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Lee, Shu-Shing; Seow, Peter; Jang, Hari – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2020
Teacher learning is key for quality teaching and learning. Schools leverage situated teacher learning to develop teachers' capacities. However, situated teacher learning is ambiguous. How teachers learn is shaped by socio-cultural factors. This paper elaborates upon a case study of situated teacher learning in Singapore in which teachers learn in…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Student Centered Learning, Case Studies
Zhai, Junqing; Jocz, Jennifer Ann; Tan, Aik-Ling – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
A considerable body of evidence highlights how inquiry-based science can enhance students' epistemic and conceptual understanding of scientific concepts, principles, and theories. However, little is known about how students view themselves as learners of science. In this paper, we explore primary children's images of doing science in school and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
Taber, Keith S.; Tan, Kim Chwee Daniel – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
The present study contributes to the constructivist research programme (RP) into learning science by comparing patterns in responses from two groups of learners--senior high school students and pre-service teachers--in the same educational context (Singapore), to a diagnostic instrument relating to the topic of ionisation energies. This topic is…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Chin, Christine – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to (a) develop an analytical framework that represents classroom talk and questioning in science, (b) find out how teachers use questioning to engage their students in thinking about conceptual content that enables the construction of knowledge, and (c) identify the various forms of feedback provided by teachers in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Feedback, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Reaction
Chin, Christine; Chia, Li-Gek – Journal of Biological Education, 2004
This study employed problem-based learning (PBL) for project work in a Year 9 biology class. The purpose of the study was to investigate (a) how self-generated problems and questions directed students in their learning, (b) how students reacted to this instructional approach, and (c) the problems that they encountered. Students formulated problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Problem Based Learning, Biology
Thye, Tan Lip; Kwen, Boo Hong – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2004
Despite the many developments in the teaching of science, an aspect that continues to be neglected appears to be the character and nature of science (NOS). This is becoming especially important in the light of recent developments in pedagogy, as, for example, more teachers adopt constructivist methodologies and computing technology enables…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods