This article addresses some of the curriculum implications of adopting a socioscientific issues (SSIs)-oriented approach to science education, including (a) the need to provide scientific knowledge on a need-to-know basis and adapted to the complexity, multidimensionality, and fluidity of real-world situations and the constraints of particular…

This article focuses on some of the intersections of two worldviews: Western modern science and a Buddhism-based way of life in Thailand. It enters the debate on the place and practice of Indigenous forms of knowledge and the clashes with formal science education curricula. Our goal is "balanced bi-gnosis": the possession of, and proficiency in,…

This article proposes strategies and practices that create rich discursive spaces for learning science in French immersion contexts. These strategies and practices are drawn from a variety of scholarly sources; here we adapt them to reading in the French immersion science classroom. The strategies and practices are designed for use in a…

In this article we discuss research that was conducted as part of a project on citizen science education. We present the research and some of the results, and then take a position on the pertinence of examining, in science classes, questions on citizen participation in socio-technical debates and the roles and capacities of the social actors…

The article demonstrates that multiple solution tasks (MSTs) in the context of geometry can serve as a research instrument for evaluating geometry knowledge and creativity. Geometry knowledge is evaluated based on the correctness and connectedness of solutions, whereas creativity is evaluated based on a combination of fluency, flexibility, and…

Provides a brief overview of Canada as a country, education in Canada, and the study of technology in Canada at the secondary school level. Examines courses offered under the name of technology and considers the question of making the study of technology a requirement for secondary school graduation. (Author/KHR)

Describes technology education on a province-by-province basis. Groups various approaches to technology education into three categories and summarizes them. Provides illustrative examples and focuses on the objectives of the curriculum, the way the content of the program is structured, and recent developments. (Author/KHR)

Discusses the importance of classroom-based research on student learning in technology and ways in which this learning can be enhanced. Describes some fruitful areas of classroom-based research that could inform technology curriculum development. (Author/KHR)

Presents tools for objectifying technological education as it has been approached in the form of disciplines for French children ages 11-15 since 1960. Characterizes provisionally stabilized disciplines and identifies their historical development. Identifies four distinct methods that give evidence of the instability affecting the framework of…

Clarifies the goals of technology education from a political perspective. Presents founding program choices of the discipline and teaching method problems involved in constructing the discipline. Outlines reflections on the idea of curricular matrices and points out the necessity for some re-examinations of curriculum theory. (Author/KHR)

Demonstrates the case of technology education in British Colombia and discusses its invulnerability of teachers to curriculum reform. Draws on historical and survey data related to school practices and Ministry of Education enrollment data disaggregated by sex. Casts these data into a politics of curriculum framework informed by the work of…

Addresses some of the problems inherent both in traditional didactic science teaching and in approaches based on theories of conceptual change. Argues for helping students to acquire a better understanding of science (through an anthropological approach) and a better understanding of themselves as learners and science initiates. (Author/MM)

Raises questions about the purpose and scope of research in science education and comments on the questions that have occupied the attention of most researchers in science education in recent years. (Author/MM)

Although science, technology, and society (STS) has been widely accepted as part of science curriculum policy, there is little evidence that it has made much impact on classroom practice, particularly in the academic stream of secondary schools. Suggests that supporters of STS should consider placing STS in occupational contexts in ways that would…

Reports on a case study in which a high school teacher explored Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory using it as a conceptual framework to make decisions about structuring her grade 9 science curriculum. Describes the teacher's initial explorations of the theory, incorporation of the theory into daily teaching, and the outcomes of the study for both…