Search for dissertations about: "role of language in science teaching"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words role of language in science teaching.
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1. Teachers' Language of Inquiry : The Conflation Between Methods of Teaching and Scientific Inquiry in Science Education
Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to describe and analyse customs of science teaching in secondary schools and teacher education programmes in Sweden in relation to the notion of “inquiry” in science education. The main focus is on customs of language use and the educational goal of learning about scientific inquiry as distinct from the related goals of learning to do inquiry and learning canonical science content. READ MORE
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2. Conceptual metaphors in learning and teaching entropy : adopting a cognitive semantic approach in science education research
Abstract : Over the last 20 years there has been an extensive amount of research on science learning conducted from a “knowledge-in-pieces” or “resources” perspective. One of the main goals of that research has been to identify and characterize available cognitive knowledge resources that can be productive components of scientific understanding. READ MORE
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3. Language and Literacy : Some fundamental issues in research on reading and writing
Abstract : Mainstream research on reading and writing is based on the assumption, common in modern linguistics, that spoken language is primary to written language in most important respects. Unfortunately, the conceptual framework for the study of language and 'literacy' (encompassing both reading and writing skills) is built around this assumption. READ MORE
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4. Meaning-Making in Molecular Life Science Education : upper secondary school students´interpretation of visualizations of proteins
Abstract : Molecular life science has become one of the fastest-growing fields of scientific and technical innovation. An important issue for tomorrow-s education is to meet the challenge posed by various facets of molecular life science. READ MORE
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5. Information and Communication Technology in Teacher Education : Thinking and learning in computer‐supported social practice
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how new knowledge can be developed in computer-supported social practice. Participants were selected from newly qualified secondary school teachers and student teachers at a higher education institution in Rwanda. READ MORE