Science Education Research in the Knowledge-Based Society

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Presidential Address. What can We Reasonably Expect of Research in Science Education?....Pages 3-8
Constructivism in Science Education: The Need for a Clear Line of Demarcation....Pages 9-17
Overviews of the Research Presented at Esera 2001....Pages 19-30
On the Methodology of ‘Phenomenography’ As A Science Education Research Tool....Pages 31-41
Conversation Theory and Self-Learning....Pages 43-49
Analysis of Video Data of Secondary School Science Students....Pages 51-59
Longitudinal Studies — Providing Insight into Individual Themes in Science Learning and Students’ Views of Their Own Learning....Pages 61-68
Changing Referential Perspective in Science Classroom Discourse....Pages 69-78
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Students’ Positions in Physics Education. A Gendered Perspective....Pages 81-87
Situated Conceptions and Obstacles. The Example of Digestion / Excretion....Pages 89-97
About Some of the Difficulties in Learning Thermodynamics at the University Level....Pages 99-106
Metacognitive Experiences in the Domain of Physics: Developmental and Educational Aspects....Pages 107-115
How Children Reason from Data to Conclusions in Practical Science Investigations....Pages 117-125
Mechanistic Reasoning on the Concept of Wave Surface, and on the Huygens’ Principle....Pages 127-135
Atomic Physics in Upper Secondary School: Layers of Conceptions in Individual Cognitive Structure....Pages 137-144
The Electric Current on Its Way to Our House and the Parallel Connection of the Electric Appliances: Primary Students’ (11–12) Representations....Pages 145-153
Detailed Investigation of Professional Physicists Solving Physics Tasks....Pages 155-161
Learning from Writing in Secondary Science: A Case Study of Students’ Composing Strategies....Pages 163-171
Seventh-Grade Pupils’ Epistemic Views in the Context of Model-Based Instruction....Pages 173-181
Nonlinear Analysis of the Effect of Working Memory Capacity on Student Performance in Problem Solving....Pages 183-190
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The Nature of Growth in Children’s Science Understandings: Insights from a Longitudinal Study....Pages 191-199
HOCS Problem Solving vs. LOCS Exercise Solving: What Do College Science Students Prefer?....Pages 201-207
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Science and Technology Education: A High Priority Political Concern in Europe....Pages 211-220
A Mesoscopic Model of Liquids for Teaching Fluid Statics....Pages 221-229
The Importance of Weightlessness and Tides in Teaching Gravitation....Pages 231-239
Making Decisions about Biological Conservation Issues in Peer Group Discussion....Pages 241-247
Discourse in the Laboratory: Quality in Argumentative and Epistemic Operations....Pages 249-257
Modelling the Evolution of Teaching — Learning Sequences: from Discovery to Constructivism....Pages 259-268
Nonlinear Physics in Upper Physics Classes: Educational Reconstruction as a Frame for Development and Research in a Study of Teaching and Learning Basic Ideas of Nonlinearity....Pages 269-276
Promoting Understanding through Representational Redescription: an Exploration Referring to Young Pupils’ Ideas About Gravity....Pages 277-284
Different Types of Classroom Debates on Biotechnology. Are These Simply an Exercise in Rhetoric or do they Encourage a Well — Founded Critical Attitude ?....Pages 285-293
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WISE Research — Promoting International Collaboration....Pages 297-307
Research about the Use of Information Technology in Science Education....Pages 309-321
Physics Learning and Microcomputer Based Laboratory (MBL) Learning Effects of Using MBL as a Technological and as a Cognitive Tool....Pages 323-331
Phenomenographical Approach to Design for a Hypertext Teacher’s Guide to MBL....Pages 333-341
Application of a Framework Appropriate for a Multilevel Assessment of Educational Multimedia Software in Science (FEVES)....Pages 343-351
Brain Research in Science Education Research....Pages 353-360
Computer Modelling and Simulation in Science Lessons: Using Research into Teachers’ Transformations to Inform Training....Pages 361-369
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Exploring Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge....Pages 373-381
Relating Research in Didactics and Actual Teaching Practice: Impact and Virtues of Critical Details....Pages 383-393
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Transforming the Standard Instrument for Assessing Science Teacher’s Self-Efficacy Beliefs (STEBI) for Use in Denmark....Pages 395-403
Teachers’ Confidence in Primary Science and Teacher-Student Interactions....Pages 405-413
Teachers’ Views and Attitudes Towards the Communication Code and the Rhetoric Used in Press Science Articles....Pages 415-423
Science Teachers’ Perceptions of the Current Situation of Planetary Emergency....Pages 425-432
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A European Research Project for New Challenges in Science Teacher Training....Pages 435-446
Quality Development Projects in Science Education....Pages 447-457
Video-Based Studies on Investigating Deficiencies of School Science Teaching....Pages 459-469
Back Matter....Pages 471-481