Indigenous knowledge provides specific views of the world held by various indigenous
peoples. It offers different views on nature and science that generally differ from traditional …

A pesquisa baseada em design (DBR) envolve uma nova metodologia intervencionista que
busca aliar aspectos teóricos da pesquisa em educação com a prática educacional. Na …

To improve instructional practices–in schools, universities and in out of school settings has
been a major concern of science education research and development. The intensive …

One notable line of inquiry, aspects of which date back to the early 1980s, involves the
design and implementation not of long‐term curricula, but of topic‐oriented sequences for …

Findings from a study of 10 German students aged 15–19, using problem‐centred
interviews, suggest that many students hold an 'everyday'conception of genes as small, trait …

In this article, a new research model for the study of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK)
is presented which aims to improve teacher education. This model called “educational …

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into
Design.] Although curriculum design has a long tradition in physics education research …

Disappointing results of international monitoring studies such as TIMSS (Third International
Mathematics and Science Study) and PISA (Programme for International Student …

This chapter is about research related to the teaching of science in the elementary school,
that is, to students from 5 to 12 years of age. This age range covers grades 1 to 6 or 7 in …

A growing body of research shows that analogies may be powerful tools for guiding students
from their pre-instructional conceptions towards science concepts. But it has also become …