Author Archives: alom

Osborne J, Sci­ence Edu­ca­tion for the Twenty-First Cen­tury Eura­sia Jour­nal of Math­e­mat­ics, Sci­ence & Tech­nol­ogy Edu­ca­tion, 2007, 3(3), 173–184 (.pdf link) Abstract: This paper argues that the dom­i­nant form of sci­ence edu­ca­tion that is com­mon across the world rests on a … Con­tinue read­ing →

Cather­ine H. Crouch, Adam P. Fagen, J. Paul Callan and Eric Mazur (2004) “Class­room demon­stra­tions: Learn­ing tools or enter­tain­ment?” Amer­i­can Jour­nal of Physics on the Inter­net, Physics Edu­ca­tion Research Sec­tion. (.pdf) Sum­mary: We com­pared stu­dent learn­ing from dif­fer­ent modes of pre­sent­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

Harold Pash ler, Mark McDaniel, Doug Rohrer, and Robert Bjork (2008) “Learn­ing Styles — Con­cepts and Evi­dence” Jour­nal of Psy­cho­log­i­cal Sci­ence in the Pub­lic Inter­est Decem­ber 9(3105): 119 (.PDF) Sum­mary: The term ‘‘learn­ing styles’’ refers to the con­cept that indi­vid­u­als … Con­tinue read­ing →

Zahra Haz­ari Ger­hard Son­nert, Philip M. Sadler, Marie-Claire Shana­han, “Con­nect­ing High School Physics Expe­ri­ences, Out­come Expec­ta­tions, Physics Iden­tity, and Physics Career Choice: A Gen­der Study”, JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING VOL. 47, NO. 8, PP. 978‑1003 (2010) PDF Abstract: This study … Con­tinue read­ing →

The first meet­ing of #SciTeachJC took place on Tues­day 5th July 2011. @JustinDillonKCL wrote this sum­mary of the meet­ing for The Guardian Sci­ence Blog: It’s Club Night for Sci­ence Teach­ers Good teach­ers count. In a recent sur­vey car­ried out as … Con­tinue read­ing →

For our sec­ond meet­ing, on Tues­day 19th July at 19:30, we’ll be dis­cussing the Beyond 2000 report edited by Robin Mil­lar and Jonathan Osborne (Down­load .PDF 142kB). The report set out to answer four ques­tions: What are the suc­cesses and fail­ures … Con­tinue read­ing →