In June this year, Wellesley High School became a focus of attention worldwide, following a
graduation speech made by a teacher at the school. Departing from the traditional rhetoric of …

Abstract The Science Teaching Advancement through Modeling Physical Science
(STAMPS) professional development workshop was evaluated for effectiveness in improving …

This paper presents a practical experience of the use of" Virtual Workshop", based on the
teacher computer system Moodle, oriented so that students acquire the generic skills of the …

Tensions between the perception and reality of scientific practice have produced significant
problems, including the fact that high proportions of students do not view science as a …

The current social context of exponential acceleration resulting from political and economic
changes and the fast access to a vast set of information and also from a enormous amount of …

Listed amongst the graduate qualities of most, if not all, Australian universities is that of
students being 'knowledgeable'in their degree's subject matter with a thorough …

We know that fertile ground exists within our tertiary institutions for Science curriculum
renewal and the long-term challenges of creating a broader epistemological, policy …

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world's largest
general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science (www. sciencemag. org) as …