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Loveless, Linda H. "Staff development training for implementing a history-social science curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/848.
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Panzo, Barbara Ann. "Inclusion of Alaska natives in history/social science curriculum for fifth grade." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1680.
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This project addresses the need for more authentic multicultural curriculm in the elementary schools within California, specifically concerning Native Americans in Alaska Natives. This projects supports the need to include Alaska Natives in the California History/Social Science curriculum for fifth grade.
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Alshammari, Ahmad Shallal. "A socio-cultural investigation of science curriculum reform and implementation in Kuwait : perspectives of teachers, students and curriculum reformers." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15596.
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In 2008 the Ministry of Education in Kuwait began to reform the science curriculum in schools at all academic stages: primary (grades 1-5), intermediate (6-9) and secondary (10-12). The new science curriculum was adapted from an original curriculum which had been designed and published by the Amercan company Pearson-Scott Foreman. This study explores the perspectives of science teachers and students concerning the new science curriculum for the sixth and seventh grades (students aged 11 to 15) in the State of Kuwait. The study also investigated the process of the reform and the roles that science teachers and students performed in this reform process. The study used Sociocultural Theory as a framework to examine the science curriculum reform process and to discuss findings. A multi-method design was used with both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect the data: science teachers’ and students’ questionnaires; interviews with science teachers, students and science curriculum reformers; and classroom observations. The study sample was selected randomly. The questionnaire was conducted with 310 science teachers and 647 students. 11 science teachers, nine reformers and 30 students (five in each of six focus groups) were chosen to conduct in-depth interviews. Ten classroom observations were conducted with four science teachers. The study indicated that the science curriculum reform process was controlled centrally by the Ministry of Education and teachers and students did not participate in any stage of the reform process. The findings also found that many of the science teachers and students held negative views about the new science curriculum. They felt that the content of the new curriculum does not relate very well to Kuwaiti culture, to the Islamic religion and that the curriculum objectives needed to be more clear and achievable. The findings showed that many of the students indicated that they have difficulty understanding much of the content and did not enjoy studying science. Most of the teachers indicated that they faced challenges in teaching the new science curriculum. These included a lack of instructional tools, lack of teacher autonomy, the amount of material that needed covering and large class sizes. This study recommends reviewing the new science curriculum (now currently in use) taking into account the perspectives of teachers and students. It recommends that in carrying out curriculum reform the Ministry of Education be encouraged to provide guidance in the form of instructional tools and professional development programmes for teachers. These should be designed to help teachers develop the pedagogic skills needed to address the complex relationships between science and culture and between science and religion.
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Waters, Bonney Elizabeth. "Integrating reading, language arts, science, and social studies curriculum with the use of technology." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2135.
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The purpose of the project was to develop three thematic units for fifth grade that intergrate California State Standards in Reading, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies with the use of technology. The benefits of doing so allows instructional time to be spent on more in depth study of the disciplines, Students make connections across curriculum which allows them to develop a deeper understanding of what is being taught. Also, integrating curriculum with technology engages students and allows them to have more control over their learning environment. When students are actively involved in what is being taught, they will internalize the information for better understanding.
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Mork, Kirsten L. "Evaluating Creative Choice in K-12 Computer Science Curriculum." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2019. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2038.
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Computer Science is an increasingly important topic in K-12 education. Ever since the "computing crisis" of the early 2000s, where enrollment in CS dropped by over half in a five year span, increasing research has gone into improving and broadening enrollment in CS courses. Research shows the importance of introducing CS at a young age and the need for more exposure for younger children and young adults alike in order to work towards equity in the field. While there are many reasons for disinterest in CS courses, studies found one reason young adults do not want to study CS is a perception of it being tedious and lacking opportunities for creativity. Making more creative assignments is one way to try and engage more students who may not feel like stereotypical computer scientists.
This thesis focuses in on the effects of creative choice in CS curriculum on students' self-efficacy, engagement/preferences, and performance. It aims to capture the effects of creative choice on a range of K-12 students of varying demographics in order to make CS more accessible for everyone. The first half of the thesis experimentally validates the effects of creative choice in existing 5th grade CS classes. We created two variants of worksheets for the students - creative worksheets and rigid worksheets. After distributing these worksheets, surveys, and quizzes, we found students still feel a sense of ownership with limited versions of creative choice and benefit from a blend of creative and rigid instructions. In addition, student performance was not affected by our different treatments. The second half of the thesis adapted and launched the fifth grade curriculum to a new demographic, teaching the course to Juvenile Hall students. Student surveys and reports from their teacher showed this class had a positive impact and was well received by students and staff. We found students would prefer a longer class next iteration, as this one only extended five weeks. Future work will be needed to experimentally evaluate the specific impact of creative choice in this new demographic.
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Kaviani, Khodadad. "Teachers' gatekeeping of the Middle East curriculum /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7777.
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Barnes, Melanie Anne. "Integrating the language arts into the history-social science curriculum to develop critical thinking in children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/711.
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This project has developed a resource guide that will help kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers implement an integrated history-social science curriculum that encourages children to become critical thinkers.
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Spuck, Timothy S. "What do Astronomers Do| A Survey of U.S. Astronomers' Attitudes, Tools and Techniques, and Social Interactions Engaged in through their Practice of Science." Thesis, West Virginia University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10616586.
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<p> Astronomy is one of the oldest STEM enterprises today. It is a discipline through which technology has been advanced, as well as our understanding of the universe. Further, astronomy is a gateway science that inspires the imagination of young learners, and can be used to promote STEM careers. In order to advance the astronomy enterprise, we must maintain an informed citizenry. The practice of astronomy has changed over time; astronomy today is much different than it was 50 years ago. In an effort to identify the current practice of astronomy, or what it is that today’s astronomers do, 478 U.S. astronomers participated in the study focusing on their engagement in three areas of scientific practice; science attitudes, tools and techniques, and social interactions. In addition, astronomers’ perceptions about career choice, work-related activities they engage in, motivations for doing astronomy, and changes needed in education were also explored. Data were collected over a 3-month time period via an online survey and telephone interviews. Data provided by survey participants provides a solid foundation from which findings and conclusions are drawn. Today’s population of astronomers is largely white, male, and older, however moving toward gender balance. The population as a whole places great importance on the practice of attitudes such as thinking critically, respecting the evidence, honesty, and objectivity. Unlike many might think, astronomers spend little time at the telescope collecting data, but rather the vast majority of their time is spent working at a computer. Further, engaging in administrative duties, writing, use of mathematics, searching for funding, mentoring others, and collaborating with colleagues are all critical tools/techniques and social skills in the practice of astronomy today. Finally, pop culture and personal experience plays a significant role in attracting individuals to a career in astronomy, and exploration and uncovering that which is unknown, the thrill of discovery, is what keeps them motivated. This study identified and quantified the activities in which professional astronomers engage, and the findings can be used to design formal and informal learning experiences K through adult to more closely reflect the science of astronomy and the people who engage in the practice.</p><p>
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Moxley, Kathleen D. "Asking content teachers what are the literacy practices and purposes that high school science and social studies teachers use to accomplish their goals and how are they represented in student tasks? /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 16, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-211). Also issued in print.
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Selinger, David Emanuel. "Designing a Security Education Curriculum Using Gamification Principles." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574424122762057.
