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Promoting Science in Schools
Doris JordeUniversity of Oslo, Norway
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What is science?
• Explanations of the material world• Based on observation and testing of theories
against nature (facts, hypotheses, laws, theories)
• Importance historically• Importance in a modern society
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Why Science?
climate
wat
er foodenergy
health
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Why does science matter?
• Science for all– Scientific literacy important in a democracy
• Science for future scientists– Important for EU – economic growth,
competition, prosperity
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Why Science?By James Trefil
Why scientific literacy is important in a modern democracy?
What types of understanding to citizens need in science?
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What about Stem Cells?
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http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics
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Stem cells
• As cells in an embryo divide, they become specialized and are no longer able to turn into any kind of adult cell
• Up to about 8 cell divisions, cells do retain the ability to develop into any adult cell, and hence are called stem cells
• The most promising way to obtain stem cells is to harvest them from an embryo, killing the embryo in the process
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Scientific literacy
Scientific literacy is a matrix of knowledge needed to understand enough about the physical universe to deal with issues that come across our horizon, in the news or elsewhere.
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Inquiry Based Science Teaching
The intentional process of:• diagnosing problems, • critiquing experiments, • distinguishing alternatives, • planning investigations, • researching conjectures, • searching for information, • constructing models, • debating with peers, • forming coherent arguments
Linn, Davis and Bell 2004
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Can ICT contribute to ways of teaching science well?
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Modern youth Modern schools ?
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Why ICT in Science Teaching?
• Direct link between current science and school science (access)
• Animation and simulation helpful for understanding complex ideas in science
• Possibility for virtual experiments• Encourages collaboration and communication• Motivation – modern youth
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Teaching and learning have changed!
• Role of the curriculum – Inquiry based learning – Learning in real world contexts– Learning takes place also outside of the classroom
• Role of the teacher– Assessment ongoing
• Role of the student– Increased collaboration
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Challenges and opportunities
• Modern kids deserve a modern curriculum• Engaging students in the curriculum• Seeing new potentials of ICT• Developing new forms of assessment• Building on “out-of-school” learning
environments
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Gene technologyhttp://ny.viten.no
1. Review of biological concepts2. Application and use of gene technology3. Debate
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Northern lightshttp://northernlights.viten.no
Global warminghttp://globalwarming.viten.no
Gene technologyhttp://genetechnology.viten.no
Naturfag.no
Web site for science teacher resources (teaching programs, experiments, videos, animations)
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Year (Launched) Program Student users by June 2008
2002 Radioactivity Wolves in Norway Cycles of malaria Plants in space
59 36917 768
8 546 24 356
2003 Earth processes Bears Hydrogen as energy source
31 0009 244
22 056
2004 Gene technologyCloning of plantsHealth up in smoke
90 18211 35718 875
2005 Global warmingDinosaurs and fossils
20 6898 557
2006 Northern lights 17 981
Total 339 980
Overview of the available Viten programs and corresponding number of registered student users (viten.no)