Over the past 10 years an increasing number of articles have been published in leading
science education journals that report on research about teacher identity and describe …

Studies which consider science teacher identity continue to be a focus for education
researchers, particularly given the persistent challenges to retain specialist science …

A bit more than 10 years after Alsop and Watts pointed out that “Despite the widespread
belief that emotions are a central part of learning and teaching, contemporary work in …

This is a book on science teacher identity. As any book volume, it is the result of a collective
effort, which represents the diverse perspectives, frameworks and tools that researchers …

Recommendations for reform in science education around the world set high goals for
beginning elementary teachers. Concurrently, existing literature indicates a number of …

This study examined the effectiveness of labwork settings in science education with a pretest-
posttest design. Sixty-eight ninth-grade classes (N= 1773) were randomly assigned to three …

This study was carried out to estimate heritabilities of growth curve parameters, weekly body
weights and genetic-phenotypic correlations among the traits of growth in Japanese quail …

While active labwork in an out-of-school lab with direct (“hands-on”) experience may have
positive effects on achievement and motivation, it is unclear whether the optimal time of day …

Science enrichment programmes housed outside traditional school settings can offer
students from traditionally under‐resourced schools valuable opportunities to access …

The present study specifically focuses on science teachers' views about scientific inquiry
and their use of scientific inquiry in their lesson plans, which were prepared at a professional …