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Wong, Kai-shung, and 王啓淞. "Evaluating teaching units on science issues in society: a case study in sixth form curriculum." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38627036.
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Allred, Carol Bunnell. "Rationale and implementation strategies for interdisciplinary instruction in the 6th grade social science curriculum for California public schools." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/753.
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Lyons, Reneé C. "Creating Cross-Curricular Resources: A Book Talk for The Revival of Banned Dances: A Worldwide Study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2392.
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Maharjan, Ramesh. "Climate change and the importance of empowering citizens : Science teachers' beliefs about educational response in Nepal." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema vatten i natur och samhälle, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-90451.
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Educational response to climate change is one of the measures to prepare people to combat climate change. This thesis explores the lived experiences of secondary Science teachers from Kathmandu Valley on the perception of climate change, the way they handled climate change issues in the classroom setting, the problems and challenges they came across in climate change communication in the classrooms and the relevance of existing secondary Science curriculum in relation to climate change. The thesis is built upon the study of secondary Science curriculum, relevant literature on climate change education and the interviews with secondary Science teachers, teaching Science at secondary level in different schools of Kathmandu Valley. The results showed that the teachers were convinced and concerned on the ongoing climate change and stressed on knowledge for climate change actions; they were found to introduce climate change issues contextually and relating to the topics like greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion they teach; lack of resources, exclusion of climate change in the secondary Science curriculum, their own limited knowledge on climate change, the unpractical theory and marks oriented educational system, and shifting of the responsibilities by the students hindered effective climate change communication in the classroom settings. The findings have been discussed in relation to social learning theory and relevant literature.
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Mncube, Dumsani Wilfred. "Teaching of social science learning area in the context of curriculum change in senior phase of General Education and Training Band (GET) in schools under Empangeni education circuit." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1318.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctoral Degree in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2013.<br>This study sets out to investigate the teaching of social sciences learning area in the context of curriculum change in the Senior Phase of the GET band. The main purpose of this study is to investigate educators’ experience and competence in the teaching of social sciences. The study targeted Senior Phase educators in the GET band because they had significant experience in teaching the new broad-field curriculum.
This study is located within the interpretative paradigm using the methodology of critical analysis. It uses the mixed-mode approach, combining both qualitative and quantitative methods. Sampling of the participants was random owing to the poor accessibility of some schools in the circuit. The first research instrument was administered to Senior Phase educators to solicit their experiences of teaching learning areas since the implementation of NCS introduced the interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning in schools. The second research instrument was the interview, followed by observation, to collect information on educators’ perception on a broad-field curriculum which advocates an integrated approach to the teaching of history and geography in schools. The third instrument was an in-depth interview which was used together with focus groups to solicit information about educators’ disciplinary and pedagogical knowledge, both of which are necessary for teaching history and geography as one discipline.
The results showed that social science educators are still facing challenges with regard to the integrated teaching of history and geography. The results of the study have revealed that social science teachers in the Senior Phase are still teaching history and geography as distinct fields of knowledge. The critical analysis of findings has indicated that teachers’ ability to understand the broad-field nature of social science is still weak and its implementation is in conflict with the policy guidelines of integration.
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Perkins, Kathy Diane. "Integration of Fifth Grade Math and Science Curriculum, Accompanied by Increased Parental Involvement, Produces Higher Virginia Test Scores." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2145.
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The National Educational Society, through much research and testing, discovered that American students are not performing as well on the academic level as their counterparts. As a nation the math and science scores fell behind other tested disciplines. The Virginia Department of Math and Science Report Card scores confirm that students are struggling in these areas.
As a resolution to correct this problem a proposal for the integration of fifth grade math and science curriculum accompanied by increased parental involvement was devised. The program involved thirteen elementary students and their parents. Pretesting, math and science labs, worksheets, posttesting, and a school beautification project were used. The condensed summary of findings proved that the integration of math and science curriculum accompanied with parental involvement produces higher test scores.
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Parrott, Deborah, and Reneé C. Lyons. "Teaching Civics in the School Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2372.
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This session will encourage school librarians to consider the precepts of the book "Teaching Civics in the Library." Specifically, participants will be encouraged and shown how to utilize high-interest trade books and carefully evaluated websites to immediately integrate school librarianship and civics education. Participants will be introduced to carefully constructed questions eliciting civic discussion, as well as detailed civic action/service project suggestions, for all grade levels, along with civic-oriented reading promotion plans, collection development best practices, grant writing options, and extended units of learning.
First, a brief discussion will ensue as to the role of a school librarian in creating civic-minded students pursuant to AASL Learning Standard 3. Next, participants will be introduced to methods and best practices associated with this role, as listed above, actually participating in a Socratic discussion based in award-winning children's literature (for purposes of modeling). Then, a smattering of projects, promotion plans, helpful organizations, and grant opportunities will be highlighted, along with an inquiry as to successful programming across the country. A Q and A session will provide additional information in association with the ideas which most highly piqued audience interest.
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Moran, Renee Rice. "Examining Social Justice Issues in Eight Children’s Picture Books." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3611.
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Cardwell, Steven McDonald. "A study to determine the nature of science teachers' functional paradigms using qualitative research methods." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28593.
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It is believed that one of the overriding factors that has contributed to the resistance to curriculum change on the part of teachers is that some of the new curricula seem to require a major change in teaching methodology and style. This change amounts to a conflict between paradigms. If this belief is correct, then one can argue that there will have to be a shift in teachers' functional paradigms in order for these curriculum innovations to be implemented.
The study focuses on the goals, problems, exemplars, and routines, which constitute the "functional paradigms" of teachers. The term "functional paradigm" is meant to convey the idea that the characteristics which unite a community of practitioners are likely to be centered on practical matters: Why do teachers function in particular ways? Do teachers attach "common meanings" to particular situations or entitles?
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1. What are some of the factors which influence the formulation of teachers' functional paradigms?
2. What is the nature of teachers' functional paradigms? 3. a) What are the perceptions of teachers with regard to curriculum change?
b) What is the relationship between teachers' functional paradigms and their perceptions of curriculum change?
c) To what extent do teachers' functional paradigms become idiosyncratic when they are faced with a curriculum change?
The methodology involved interviews with teachers. A
pilot study was conducted prior to the main study. The
interviews in the main study were analyzed in terms of six
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The results seem to indicate:
1. There are common categories and sub-categories that contribute to the formation, development, and maintenance of teachers/ functional paradigms. They include:
o past educational experiences.
o background in general.
o practicum experiences.
o past and present teaching experiences.
o curriculum materials.
o constraints on teaching.
o school, students, and other workers in the school.
2. There seems to be a "core" of common categories among teachers. The intersection of elements within these categories composes the functional paradigms of teachers in general. Although the paradigms are functional in an active sense, they are relatively stable within the "culture", and over the long term. This stability must be considered if innovators in education ever contemplate a change which would require a shift in teachers'" functional paradigms. This commonality of beliefs, routines, problems, and exemplars is probably greater among teachers within the same small segment of the organization than within the entire profession.
3. Evidently, teachers select, interpret, and utilize learning materials in different ways dependent on the nature of their personal functional paradigms. A number of differing elements in teachers'' functional paradigms have been identified. These elements determine how teachers teach in terms of their use of curriculum materials. Curriculum change agents must consider the functional paradigms of individuals and determine how common these paradigms are before attempting a major pedagogical change. This study has shown that if these factors are not considered, then the curriculum change that is contemplated will be reduced to a mere change in content. The teachers will utilize the curriculum materials according to their own functional paradigms.
