ERIC Number: EJ1077341
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Sep
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ISSN: ISSN-1449-6313
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Growing a Primary Science Specialism: Assembling People, Places, Materials and Ideas
Lynch, Julianne; Frankel, Nadine; McCarthy, Kerry; Sharp, Lindy
Teaching Science, v61 n3 p47-55 Sep 2015
This paper derives from the authors' experiences of the development of a successful science specialism implemented in a large primary school in regional Victoria, Australia, since 2012. We discuss how diverse resources--people, spaces, equipment, materials and ideas--were brought together to support a science specialism that focuses on positioning students as burgeoning experts; leveraging and enhancing connections with community; and, developing positive dispositions towards science and the environment. Our discussion is supported by illustrative excerpts from interviews, focus groups and meetings with school and university staff members. We conclude by identifying characteristics that might suggest principles for success in other contexts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Interviews, Focus Groups, Elementary School Science, Science Education, Ethnography, Case Studies, Specialization, Educational Innovation, Community Involvement, School Community Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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