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Open AccessA Reading Group for Science Educators: an Approach for Develo** Personal and Collective Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education
Reading, at its core, is a basic yet critical way to undertake learning and growth. This paper shares a professional learning and development initiative for science educators, which was underpinned by the popu...
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The Shifting Sands of Values in Science Education. An Introduction
In 2007, the Monash-Kings College London International Centre for the Study of Science and Mathematics Curriculum edited a book called The Re-emergence of Values in Science Education. In his review of this book, ...
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Exploring Values Through Lived Experiences of the World Heritage Site of Petra: A Case Study
This chapter seeks to probe the complexities inherent in the notion of values by positioning this work within the context of our experiences and knowledge of the tensions that play out at the UNESCO World Heri...
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Reinvigorating Primary School Science Through School-Community Partnerships
Many primary school teachers, when supported by opportunities that assist them to reframe their thinking about the nature of science, appear to demonstrate a capacity to willingly use new perspectives to recon...
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Examining the Beliefs and Practices of Four Effective Australian Primary Science Teachers
With trends across many countries still indicating the decline of student interest in school science and diminishing numbers of students studying science beyond the compulsory years, it seems that the field re...
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Embedding Assessment Within Primary School Science: A Case Study
The reluctance of primary school teachers to teach science in their classrooms is well documented with issues such as limited science content knowledge and low levels of confidence in teaching the subject matt...