4. The inertia against curriculum change is most difficult to overcome with more experienced teachers, and more easily overcome with beginning teachers. This suggests that the focus of curriculum implementation needs to be aimed at certain segments of the profession. Somehow the change agents must assist educators to change their functional paradigms to meet the desired ends of the new curriculum prior to implementation. The alternative is the disparity that seems to exist between the curriculum that is intended by the policy makers, the curriculum that is implemented by the teachers, and the curriculum that is ultimately attained by the students.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of<br>Graduate
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Waghid, Faiq. "Towards the democratisation of senior phase school science through the applicatin of educational technology." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85577.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I report on an action research study in relation to the democratisation of science education in a Grade 10 life sciences classroom at a local high school through the application of educational technology, more specifically social network media such as Facebook. I argue that action research for social justice with the support of educational technology can contribute towards cultivating critical teaching and learning in the science classroom, thus contributing to the democratisation of science education in schools.
In the main, this study shows that educational technology can contribute to the democratisation of science education in classrooms in relation to teaching contentious issues in the current life sciences school curriculum on three levels: firstly, learners and educators can experience enhanced levels of participation, collaboration and deliberation through Facebook; secondly, learners can construct personal learning contexts as a testament to the sense of autonomy they have (and can acquire) in learning about life sciences, particularly as they endeavour to nurture their critical and problem-solving skills, construct and apply life sciences knowledge, and integrate understandings of life sciences into the context of societal change; and thirdly, learners and educators can cultivate equal partnerships in the sense that equality refers to their insistence to „rupture‟ and „disrupt‟ pedagogical activities in the life sciences classroom.
Finally, this study also reveals that critical teaching and learning in the life sciences classroom cannot be oblivious to poststructuralist thought on learning to think and act rhizomatically as opposed to hierarchically and linearly, and that exercising one‟s individual autonomy through a claim to intellectual equality can simply be pedagogical ingredients that can further enhance democratic science education in schools.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie proefskrif doen ek verslag oor ‟n aksienavorsingstudie in verband met die demokratisering van wetenskaponderwys in ‟n Graad 10 lewenswetenskappe- klaskamer in ‟n plaaslike skool deur die toepassing van onderwystegnologie, meer spesifiek sosiale netwerkmedia soos Facebook. Ek argumenteer dat aksienavorsing vir sosiale geregtigheid met die ondersteuning van onderwystegnologie kan bydra tot die kultivering van kritiese onderrig en leer in die wetenskapklaskamer, wat dus bydra tot die demokratisering van wetenskaponderwys in skole.
Hierdie studie bewys hoofsaaklik dat onderwystegnologie op drie vlakke kan bydra tot die demokratisering van wetenskaponderwys in klaskamers met verwysing na omstrede vraagstukke in die huidige lewenswetenskappe-skoolkurrikulum: eerstens kan leerders en opvoeders hoë vlakke van deelname, samewerking en beraadslaging deur Facebook ervaar; tweedens kan leerders persoonlike leerkontekste konstrueer as bevestiging van hulle sin van outonomiteit wat hulle bekom (en kan aanleer) deur leer oor die lewenswetenskappe, veral soos hulle poog om kritiese en probleemoplossingsvaardighede uit te bou, wetenskapskennis te konstrueer en toe te pas, en betekenisse van lewenswetenskappe in die konteks van sosiale verandering kan integreer; en derdens kan leerders en opvoeders gelyke verhoudings kweek in soverre gelykheid verwys na hulle aandrang daarop om pedagogiese aktiwiteite in die lewenswetenskappe-klaskamer te „verbreek‟ en te „ontwrig‟. Ten slotte wys hierdie studie dat kritiese onderrig en leer in die lewenswetenskappe-klaskamer nie onbewus kan wees van poststrukturalistiese denke oor die aanleer van risomatiese eerder as hiërargiese en liniêre denke en optrede nie, en dat die uitleef van individuele outonomie deur aanspraak te maak op intellektuele gelykheid die pedagogiese inspuiting kan wees wat benodig word om demokratiese wetenskaponderwys verder in skole te bevorder.
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Lyons, Reneé C. "The Jane Addams Book Award: Peace and Social Justice Characterized." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2369.
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Searching for materials addressing the social issue concerns of a specific era, including our own? Need materials which promote social justice, equality, and personal responsibility? Ease the search via Jane Addams Children’s Book winning titles, receiving associated database instruction, collaborative lesson plans and discussion guides.
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Diego, Daniel. "A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO THE TEACHING OF CLIMATE CHANGE." Scholarly Commons, 2020. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3715.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which educators address climate change and the impacts of human activity on the environment in conjunction with the Next Generation Science Standards. This study utilized qualitative methods, a phenomenological methodology informed by Moustakas, and a Systems Theory and Ecojustice Education conceptual framework. The central research questions was: in what ways do educators who are implementing the Next Generation Science Standards address climate change and the impacts of human activity on the environment? The supporting research questions were: in what ways do educators who are implementing the Next Generation Science Standards perceive their roles and responsibilities in addressing climate change and the impacts of human activity on the environment? in what ways do educators who are implementing the Next Generation Science Standards interpret the associated Earth and Human Activity standards prior to enactment? and, how do educators who are implementing the Next Generation Science Standards teach climate change and the impacts of human activity on the environment?Eight participants were purposely selected using criterion sampling. All participants taught in grades six-twelve, had at least five years teaching experience, and worked in the Sacramento Valley region of California. Data collection consisted of interviews, observations, and document analyses. During the data analysis, horizontalization was utilized which led to the illumination of the following themes: Climate change is an existential crisis, Examination and refinement of pedagogy, Perceptions on Next Generation Science Standards pedagogy, Inquiry-based pedagogical methods, Pedagogical resources, Fostering relevancy to students, and Steps toward an eco-ethical consciousness. The conclusions drawn are: context is key, confusion persists and teachers need guidance and support, adopted curricula and content standards are inadequate, systems thinking and eco-ethical mindsets are vital, teachers are essential for survivability, and more needs to happen. The recommendations from this study are of relevance to policy makers, administrators, curricula and standard developers, teachers, and anyone else interested in mitigating the impacts of human activity on the environment.
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Ellison, Michael Steven. "Ninth Grade Student Responses to Authentic Science Instruction." Thesis, Portland State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3722299.
