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Childers, Gina; Governor, Donna; Osmond, David; Britton, Stacey – Research in Science Education, 2022
Science Cafés create open, public forums to promote the exchange of ideas between science experts and the public. This study explored Science Café attendees' interest in science content, and motivational factors in attending events as well as documenting what attendees did with the information presented at an event through the means of a survey (n…
Descriptors: Motivation, Science Education, Science Teaching Centers, Adult Education
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Kotuláková, Katarína – Research in Science Education, 2021
Teachers bring with them a variety of beliefs when they arrive at continual professional development (CPD) training courses focusing on the inquiry-based approach to science education. These beliefs influence the way they understand, accept and ultimately implement the content of the training. The purpose of the present study was to identify the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Active Learning
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Özer, Ferah; Dogan, Nihal; Yalaki, Yalçin; Irez, Serhat; Çakmakci, Gültekin – Research in Science Education, 2021
The effective continuing professional development (CPD) programs primarily aim to have an impact on teachers' knowledge bases, beliefs, and views and their classroom practices, which rationally lead most of the researchers to investigate those changes on teachers primarily. Although neglected, the interrelationship between CPD programs and…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Professional Development, Science Teachers, Middle School Students
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Walan, Susanne; Mc Ewen, Birgitta – Research in Science Education, 2017
Inquiry- and context-based teaching strategies have been proven to stimulate and motivate students' interests in learning science. In this study, 12 teachers reflected on these strategies after using them in primary schools. The teachers participated in a continuous professional development (CPD) programme. During the programme, they were also…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Faikhamta, Chatree – Research in Science Education, 2013
The nature of science (NOS) has become a central goal of science education in many countries. This study sought an understanding of the extent to which a nature of science course (NOSC), designed according to the conceptualization of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for teaching nature of science (NOS), affects in-service science teachers'…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Inservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Andersson, Kristina – Research in Science Education, 2012
This study illuminates teachers' conceptions of gender and science and possibilities to challenge these conceptions. Since 2005, a group of teachers (K-6) in Sweden have met approximately once a month in two-hour seminars to discuss and develop their instruction in science and technology based on a gender perspective. The present data consist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Attitudes, Science Activities, Science Instruction