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Direct linkForbes, Anne; Skamp, Keith – Research in Science Education, 2014
"MyScience" is a primary science education initiative in which being in a community of practice is integral to the learning process. This paper describes the ongoing journey to date of eight primary teachers from three primary schools who actively participated in "MyScience" over an extended period. Their views of interactions…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Logan, Marianne; Skamp, Keith – Research in Science Education, 2008
Most studies indicate primary students' attitudes towards and interest in science decline as they progress into the secondary years. Longitudinal qualitative research exploring this phenomenon is rare as is research which focuses on the students' voice as they cross the interface. In this study multiple qualitative data sources, supported by a…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes, Science Interests, Student Interests
Skamp, Keith; Boyes, Eddie; Stanisstreet, Martin – Research in Science Education, 2004
The results of a large scale (N=1001) cross-sectional (Years 6, 8 and 10) study of students' ideas about the composition of unpolluted air, the nature of air pollution, the biological consequences of air pollution, and about acid rain and the Greenhouse Effect are reported. A range of persistent alternative conceptions were identified, in some…
Descriptors: Pollution, Student Attitudes, Environmental Education, Climate