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<p> This mixed methods case study documents an effort to implement authentic science and engineering instruction in one teacher’s ninth grade science classrooms in a science-focused public school. The research framework and methodology is a derivative of work developed and reported by Newmann and others (Newmann & Associates, 1996). Based on a working definition of authenticity, data were collected for eight months on the authenticity in the experienced teacher’s pedagogy and in student performance. Authenticity was defined as the degree to which a classroom lesson, an assessment task, or an example of student performance demonstrates construction of knowledge through use of the meaning-making processes of science and engineering, and has some value to students beyond demonstrating success in school (Wehlage et al., 1996). Instruments adapted for this study produced a rich description of the authenticity of the teacher’s instruction and student performance. </p><p> The pedagogical practices of the classroom teacher were measured as moderately authentic on average. However, the authenticity model revealed the teacher’s strategy of interspersing relatively low authenticity instructional units focused on building science knowledge with much higher authenticity tasks requiring students to apply these concepts and skills. The authenticity of the construction of knowledge and science meaning-making processes components of authentic pedagogy were found to be greater, than the authenticity of affordances for students to find value in classroom activities beyond demonstrating success in school. Instruction frequently included one aspect of value beyond school, connections to the world outside the classroom, but students were infrequently afforded the opportunity to present their classwork to audiences beyond the teacher. </p><p> When the science instruction in the case was measured to afford a greater level of authentic intellectual work, a higher level of authentic student performance on science classwork was also measured. In addition, direct observation measures of student behavioral engagement showed that behavioral engagement was generally high, but not associated with the authenticity of the pedagogy. Direct observation measures of student self-regulation found evidence that when instruction focused on core science and engineering concepts and made stronger connections to the student’s world beyond the classroom, student self-regulated learning was greater, and included evidence of student ownership. </p><p> In light of the alignment between the model of authenticity used in this study and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the results suggest that further research on the value beyond school component of the model could improve understanding of student engagement and performance in response to the implementation of the NGSS. In particular, it suggests a unique role environmental education can play in affording student success in K-12 science and a tool to measure that role.</p>
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Moran, Renee Rice, Laura Robertson, Chih-Che Tai, et al. "Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for the Future: Computational Thinking as a Scaffold for Critical Thinking." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5881.
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Book Summary: As technology continues to develop and prove its importance in modern society, certain professions are acclimating. Aspects such as computer science and computational thinking are becoming essential areas of study. Implementing these subject areas into teaching practices is necessary for younger generations to adapt to the developing world. There is a critical need to examine the pedagogical implications of these technological skills and implement them into the global curriculum. The Handbook of Research on Integrating Computer Science and Computational Thinking in K-12 Education is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of computer science curriculum development within primary and secondary education. While highlighting topics including pedagogical implications, comprehensive techniques, and teacher preparation models, this book is ideally designed for teachers, IT consultants, curriculum developers, instructional designers, educational software developers, higher education faculty, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and graduate students.
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Henry, Colin, and edu au jillj@deakin edu au mikewood@deakin edu au wildol@deakin edu au kimg@deakin. "CASE STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE." Deakin University. School of Education, 1995. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20041214.144057.
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This thesis offers an account of the history and effects of three curriculum projects sponsored by the Australian Human Rights Commission between 1983 and 1986. Each project attempted to improve observance of human rights in and through Australian schools through participatory research (or critical educational science). That is, the research included, as a conscious feature, the effort to develop new forms of curriculum work which more adequately respect the personal and professional rights of teachers, especially their entitlement as persons and professionals to participate in planning, conducting and controlling the curriculum development, evaluation and implementation that constitutes their work. In more specific terms, the Australian Human Rights Commission's three curriculum projects represented an attempt to improve the practice and theory of human rights education by engaging teachers in the practical work of evaluating, researching, and developing a human rights curriculum.
While the account of the Australian Human Rights Commission curriculum project is substantially an account of teachers1 work, it is a story which ranges well beyond the boundaries of schools and classrooms. It encompasses a history of episodes and events which illustrate how educational initiatives and their fate will often have to set within the broad framework of political, social, and cultural contestation if they are to be understood. More exactly, although the Human Rights Commission's work with schools was instrumental in showing how teachers might contribute to the challenging task of improving human rights education, the project was brought to a premature halt during the debate in the Australian Senate on the Bill of Rights in late 1985 and early 1986. At this point in time, the Government was confronted with such opposition from the Liberal/National Party Coalition that it was obliged to withdraw its Bill of Rights Legislation, close down the original Human Rights Commission, and abandon the attempt to develop a nationwide program in human rights education. The research presents an explanation of why it has been difficult for the Australian Government to live up to its international obligations to improve respect for human rights through education. More positively, however, it shows how human rights education, human rights related areas of education, and social education might be transformed if teachers (and other members of schools communities) were given opportunities to contribute to that task. Such opportunities, moreover, also represent what might be called the practice of democracy in everyday life. They thus exemplify, as well as prefigure, what it might mean to live in a more authentically democratic society.
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Lyons, Reneé Critcher. "Teaching Civics in the Library: An Instructional and Historical Guide for School and Public Librarians." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. http://amzn.com/078649672X.
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Civics education is "on the books" in all 50 states, yet civic illiteracy is widespread. Only one third of 12th graders are able to explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence, and fewer than half of 8th graders know the purpose of the Bill of Rights. This instructional guide explores the foundations of civics education--and the reasons for its demise--with commentary from civics education leaders and scholars across the nation.
Questions for eliciting civics discussion are provided for all grade levels, along with detailed civic action and service projects and reading plans. Best practices and grant writing options are included. The author argues for a return to early 20th century civics education and details the traditional and present-day role of America's libraries in developing a civic-minded populace. School and public librarians are urged to utilize trade books and carefully evaluated websites to integrate civics within educational and youth services offerings.<br>https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1015/thumbnail.jpg
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Rexhepi, Hasibe. "Vad är samhällskunskap? : Fem gymnasielärares förståelse av skolämnet samhällskunskap." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-3302.
