The Application of School Science by Urban High School Youth through Problem-Solving in Everyday Life

Autor/in	Gitari, Wanja
Titel	The Application of School Science by Urban High School Youth through Problem-Solving in Everyday Life
Quelle	In: Science Education International, 27 (2016) 3, S.344-368 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1450-104X
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; Urban Schools; High School Students; Problem Solving; Qualitative Research; Youth; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Processes; Adolescents; Focus Groups; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Problemlösen; Qualitative Forschung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Ausland; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Kanada
Abstract	This qualitative study investigated non-guided applications of school science by high school youth in Ontario in non-school contexts. Although science education (in Ontario and elsewhere) mostly focuses on the meaningful learning of science, learning that can lead to knowledge application, non-guided application of acquired knowledge is rarely documented. The data were obtained from demographic questions and focus group discussions, based on sociocultural theory of learning and complex cognitive processes. The findings demonstrate that youth had the sociocultural and cognitive knowhow to serve as a springboard for independent knowledge application through problem solving, and noted the youth's apparent affinity for personal relevance, absence of initiative for societal problems and collaboration, and lack of integration of indigenous knowledge. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Council of Associations for Science Education. Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Education, Buca, Izmir 35150, Turkey. Tel: +90-532-4267927; Fax: +90-232-4204895; Web site: http://icaseonline.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01