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Galamba, Arthur – Science & Education, 2013
This paper scrutinizes the contribution of Romulo de Carvalho to the development of the Portuguese science curriculum, arguing that it was critically informed by his lifetime inclination to the humanities. It focuses on a particular historical event: the 1948 chemistry programme for the secondary school "Liceus". The paper briefly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Educational Policy, Science History
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van Driel, Jan H.; Bulte, Astrid M. W.; Verloop, Nico – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2008
This paper reports a study on teachers' domain-specific beliefs about the chemistry curriculum for upper-secondary education in The Netherlands. Teachers' beliefs were investigated using a questionnaire focused on the goals of the chemistry curriculum. The design of the questionnaire was based on three curriculum emphases: "fundamental…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Chemistry, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Robertson, Amy D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation describes a systematic investigation of university student and K-12 teacher reasoning about key ideas relevant to the development of a particulate model for matter. Written assessments and individual demonstration interviews have been used to study the reasoning of introductory and sophomore-level physics students, introductory…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Thinking Skills, College Students, Physics
Beauchamp, Wilbur L. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
This investigation of the teaching of science in secondary schools is based upon the analysis of 58 courses in general science, 45 courses in biology, 27 courses in physics, and 30 courses in chemistry. The courses were obtained from schools in response to a request from the Office of Education for courses which had been revised since 1925. Some…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics, Secondary Education