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<p><p><p>Syftet med framförliggande uppsats är att bidra till ökad kunskap om gymnasielärares förståelse av ämnet samhällskunskap genom en beskrivning och analys av lärares målsättning och syfte med undervisningen med avseende på mål, innehåll och selektionsavvägningar. Den övergripande forskningsfrågan för detta arbete är: <em>Vilken förståelse har gymnasielärare av innehållet och undervisningen i skolämnet samhällskunskap? </em>Utifrån syftet och forskningsfrågan är målsättningen att ge svar på de didaktiska frågorna <em>vad </em>och <em>varför.</em></p><p>För att uppnå studiens syfte har en kvalitativ metod anammats och fem semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med gymnasielärare som undervisar i ämnet samhällskunskap. Lärarna i studien definierar ämnet i innehållsliga termer samt i termer av blocktillhörighet. Studien visar att undervisningen i samhällskunskap bör bidra samt syfta till förståelse av samhällets struktur och funktion, men även ge eleverna kompetenser och färdigheter för att fungera som medborgare i ett demokratiskt samhälle. Vidare visar studien att målsättning är att eleverna ska utvecklas till goda, självständiga, kritiska och handlingskraftiga demokratiska medborgare med ett samhällsintresse, där de förvärvade kunskaperna kommer till användning genom att sättas in i ett sammanhang. Resultatet ger indikationer på att kunskapsområdena politik och ekonomi, kopplat till begreppet demokrati, utgör basen för ämnet. Ämnets mest centrala begrepp är demokrati och de flesta begreppen hämtas från områdena politik och ekonomi. Studien visar också att samhällskunskapsämnet är ett "aktualitetsämne" och därför prioriteras aktuella händelser i undervisningen. Vidare påvisas att det finns ett flertal faktorer som påverkar lärarnas val av ämnesinnehåll bl.a. läroboken, lärarens intressen och preferenser, elevers och kollegors inflytande, lokala planeringsinstrument m.m. En skillnad som framträder mellan lärarna på de teoretiskt respektive pratiskt inriktade programmen är användningen av läroboken, men det råder även delade meningar bland lärarna om de lokala planeringsinstrumentens behov och betydelse för undervisningen. Resultatet visar att lärarna är tillfredsställda med samhällskunskapsämnets utformning och de tror inte att någon större framtida förändring kommer att ske med avseende på ämnesinnehållet. Men några av lärarna tror emellertid att vissa kunskapsområden och samhällsfrågor som exempelvis massmedia, livskunskap, globala frågor och miljöfrågor kommer att få större utrymme.</p></p></p><br><p><p><p>The purpose of this essay is to contribute to increased knowledge of high school teachers' understanding of the subject social science through a description and an analysis of teachers' aims and purpose of their instruction, regarding goals, contents and selection of subject contents. The overall research question for this work is: <em>What understanding does high school teachers have of the contents and the teaching of the subject social science</em>? Based on this purpose and this research question, the aim is to answer the didactic questions of <em>what </em>and <em>why.</em></p><p>To accomplish the purpose of the study, a qualitative method has been used, and five semi-structured interviews have been conducted with high school teachers who are teaching social science. The teachers in this study define the subject in terms of contents as well as in terms of blocs belonging. The study shows that the instruction in social science should contribute to, and aim for an understanding of society's structure and function, in addition to giving the students competence and skills regarding their function as citizens of a democratic society. Furthermore, the study shows that the aim is for the students to develop into good, independent, critical and resolute democratic citizens, with an interest in society, where the obtained knowledge can be put into a context. The result indicates that the fields of politics and economics, connected to the concept of democracy, constitute the base of the subject. The most central concept of the subject is democracy and most of the concepts are drawn from the fields of politics and economics. The study also shows that social science is a subject which is sensitive to current issues, and for that reason on-going events are given priority. Furthermore, it is shown that there are several factors that influence the teachers' choice of contents: for example the course books, the teacher’s own interests and preferences, as well as that of students' and colleagues', the local instrument used for planning etc. A difference, which appears between the teachers on the theoretical and practical programs, respectively, is the use of the course book, but there is no unity amongst the teachers concerning the need for and importance of the local planning instruments, regarding the instruction. Results show that the teachers are satisfied with the form of the subject social science, and that they believe that no extensive future change will occur, regarding the contents of the subjects. However, the teachers believe that certain fields, such as mass media, "life science", global issues as well as environmental issues will be given more space.</p></p></p>
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Vorva, Madison G. "Using Geospatial Analysis for High School Environmental Science Education: A Case Study of the Jane Goodall Institute's Community-Centered Conservation Approach." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/181.
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Given my experiences as a young conservation advocate, I saw a need to teach students the importance of interconnectedness, cultural awareness and systems-thinking skills through a spatial lens. I believe these skills are required for holistic, equitable and sustainable conservation decision-making in local and international contexts. This thesis uses geospatial tools to teach conservation ecology vocabulary and concepts from high school environmental science curriculum in two online resources. The purpose of my lesson plan is to show students how conservationists address complex conservation and land-use challenges using the Jane Goodall Institute’s community-centered conservation approach as a case-study. My hope is that these lessons empower students to become change-agents in their communities.
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Lipschutz, Betsy D. "The Use of Digital Storytelling to Improve the Effectiveness of Social and Conflict Resolution Skill Training for Elementary Students." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/80821.
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Educational Psychology<br>Ph.D.<br>School safety is one of the most important issues facing administrators, teachers, and parents. Several risk factors have been identified as antecedents to aggression including poor social skills, difficulty dealing with anger and frustration, and inadequate problem solving abilities. No Child Left Behind requires all schools receiving Title IV funds to implement research based violence interventions. Second Step, an internationally recognized violence prevention curriculum published by Committee for Children was implemented in an urban elementary school with 66 African American students in grades 3 through 5 for 9 weeks. This study employed a randomized control group design with two treatment conditions; Second Step instruction and Second Step instruction with digital role-playing, an adaptation of digital storytelling, to increase program effectiveness and intensify student motivation. The School Social Behavior Scales-2 (Merrell, 2002) was used to assess differences in aggression and prosocial skills. MANOVA indicated significant differences for grade only. Older students had higher prosocial behavior scores and younger students had lower scores on the program's content assessment. Results indicated that the Second Step curriculum did not affect behavior. Although the benefits of teaching students to respond empathetically to others, solve problems, and control anger have been documented in the literature, the use of Second Step to accomplish these goals has not been supported.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Fraga, Lais Silveira 1980. "O curso de graduação da Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos da UNICAMP : uma analise a partir da Educação em Ciencia, Tecnologia e Sociedade." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/286693.
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Previous issue date: 2007<br>Resumo: A necessidade de repensar o processo de formação nas engenharias tem sido ressaltada por autores que centram sua crítica na concentração dos currículos em aspectos técnicos em detrimento dos aspectos sociais e políticos. O que levaria engenheiros e engenheiras a atuar de forma limitada e, principalmente, alienada diante da complexidade das relações entre ciência, tecnologia e sociedade. Partindo desse entendimento, a pesquisa que originou este trabalho analisou o currículo do curso de graduação da Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos da UNICAMP (FEA) à luz do campo da Educação em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS). Na primeira etapa, as disciplinas foram classificadas segundo uma taxonomia elaborada a partir de três critérios: ênfase nos aspectos técnicos, aplicabilidade do conteúdo e flexibilidade da disciplina. O que sugere a existência de quatro tipos de disciplina que foram denominados: básica, aplicada, múltiplos aspectos e fechada. A seguir, observou-se o modo como esses tipos de disciplina se distribuem ao longo do curso. Essa primeira etapa apontou que o currículo possui as seguintes características: tecnicista, fechado, com clara separação entre teoria e prática e com foco na indústria. A segunda etapa da pesquisa consistiu numa interpretação desse resultado à luz das críticas que a Educação CTS faz à educação tecnocientífica convencional. Foram utilizadas as contribuições de Gordillo e Galbarte (2002), que apresentam sete ¿visões distorcidas¿ presentes na educação convencional; de Gordillo, Osório e Lopéz Cerezo (2000), que apresentam cinco ¿dicotomias¿ nela presentes; e Dagnino (2006), que organiza sua crítica em quatro possíveis visões da tecnociência. As duas primeiras críticas permitem evidenciar que o currículo da FEA apresenta ¿visões distorcidas¿ e ¿dicotomias¿. A terceira mostra que ele está fortemente influenciado pela ¿concepção