Research in Science Education in Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Educational demands and science education research: the role of ESERA....Pages 1-6
State of the Art of Biology Didactic Research in Europe — An Overview....Pages 7-14
Opacity of Radiography, Perplexity of Teachers and Pupils in Primary School....Pages 15-21
A Longitudinal Study of Pupils’ Understanding of Conditions for Life, Growth and Decomposition....Pages 23-29
Plant, Animal or Thief? Solving problems under the Microscope....Pages 31-39
Biology Students’ Forming and Justifying of Opinions on Predictive Genetic Testing. Towards a Practicable and Effective Teaching Strategy....Pages 41-48
The State of the Art in Research in Chemistry Education....Pages 49-56
Understanding Energy in Nature and Society — What Conception do Swedish Ninth Graders Have?....Pages 57-63
The Use of Van Hiele Levels as a Tool in the Development of Curricula for Science Education....Pages 65-71
Problems of Communication in Chemistry Classes....Pages 73-80
Using Metaphors for Learning to Develop Metacognition in Chemistry Students....Pages 81-87
Is an Iron Atom Made of Iron?....Pages 89-95
Physics Educators and Physicist: Two Communities Apart?....Pages 97-102
Students and the Wave Geometrical Model of the Wave Propagation in a Three Dimensional Medium....Pages 103-112
How to Deal with the Concept of Mechanical Energy in Dissipative Systems? A Study on Conceptual Development of First-Year University Students in Mozambique....Pages 113-121
Problem Solving in School Physics: A Metacognitively Developed Field Study....Pages 123-131
Can Untraditional Learning Methods Used in Physics Help Girls to be More Interested and Achieve more in this Subject?....Pages 133-140
Learning in Basic Electricity: How do Motivation, Cognitive Factors, and Classroom Climate Influence Achievement in Physics?....Pages 141-147
Teaching Earth Science Today....Pages 149-155
From Naive Representations to Scientific Concepts: A Cognitive Survey in the Domain of Earth Science....Pages 157-163
Learning Science in the Laboratory: Issues raised by the European Project ‘Labwork in Science Education’....Pages 165-174
Generating and Using Information at the Elementary School Level: An Important Dimension of Environmental Education. A Project....Pages 175-181
Research Based Evaluation in HOCS-Oriented Science Education and Curriculum Development....Pages 183-191
Key Evidence in Testing Hypotheses....Pages 193-200
Case Studies on Innovative Types of Labwork in Science Education....Pages 201-207
Individual Learning Processes: A Research Programme with Focus on the Complexity of Situated Cognition....Pages 209-215
Scientific Languages and Common Knowledge: Is Cultural Integration Possible?....Pages 217-223
Science Education and the Popularisation of Science in the New Europe....Pages 225-233
Nature of Physics — Teachers’ Views....Pages 235-243
School Science-Real Science? Personal Knowledge, Authentic Science and Student Research Projects....Pages 245-251
School Reform in Italy: Orientation as a Key Aspect for Science Teaching Innovation....Pages 253-262
Dilemmas related to Teacher Training for Science Education and Pupils’ Action Competence (The MUVIN project)....Pages 263-271
A Framework for Learning to Teach Sciences in Initial Primary Teacher Education....Pages 273-280
Teacher Education in Greece: Constructivist Attempts in a Nonconstructivist Environment....Pages 281-289
Learning to Teach Sciences. Problem Solving as a Context for Learning....Pages 291-298
When does Normative Scientific Behaviour Start?....Pages 299-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-317