This paper focuses on difficulties students have in reading images, regarding the
understanding of a particular domain, eg optics and colour. We concentrated upon what …

Within the overall STTIS (Science Teacher Training in an Information Society) framework,
this paper focuses on transformations of innovative teaching of optics, following a …

This Italian contribution to the STTIS (science teacher training in an information society)
investigations of transformations of curriculum innovations looks at the implementation of the …

This paper describes an attempt at evaluating a potentially critical “detail” of teaching
practice; that is, using a particular diagram to illustrate the imaging role of a converging lens …

This address is focused on the actual impact of research-based suggestions on teacher
practice. It envisages the transformations that teachers are likely to effectuate on teaching …

At the beginning of a recent book written in honour of Rosalind Driver we can find these
words:“Why is the impact of research on practice apparently so light?”[1]. Even in three …

Le terme de modèle utilisé dans ce titre renvoie surtout à l'usage courant qui en est fait,
concernant l'optique. On parle souvent du modèle du rayon lumineux ou de celui des ondes …

The transmission of information and the communication and discussion of ideas,
experiences, and thoughts are the fundamental ground for school life. Current technological …

Certain explanatory elements or documents can convey unambiguously inaccurate
explanations, or they may simply suggest such explanations and encourage a critical …

This paper intends to give an overall view of a European project devoted to analyse
teachers' classroom practices when they are faced with some specific curricular innovations …