instrumentalista da tecnociência¿. A conclusão indica que as críticas feitas pela Educação CTS são pertinentes ao curso da FEA: que ele traz implícita uma visão neutra de tecnociência e que, por ter como foco a indústria, não é plural. O contraste do resultado alcançado com a idéia de onde se partiu, de que a ausência de uma formação humanística não prepara o engenheiro para a crítica do sistema socioeconômico e político em que está inserido, levou a outra conclusão: não parece que a introdução de humanidades no currículo seja capaz de torná-lo mais plural. Isto é, de proporcionar ao engenheiro a capacidade de conceber formas tecnológicas que atendam a outros atores que não os que formam a ¿indústria¿ (leia-se a empresa privada). Alavancar uma sociedade alternativa, baseada em outros valores, interesses e atores, exige do engenheiro(a) uma reflexão sobre o caráter da tecnociência e de sua relação de coorganização com as forças que estruturam a sociedade<br>Abstract: The necessity of rethinking the formation process in the engineering courses has been pointed out by authors that focus their criticism on the emphasis given on the curriculum to technical aspects compared to the social and political aspects. What would take engineers to act in a limited way and, mainly, alienated before the complexity of the relations between science, technology and society. Based on this understanding, the research that originated this project analyzed the curriculum of the undergraduate course from the Food Engineering Faculty of UNICAMP (FEA) enlighten by Science, Technology and Society Education field (STS). On the first stage, the disciplines were classified according to a taxonomy elaborated based on three criterions: emphasis on technical aspects, applicability of contents and disciplines flexibility. Which suggests the existence of four kinds of disciplines that were denominated: basic, applied multiple aspects and closed. After that, the way these kinds of discipline are distributed along the course was observed. This first stage indicated that the curriculum has the following characteristics: emphasis on technical aspects, closed, with clear segregation between theory and practice and focused in the industry. The second stage of the research consisted on an interpretation of these results enlighten by the criticism STS Education makes to conventional technoscientific education. For this propos we used contributions from Gordillo and Galbarte (2002), which bring seven ¿distorted visions¿ present in conventional education; from Gordillo, Osório and Lopéz Cerezo (2000), who present five ¿dichotomies¿ within this education; and Dagnino (2006), who organizes its criticism in four possible visions of technoscience. The two first criticisms make it evident that FEA's curriculum presents ¿distorted visions¿ and ¿dichotomies¿. The third shows that it is strongly influenced by the ¿instrumentalist conception of technoscience¿. The conclusion indicates that the criticism made by STS Education is pertinent to FEA's course: that it brings implied a neutral vision of technoscience and that, for being focused on industries, is not plural. The contrast of the results achieved with the initial idea, that the absence of a humanistic formation doesn't prepare the engineer to criticize the socioeconomic and political system in which he is inserted, led to another conclusion: it doesn't seem that the introduction of humanities in the curriculum is capable of making it plural. That is, making the engineer capable of conceiving technological forms that answer to the need of other actors besides the ¿industry¿ (meaning private companies). To stimulate an alternative society, based on other values, interests and actors, demands from the engineer a reflection on the character of technoscience and on its coorganizational relations with the forces that give structure to society<br>Mestrado<br>Mestre em Política Científica e Tecnológica
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Levingston, Earl Ray. "The Double Down: The Autoethnography of Navigating as Black American Male Instructing Preservice Teachers Methods of Teaching Social Studies." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404520/.
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This inquiry is an autoethnography of my experiences as a Black American male serving as a methods of social studies instructor to preservice teachers. Although some may deem this study as subjective, I have embraced that designation to provide insider information to others that face intersectionality and to inform institutional practices in teacher education programs.
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Selimane, Remane. "A história e a geografia na concepção da disciplina de ciências sociais no ESG1 em Moçambique: subsídios epistemológicos e didáctico-metodológicos para a revisão curricular em curso." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/9639.
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Previous issue date: 2012-02-02<br>This research fits into the theme of curriculum development. Its focus is to understand the curriculum revision in Mozambique, since the mid 2000s. It seeks to understand to what extent this process has been ongoing on the basis of valid theoretical assumptions and how that has been reflected in the improvement or not of the quality of education offered. It critically analyzes curriculum integration in the area of Social Sciences, in the Junior General Secondary Education. Specifically, the research analyzes the process of creating of the discipline of Social Sciences in the Field of Communication and Social Sciences. Thus, the basic categories are: curriculum (development, reform and integration) and (discipline of) Social Sciences, as well as patriotic references and values. The relevance of this discussion is justified primarily by its timeliness. The study is based on the epistemological principles of dialectic paradigm and the assumptions of qualitative research and develops through documentation, bibliographic and documentary research, questionnaires and interviews. The empirical research was based on documents on the subject issued at the Ministry of Education of Mozambique and fieldwork benefited from the testimony of 20 (twenty) teachers and 10 (ten) national level educational supervisors or tecnitions. In the four chapters of this work, besides the Introduction and Conclusions, it is discussed, in turn, the origin of the research problem, the author's personal motivations for its achievement and other aspects that reinforce the rationale, objectives, methodology and track the results produced. There's, also, an historical critical review on the construction of the curriculum, taking in Mozambique, having as a starting point the time when the author started to be involved in it; a critical analysis of Teaching Programs of History and Geography in the Junior General Secondary Education, and data collected through interviews and questionnaires. A theoretical approach based on the categories enunciated above and supported by critical authors. Outline the conclusions, in conclusions, which sum up the basic ideas of work, seeking to respond to the challenge put at first. The work provides an outline of some alternative strategies to the process of curriculum construction in haste. It has been assumed that the proposed strategies conducive to achieving the aims of the Social Sciences Area at General Secondary Education and strengthen the contribution of this area in the curriculum structure particularly, and in the development of Mozambican General Secondary Education curriculum, in general<br>Esta pesquisa enquadra-se na temática de desenvolvimento curricular. Seu foco é a
compreensão da revisão curricular em Moçambique, que vem decorrendo desde meados
da primeira década de 2000. Ela busca perceber em que medida este processo tem
estado a ser desenvolvido com base em pressupostos teóricos válidos e como isso pode
estar a repercutir-se na melhoria ou não da qualidade de ensino oferecida. Analisa
criticamente a integração curricular na Área das Ciências Sociais, no Ensino Secundário
Geral do 1º Ciclo. De modo concreto ela centra a sua atenção no processo da
concepção da disciplina de Ciências Sociais na Área de Comunicação e Ciências
Sociais, daí que as categorias básicas sejam: desenvolvimento, reforma e integração
(curricular) e (disciplina de) Ciências Sociais, assim como referências e valores
(pátrios). A relevância desta discussão justifica-se, fundamentalmente, pela sua
actualidade. O estudo baseou-se nos princípios epistemológicos do paradigma
dialéctico e nos pressupostos da pesquisa qualitativa e se desenvolveu através da
documentação; pesquisa bibliográfica e documental; aplicação de questionários e
entrevistas. A pesquisa empírica baseou-se em documentos sobre a matéria emitidos
pelo Ministério da Educação de Moçambique e o trabalho de campo beneficiou do
depoimento de 20 (vinte) professores e 10 (dez) técnicos pedagógicos de nível central.
Nos quatro Capítulos deste trabalho, além da Introdução e das Conclusões, abordase,
sucessivamente, a origem do problema da pesquisa, as motivações pessoais do autor
para a sua realização e outros aspectos que reforçam a justificativa, os objectivos, a
trilha metodológica e os resultados a que ela permitiu produzir; uma abordagem
preliminar seguida de uma análise histórico-crítica sobre a construção do currículo, em
Moçambique tendo como ponto de partida, a altura em que o autor passou a estar
envolvido no processo; uma análise crítica dos Programas de Ensino de História e
Geografia do Ensino Secundário Geral do 1º Ciclo, e dos dados colhidos através das
entrevistas e questionários; uma discussão teórica baseada nas categorias acima
enunciadas e fundamentada por autores críticos. Esboça-se as conclusões em
Conclusões, onde são retomadas as ideias básicas do trabalho, procurando-se responder
ao problema colocado no início. O trabalho fornece o esboço de uma estratégia
alternativa ao processo da construção curricular em apreço. Tem-se em vista que a
estratégia proposta favoreça o cumprimento das finalidades da Área de Ciências Sociais
do Ensino Secundário Geral e reforce o contributo desta Área na estrutura curricular, em
particular e no desenvolvimento do currículo do Ensino Secundário Geral, em
Moçambique, em geral
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Hildreth-Blue, Cynthia. "Enlivening California's sixth grade history/social sciences curriculum with historical fiction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/562.
