Science Education in International Contexts

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Student Energy Conceptions....Pages 3-16
What is the Thing We Call Heat? A Study on Diverse Representations of the Basic Thermal Concepts in and for School Science....Pages 17-28
Possible Pathways for Conceptual Development Related to Energy and the Human Body....Pages 29-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
The Infusion of Strategies for Generating High Level Thinking into the Junior Secondary Science Curriculum....Pages 45-61
Towards the Development of an Instructional Model That Enhances Junior Secondary Students’ Understanding of the Nature of Science....Pages 63-81
Enhancing Students’ Understanding of the Nature of Science and the Interconnection Between Science, Technology and Society Through Innovative Teaching and Learning Activities....Pages 83-99
Small Group Inquiry Science Learning....Pages 101-111
Getting to Know Your Tools as Science Teachers and Students....Pages 113-121
Improving Female Students’ Physics Learning in High School....Pages 123-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Science Teacher Learning....Pages 131-141
A Study of Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices of Using Information and Communication Technology (Ict) in Classrooms....Pages 143-158
A Preliminary Study on Teacher’s Ict Competency Through Their Use of Data-Loggers....Pages 159-168
Back Matter....Pages 169-178