This paper argues that educational research has not created a science of education in the sense of amassing the body of knowledge, skills, and values that, once acquired, would certify a candidate as ...

A couple of years ago, five faculty members at Harvard University published an intriguing study. They had run an experiment in an introductory undergraduate physics course to figure out why active ...

As a doctoral student at the University of Washington in Seattle, biologist Michelle Smith spent a lot of time sorting fruit flies under the microscope. But she often found her mind wandering to her ...

Science is more than just a body of knowledge; it is the process of discovering new knowledge. Therefore, science education needs to involve more than just memorizing what scientists have already ...

Students are struggling to learn science during the pandemic, even as they find it increasingly interesting and relevant to their lives, according to new research highlighted at the annual American ...

Active problem-solving confers a deeper understanding of science than does a standard lecture. But some university lecturers are reluctant to change tack. You have full access to this article via your ...

Think back to learning about science in your early school years. What experiences stand out? What excited you or shut you down? What inspired you to learn more? I often use these questions to launch ...

Beth McMurtrie asserts that knowledge generated from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is ignored. As SoTL scholars and campus leaders, we disagree. Ms. McMurtrie notes that research on ...

Teachers must be able to combine several important kinds of knowledge in order to successfully implement classroom science instruction for concept learning. These include knowledge of science content, ...

The Doctor of Philosophy program offered by the Mallinson Institute for Science Education at Western Michigan University is for those with a science or science education background who wish to pursue ...

Growing up near the World Bank’s agricultural development project in Anyigba (present day Kogi State, Nigeria), Mark Akubo and his friends would visit the aerodrome to watch light planes take off and ...

In our major, annual survey of almost 2,000 science teachers and technicians, insufficient time (58%), challenging student behaviour (48%), and the cost of consumables and chemicals (43%) were cited ...