Teachers Creating Context-Based Learning Environments in Science / edited by R. Taconis, den Brok P.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taconis, R., Editor.

P., den Brok., Editor.

Series:

Advances in Learning Environments Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.

Summary:

"Context-based science education has led to the transformation of science education in countries all over the world, with changes also visible in learning environments and how these are being shaped. These changes involve authentic problems on research and design, new types of interactions within communities of practice, new content areas and also new challenges for teachers in teaching, motivating, scaffolding and assessing their students, among other things. This book focuses on context-based science education and its resulting changes in the perspective of research on learning environments. It also focuses on the implications for the teachers and the professional development of their competencies and beliefs. The book consists of eleven chapters by experts in various themes surrounding learning environments research and science education, preceded by and concluded with a chapter with reflections on context-based learning environments in science by the editors of this book. The conclusion they draw is that professional development of science teachers may be the most important and the most difficult part of the process of teachers creating context-based learning environments in science, as is the focus in the title of this book." .

Contents:

Introduction by the Series Editors

Introduction: Context-Based Learning Environments in Science

Section I: Perceptions and Characteristics of Context-Based Learning Environments

Bringing Science to Life: Research Evidence

Place-Based Learning Environments: Environmental Education in Teacher Education

Science Kits: Learning Chemistry in a Context-Oriented Learning Environment

Teaching and Learning in Context-Based Science Classes: A Dialectical Sociocultural Approach

Section II: Teachers Creating Context-Based Learning Environments

Teachers in Learning Communities: An Insight into the Work of the Project Chemie im Kontext

Measuring Context-Based Learning Environments in Dutch Science Classrooms

Interaction between Teachers and Teaching Materials: Creating a Context-Based Learning Environment in a Chemistry Classroom

Supporting Teachers to Transform Their Classes into a Context-Based Learning Environment: Inquiry as a Context

Analysing Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Their Science Classroom in Relation to Attitudes and Motivation

A Framework for Empowering Teachers for Teaching and Designing Context-Based Chemistry Education

Context-Based Science Education in Senior Secondary Schools in The Netherlands: Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences

Concluding Reflections on Context-Based Learning Environments in Science

Reviewers of the Chapters in This Volume

About the Authors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789463006842

9463006842

OCLC:

961910278