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Prins, Gjalt T.; Bulte, Astrid M. W.; Pilot, Albert – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
One of the challenges of context-based science education is to construct high quality teaching materials. This paper presents results from a study investigating the heuristic value of an activity-based instructional framework for transformation of authentic scientific practices for use in the science classroom, in line with cultural historic…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Chemistry, Science Teachers, Experienced Teachers
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Prins, Gjalt T.; Bulte, Astrid M. W.; Pilot, Albert – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
Science education should foster students' epistemological view on models and modelling consistent with formal epistemology in science and technology practices. This paper reports the application of a curriculum unit in the classroom using an authentic chemical practice, "Modelling drinking water treatment", as the context for learning.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Water Quality
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Prins, Gjalt T.; Bulte, Astrid M. W.; van Driel, Jan H.; Pilot, Albert – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
In science education, students should come to understand the nature and significance of models. In the case of chemistry education it is argued that the present use of models is often not meaningful from the students' perspective. A strategy to overcome this problem is to use an authentic chemical modelling practice as a context for a curriculum…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Chemistry, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction