Research and the Quality of Science Education

From Normal to Revolutionary Science Education....Pages 3-14
Reflections on a Problem Posing Approach....Pages 15-26
How Can Large International Comparative Studies Contribute to the Quality of Science Education?....Pages 27-40
Towards a More Curricular Focus in International Comparative Studies on Mathematics and Science Education....Pages 41-54
40 Years of Curriculum Development....Pages 57-65
Characteristics of Meaningful Chemistry Education....Pages 67-76
Cross-Curricular Collaboration in Teaching Social Aspects of Genetics....Pages 77-88
School Innovation in Science: Change, Culture, Complexity....Pages 89-105
Ways of Using ‘Everyday Life’ in the Science Classroom....Pages 107-116
Science Teacher Education: Issues and Proposals....Pages 119-128
Outcomes of Professional Development in Primary Science: Developing a Conceptual Framework....Pages 129-140
Chemistry Teachers Research Their Own Work: Two Case Studies....Pages 141-155
The Relationships Between Primary Teachers’ Attitudes and Cognition During a Two Year Science In-Service Programme....Pages 157-168
Teaching Concepts in Contexts: Designing a Chemistry Teacher Course in a Curriculum Innovation....Pages 169-180
Epistemological Thought and Role-Playing: Impact on Pre-Service Teachers’ Opinions on Mobile Phone Risks....Pages 181-191
Teaching-Learning Sequences Tools for Learning and/or Research....Pages 195-207
Designing and Evaluating Short Science Teaching Sequences: Improving Student Learning....Pages 209-220
Discussing a Research Programme for the Improvement of Science Teaching....Pages 221-230
“Scientific Communication”: An Instructional Program for High-Order Learning Skills and Its Impact on Students’ Performance....Pages 231-243
Learning about the Nature of Scientific Knowledge: The Imitating-Science Project....Pages 247-257
The Effect of Using Drama in Science Teaching on Students’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science....Pages 259-267
The Relevance of Teaching about the “Nature of Science” to Students of the Health Sciences....Pages 269-282
Teaching about the Epistemology of Science in School Science Classrooms: Case Studies of Teachers’ Experiences....Pages 283-293
A Three-Phase Design for Productive Use of Analogy in the Teaching of Entropy....Pages 297-308
Dynamic Assessments of Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Models and Modelling....Pages 309-323
Investigating Teachers’ Ideas about Models and Modelling — Some Issues of Authenticity....Pages 325-335
Investigation of Effects and Stability in Teaching Model Competence....Pages 337-351
Using Multiple Analogies: Case Study of a Chemistry Teacher’s Preparations, Presentations and Reflections....Pages 353-364
The Role of Argument in Science Education....Pages 367-380
The Role of Argumentation in Developing Scientific Literacy....Pages 381-394
Meaning Making in High School Science Classrooms: A Framework for Analysing Meaning Making Interactions....Pages 395-406
From a Causal Question to Stating and Testing Hypotheses: Exploring the Discursive Activity of Biology Students....Pages 407-417
Argument Construction and Change while Working on a Real Environment Problem....Pages 419-431
Textbooks and Their Authors: Another Perspective on the Difficulties of Teaching and Learning Electricity....Pages 435-445
The Concept of Force as a Constitutive Element of Understanding the World....Pages 447-457
Changes in College Students’ Conceptions of Chemical Equilibrium....Pages 459-470
Parallel Conceptions in the Domain of Force and Motion....Pages 471-481
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Understanding of the Relationships Between Concentration and Reaction Rate among Turkish Secondary and Undergraduate Students....Pages 483-497