Research in Science Education ― Past, Present, and Future - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792367553 ISBN 13: 9780792367550

Publisher: Springer, 2001

Synopsis

This volume includes articles based on papers presented at the Second International Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (E.S.E.R.A.) held in Kiel, August 31 to September 4, 1999. About 300 colleagues, virtually from around the world - with a particular European focus - participated. Some 200 papers were presented. Three pages synopses of these papers were published in Proceedings of the conference (edited by Michael Komorek, Helga Behrendt, Helmut Dahncke, Reinders Duit, Wolfgang Gräber and Angela Kross). They are available from the IPN homepage: http://www.ipn.uni-kiel.de. The participants were asked to submit contributions to the present volume. It contains the invited plenary lectures and a selection of the submitted contributions based on reviews by an international board and the editors. The volume mirrors main lines of research in science education in Europe and around the world. The invited lectures provide overviews of the growth of science education research from the past to the present, including views of future developments. Major emphasis of empirical research still seems to be students' conceptions and conceptual change. About half of the contributions fall into that category. In addition, most of the remaining contributions deal with various cognitive issues of teaching and learning science. It was surprising for us that the number of studies on affective issues and gender differences was much smaller than expected.

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Research in Science Education Includes a selection of contributions to the Second Conference of the European Science Education Research Association held in Kiel, in September 1999. This book provides a view of the science education research in Europe and also worldwide by looking at what has been achieved in the past decades and what has to be done in the coming years. Full description

Synopsis

This volume includes a selection of contributions to the Second Conference of the European Science Education Research Association held in Kiel, in September 1999. The aim of the conference was to provide a state-of-the-art view of science education research in Europe and also worldwide by looking at what has been achieved in the past decades and what has to be done in the coming years. In the first part of the volume, views and visions of science education research are discussed. The subsequent parts deal with research on scientific literacy, on students' and teachers' conceptions, on conceptual change, and on instructional media and lab work. The volume focuses not only on research in Europe but provides a truly international perspective with contributions by researchers from around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792367553
• ISBN 13: 9780792367550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Behrendt Helga, Dahncke Helmut, Duit Reinders, Gräber Wolfgang, Komorek Michael, Kross Angela, Reiska Priit