Science Teachers' Beliefs and Practices: Issues, Implications and Research Agenda

作者: Heather Toomey Zimmerman , Philip Bell

DOI: 10.1080/21548455.2012.741271

关键词: Social constructionismSociologySociology of scientific knowledgeScience educationSocial influenceInformal educationNature of SciencePrimary educationQualitative researchPedagogy

摘要: This project analyses the prevalence and social construction of science in everyday activities multicultural, multilingual children one urban community. Using cross-setting ethnographic fieldwork (i.e. home, museum, school, community), we developed an ecologically grounded interview protocol analytical scheme for gauging students' understandings identification with science. Focal participants study rated frequency which they participated, then reflected on how these connected to scientific knowledge, practices, tools through task called Science Activity Task (SAT). The SAT analysis found that participated practices saw their media, community as well school activities. Children activities, such measuring, building designing, experimenting, observing. ana...

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