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Ikenberry, Susan J. "Math, Class, and Katrina Aftermath: The Impact of Experiences Teaching Mathematics to Low-income Middle School Students on Middle-income Teachers’ Pedagogical Strategies." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1925.
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Despite a century of educational reforms, no matter how achievement is measured, learning and opportunity gaps can still be predicted by race and socioeconomic status. Teachers and schools are blamed for functioning to reproduce social inequality. This study investigated teacher agency and transformative potentials. It considered how teachers modified their pedagogical practices when teaching low-income and high-poverty students. In order to capture teacher beliefs and logic, a qualitative approach was used involving in-depth interviews of a small number of participants.
The research used the context of the dislocation of students from high-poverty Orleans Parish schools in the year following Hurricane Katrina and their absorption into often higher income schools to understand middle-class teachers’ perspectives on their new students’ learning needs and how they adjusted their practice. Participants were middle-school mathematics teachers ranging in experience and orientation. Evacuees had weaker mathematics backgrounds (often two years below grade level). In all cases, evacuees were in classes with non-evacuees.
Teachers made different pedagogical choices: continuing to use diverse methods aimed at higher-order understanding, or moving to direct instructional strategies; remediating or accelerating students with below-grade-level mathematics skills; and whether or not to help students acculturate (code-switch) from one set of classroom norms and etiquettes to another. Key factors influencing choices included: socioeconomic makeup of their classes; teachers’ level of mathematics expertise; emphasis on test scores; teachers’ views of students’ culture; and teachers’ peer environments. The study provides insights into teacher and classroom mechanisms that contributed to Katrina evacuee multi-year achievement gains.
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Schmidt, Jennifer. "Farming: It's Not Just for Farmers Anymore." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/109.
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Agricultural education, originally the province of land grant institutions, has recently entered the liberal arts curriculum. This represents a profound shift from the origins of agricultural education, when it was intended primarily as vocational training for future farmers, and has important implications for the future of the American food system. The first chapter of this thesis addresses the history of agricultural education: what was it originally like, and why did it come to be heavily criticized in the late twentieth century? Formal agricultural education changed significantly in response to these criticisms, making it more environmentally sustainable and bringing it into liberal arts institutions. The Pomona College Organic Farm is representative of a broader student farm movement that has gained momentum since the late 1990s, and offers the chance to evaluate agricultural education in the liberal arts. This thesis includes a curriculum in sustainable agriculture that was led as a group independent study at the Pomona College Organic Farm in fall 2013 and reflections on the process of curriculum design and implementation.
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Leung, Lai-yung. "Value orientations in junior secondary social studies curriculum." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21304178.
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Fowler, Linda D. "Comparison of Linear Functions in Middle Grades Textbooks from Singapore and the United States." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1799.
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Many U.S. students do not perform well on mathematics assessments with respect to algebra topics such as linear functions, a building-block for other functions. Poor achievement of U.S. middle school students in this topic is a problem.
U.S. eighth graders have had average mathematics scores on international comparison tests such as Third International Mathematics Science Study, later known as Trends in Mathematics and Science Study, (TIMSS)-1995, -99, -03, while Singapore students have had highest average scores. U.S. eighth grade average mathematics scores improved on TIMMS-2007 and held steady onTIMMS-2011. Results from national assessments, PISA 2009 and 2012 and National Assessment of Educational Progress of 2007, 2009, and 2013, showed a lack of proficiency in algebra. Results of curriculum studies involving nations in TIMSS suggest that elementary textbooks in high-scoring countries were different than elementary textbooks and middle grades texts were different with respect to general features in the U.S.
The purpose of this study was to compare treatments of linear functions in Singapore and U.S. middle grades mathematics textbooks. Results revealed features currently in textbooks. Findings should be valuable to constituencies who wish to improve U.S. mathematics achievement.
Portions of eight Singapore and nine U.S. middle school student texts pertaining to linear functions were compared with respect to 22 features in three categories: (a) background features, (b) general features of problems, and (c) specific characterizations of problem practices, problem-solving competency types, and transfer of representation. Features were coded using a codebook developed by the researcher. Tallies and percentages were reported. Welch's t-tests and chi-square tests were used, respectively, to determine whether texts differed significantly for the features and if codes were independent of country.
U.S. and Singapore textbooks differed in page appearance and number of pages, problems, and images. Texts were similar in problem appearance. Differences in problems related to assessment of conceptual learning. U.S. texts contained more problems requiring (a) use of definitions, (b) single computation, (c) interpreting, and (d) multiple responses. These differences may stem from cultural differences seen in attitudes toward education. Future studies should focus on density of page, spiral approach, and multiple response problems.
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Hong, Won Pyo. "Curriculum about others, curriculum of othering Asia in two American classrooms /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
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Margiotta, Renato. "Global citizenship education in the biology classroom : an exploratory study in Scotland." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/9151/.
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In the United Kingdom and Europe, there are ongoing efforts to reform science education in order to provide students with an understanding that transcends the scientific knowledge itself and that is relevant to citizenship. This exploratory study investigated the opportunities and the constraints for teaching Evolutionary Biology (EB) in the context of Global Citizenship Education (GCE). The study focuses on secondary school education in Scotland, at the time of a major curricular reform. My specific interest in the educational system of Scotland stemmed from the fact that the Scottish National Curriculum, the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), encourages integrated interdisciplinary approaches to citizenship education, where biology is one component of a holistic citizenship curriculum and biology teachers are required to consider citizenship issues within their subject teaching. Evolution, in biology, is the general framework for understanding life and, at its base, is about the common ancestry of living beings. Therefore, EB is substantially the theory of Phylogenetic Trees. In addition, EB with Population Thinking in taxonomy provides arguments against the typologist assumptions in human classification, underpinning the biologisation of cultural identities. Through a document analysis and an empirical phenomenographic study, I explored the patterns in the interplay between teaching EB and GCE, within the compulsory Scottish secondary school science curriculum. The document analysis, which consisted in the analysis of official science education documents and biology textbooks, revealed that only microevolutionary concepts play a major role in the documents and in the textbooks. Macroevolution, human evolution, phylogeny and population thinking are omitted by the compulsory science specifications of the CfE and textbooks. However, the texts illustrating the EB specifications are open texts, in Eco’s taxonomy. Open texts are incomplete texts that can be freely interpreted and cooperatively generated by the readers. Therefore, teachers, with their knowledge and interests, can complete the “unsaid” and interpret creatively the biology specification. The phenomenographic inquiry involved twenty-one biology teachers from thirteen different Local Authorities of Scotland who participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. From the phenomenographic analysis of the transcripts of the interviews, three different ways of thinking and reporting about the role of teaching biology for the purpose to educate for global citizenship emerged. The first conception relates the biology syllabus to issues of social justice, the second to environmental issues and the third focuses on the individual development of students. This body of work provides insights into some of the issues associated with the problematic teaching of evolutionary biology with the aim to promote cosmopolitan values, in secondary school. Moreover, it adds to the research in global citizenship education, by providing evidence from the conceptions of biology teachers involved in the implementation of curricular innovation.
