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Dukhan, Shalini; Brenner, Elisabeth; Cameron, Ann – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
Learning within first-year biology is about inquiry, but in this content-heavy science students can easily fall into the trap of parrot-fashion learning. This study investigates the influence of lecturers' expectation of students in meaning making on the nature of their slides and the quality of students' note-making. Data were collected by…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Expectations of Students, Visual Aids, Notetaking
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Mollett, Jean; Cameron, Ann – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
In southern Africa, biotechnology is increasingly important with regard to food security and the development of the pharmaceutical industry. Universities are tasked with providing the relevant capacity development through tertiary-level courses to meet these development needs. However, the knowledge and practices of biotechnology may be…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Biotechnology, Focus Groups, Questionnaires
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Taylor, Dale L.; Cameron, Ann – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
The valuing of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) is one of the principles on which the South African school curriculum is supposed to be based. The purpose of this paper is to critique the treatment of indigenous knowledge in the South African secondary Physical Sciences curriculum against a backdrop of international debates on the relationship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Physical Sciences, Secondary School Science