Science is concerned with understanding the world. As such, engaging with the materiality
of that world is integral to both empirical experimentation and theorising within science …

Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School is an indispensable guide with a fresh
approach to the process, practice and reality of teaching and learning science in a busy …

This thesis investigates the knowledge that shapes the practice of expert teachers in
physics, geography and history. The principal intention of this research is to illuminate the …

'Powerful'disciplinary knowledge has the potential to enrich students' lives by providing
access to understanding beyond everyday experience (Young 2011). Learning science or …

A bullet dropped and a bullet fired from a gun will reach the ground at the same time. Plants
get the majority of their mass from the air around them, not the soil beneath them. A …

We developed a small-group training program for in-service teachers focused on scientific
modeling. We collected the discourses of the teachers who participated in the activity and …

Scientific literacy from a multicultural education lens is essential to educating today's youth;
however, teachers may lack these competencies and pass on knowledge gaps to students …

Creativity and science enquiry have long been associated with each other. However,
dominant discourses within early science education, informed by constructivism …

This study investigated the effects of Punnett square and Beads instructional resources on
the academic performance of Secondary Schools students in Genetics in Uyo, Nigeria. The …

Distinctions-curriculum and pedagogy; propositional and procedural knowledge; facts and
reasoning–frame thinking and discussion in education. The terms 'substantive'and …