guidance and inspiration for all students, teachers, mentors and those involved in science education wishing to reflect upon, improve and enrich their practice.

Readings in Educational Psychology

Readings in Educational Psychology
Author: Edgar Stones
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136661921

The papers in this volume relate to the nature and conditions of classroom learning, with particular emphasis on the cognitive aspects. They are concerned with the question of concept formation and stress the importance of the teacher’s function in ensuring that the child really has assimilated the ideas and not merely the words for the concepts. The role of language is fundamental to this theme, and the interaction of language, thinking and learning is dealt with in the first section of the book. This section also provides a context within which subsequent discussions of classroom learning problems can be viewed. Some problems concerning the elaboration of a general theory of teaching are then examined with particular reference to possible methods of bridging the gap between research and implementation.

The Missing Half

The Missing Half
Author: Alison Kelly
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 654
Release: 1981
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780719007538

Bundeling van beshcouwingen over het waarom van het ondervertegenwoordigd zijn van meisjes in exacte wetenschappen. Het boek kan onderverdeeld worden in drie delen. Ten eerste worden de verschillende theorieën over deze ondervertegenwoordiging op een rijtje gezet. Vervolgens worden de onderzoeksresultaten hieromtrent besproken. Deze werpen een licht op de determinanten van studiekeuze bij meisjes en op de attitudes van leerkrachten t.o.v. 'wetenschappelijk begaafde meisjes'. Tot slot geven leerlingen en leerkrachten hun eigen mening en suggeren strategieën om de resultaten van meisjes te verbeteren.

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 924
Release: 1968
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Coping with Threatened Identities

Coping with Threatened Identities
Author: Glynis M. Breakwell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2015-06-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317559401

People cope with threats to their identities in many different ways. Until the original publication of this title in 1986, there had been no theoretical framework within which to analyse their strategies for doing this, or to examine the nature and impact of the threatening experiences themselves. In this elegant and original book, Glynis Breakwell proposes an integrative model which explores the structure of identity and the principles directing its development. Focusing on examples of threat such as unemployment, sexually atypical employment and ethnic marginality, Breakwell examines the relation of the individual to social change. Through her sensitive use of case studies, she enables the victims of threat to speak for themselves about their experiences and feelings. Their reactions illustrate her proposed framework of three levels of coping strategies – intra-psychic, interpersonal and intergroup – and her assessment of the factors which limit the success of such strategies. The case studies also point to new evidence on the effects of unemployment and the impact of youth training schemes at the time. This title would have been essential reading for a range of undergraduate courses in social and abnormal psychology and individual differences, as well as for postgraduate training in clinical and medical psychology at the time. Social workers, counsellors and all those concerned with the care of the sufferers of threatened identities will still find it both informative and influential.

Social Trends

Social Trends
Author: Tom Griffin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1989
Genre:
ISBN: 9780116203472