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Merrill, Cathy A. "Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Needs Assessment of a STEM-Enhanced Food and Nutrition Sciences Curriculum." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5216.
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education concepts are naturally contextualized in the study of food and nutrition. In 2014 a pilot group of Utah high school Career and Technical Education Family and Consumer Sciences teachers rewrote the Food and Nutrition Sciences curriculum to add and enhance the STEM-related content. This study is an online needs assessment by Utah Food and Nutrition 1 teachers on the implementation of the STEM-enhanced curriculum after its first year of use in 2015-2016. A Borich needs assessment model was used to create mean weighted discrepancy scores between teacher-perceived levels of importance and teacher-perceived competence for each objective in the new curriculum in order to prioritize professional development needs felt by the teachers. The survey also gathered data on educational backgrounds, teaching experience, demographics, and recommendations from the teachers about barriers and aids to implementation. While it was found that teachers felt moderately competent to teach the new curriculum, the most needed areas of professional development were in the objectives with the highest concentration of STEM-related concepts. In order bring teacher feelings of competence up to the levels of teacher perceptions of the importance of these STEM-related objectives, teachers need to deepen their own knowledge of STEM education concepts through substantive, on-going professional development. Focused webinars and facilitated online collaborations for the teachers would call attention to new and previously missed resources and help the teachers apply them in the classroom.
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Wagner, Claire. "Placing psychology a critical exploration of research methodology curricula in the social sciences /." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06292004-123737.
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Rogers, Pamela. "Problematizing social studies curricula in Nova Scotia." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104888.
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This study questions the implementation of social studies curriculum in Nova Scotia. Indigenous knowledge, and anti-racism educational principles form the basis of high school curricula created from the perspective of African Nova Scotian and Mi'kmaq histories. The courses, African Canadian Studies and Mi'kmaq Studies, were implemented in 2002. To understand the distance between the intended objectives and practical realities of the curriculum, three methods were used: narrative, critical discourse analysis, and teacher interviews. Narrative provided a springboard for the analyses that follows by situating the context in the classroom. Centering on specific language use, critical discourse analysis connects implementation problems to the discourses employed in each curriculum document. The teacher interviews exposed the depth of issues through practical experiences, and critique of the school system, which link back to the knowledge which African Canadian Studies and Mi'kmaq Studies were formulated upon. The analysis connects the three methods to illustrate implementation issues in a broader context.<br>Cette étude question l'implémentation du programme des sciences humaines en Nouvelle-Écosse. Les connaissances indigènes (autochtones), et les principes de l'éducation anti-raciste forment la base des programmes d'études secondaires créés à partir de la perspective des Afro-Nouvelle-Écossais et des Micmacs. Les cours, d'études afro-canadiennes et d'études Micmaques, ont été mis en place en 2002. Pour comprendre la différence entre les objectifs visés et les réalités du programme, trois méthodes ont été utilisées : le narratif, l'analyse critique du discours et les entrevues avec les enseignants. Le narratif a servi comme point d'accès pour l'analyse qui suit, en situant le contexte de la salle de classe. Centré sur le langage employer, l'analyse critique du discours a lié les problèmes d'exécution des cours aux discours utilisés dans chaque document du programme. ont été formulées. L'analyse lie les trois méthodes pour illustrer les questions d'implémentation dans un contexte plus large.
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Leung, Lai-yung, and 梁麗容. "Value orientations in junior secondary social studies curriculum." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31961095.
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Peters, Emilene. "Power discourse and the curriculum : silences in the high school geography curriculum of South Africa /." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08042009-040509/.
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Nicholson, Yim-wan Annie. "A study of the implementation of a curriculum innovation in a secondary school in Hong Kong : the case of F.I-III social studies /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1988. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18696302.
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Fore, Linda Compton. "A case study of curriculum controversy : the Virginia Standards of Learning for history and the social sciences /." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08272007-163916/.
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Barragan, Denise Eileen. "Native Americans in social studies curriculum: An Alabama case study." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278722.
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This study describes how some members of the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, a state recognized community, reacts to the ways in which Native peoples are represented in the social studies curriculum of DeKalb County, Alabama. Tribal members, ages 30--80 were interviewed about their educational experiences, as well as about their perspectives on the current curriculum. Social studies curricula of this school district, as well as elsewhere in the Alabama public school system, portrays Native peoples in a negative manner, and through the interviews and an extensive analysis of the curriculum, specific examples of these negative portrayals are pinpointed. This study specifically looks at the content, language and illustrations of seven state adopted textbooks, resulting in some specific recommendations on how teachers, as well as administrators, could improve the curriculum.
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Brahams, Yvonne Rae. "Development of a social studies curriculum reflecting Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1424.
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Dou, Remy. "The Interactions of Relationships, Interest, and Self-Efficacy in Undergraduate Physics." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3228.
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This collected papers dissertation explores students’ academic interactions in an active learning, introductory physics settings as they relate to the development of physics self-efficacy and interest. The motivation for this work extends from the national call to increase participation of students in the pursuit of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. Self-efficacy and interest are factors that play prominent roles in popular, evidence-based, career theories, including the Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and the identity framework. Understanding how these constructs develop in light of the most pervasive characteristic of the active learning introductory physics classroom (i.e., peer-to-peer interactions) has implications on how students learn in a variety of introductory STEM classrooms and settings structured after constructivist and sociocultural learning theories.
I collected data related to students’ in-class interactions using the tools of social network analysis (SNA). Social network analysis has recently been shown to be an effective and useful way to examine the structure of student relationships that develop in and out of STEM classrooms. This set of studies furthers the implementation of SNA as a tool to examine self-efficacy and interest formation in the active learning physics classroom. Here I represent a variety of statistical applications of SNA, including bootstrapped linear regression (Chapter 2), structural equation modeling (Chapter 3), and hierarchical linear modeling for longitudinal analyses (Chapter 4).
Self-efficacy data were collected using the Sources of Self-Efficacy for Science Courses – Physics survey (SOSESC-P), and interest data were collected using the physics identity survey. Data for these studies came from the Modeling Instruction sections of Introductory Physics with Calculus offered at Florida International University in the fall of 2014 and 2015. Analyses support the idea that students’ perceptions of one another impact the development of their social network centrality, which in turn affects their self-efficacy building experiences and their overall self-efficacy. It was shown that unlike career theories that emphasize causal relationships between the development of self-efficacy and the subsequent growth of student interest, in this context student interest takes precedence before the development of student self-efficacy. This outcome also has various implications for career theories.
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Burke, Christina. "Educating caregivers of older adults| Curriculum development." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1586493.
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<p> This curriculum was designed for older adults and their caregivers. The curriculum begins with an overview of the issue and addresses aging issues through six 3-hour sessions. The design was deliberate in nature to bring to light the importance of a social worker. It focuses on competence to work with families who seek caregiver model options, realities, and expectations of both the older adult and the caregiver, and what to look for in assisted living or aging in place. The importance of understanding cultural and spiritual aspects and their meanings in the caregiving process is emphasized. An extensive literature review identified various stressors among older adults and their caregivers and identified effective interventions to address their psychosocial needs based on evidence-based and empirically based research studies. This curriculum was designed to provide information and to bring awareness of the importance of empowerment of older adults and their caregivers. </p>