Towards a More Authentic Science Curriculum: The Contribution of Out-of-School Learning

Autor/inn/en	Braund, Martin; Reiss, Michael
Titel	Towards a More Authentic Science Curriculum: The Contribution of Out-of-School Learning
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 28 (2006) 12, S.1373-1388 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Educational Change; Science Curriculum; Museums; Developed Nations; Botany; Science Education; Student Attitudes; Learning Motivation; Educational History; Experiential Learning; Field Trips; Learning Activities; Information Technology; Recreational Facilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Bildungsreform; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Botanik; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Exkursion; Lernaktivität; Informationstechnologie; Freizeiteinrichtung
Abstract	In many developed countries of the world, pupil attitudes to school science decline progressively across the age range of secondary schooling while fewer students are choosing to study science at higher levels and as a career. Responses to these developments have included proposals to reform the curriculum, pedagogy, and the nature of pupil discussion in science lessons. We support such changes but argue that far greater use needs to be made of out-of-school sites in the teaching of science. Such usage will result in a school science education that is more valid and more motivating. We present an "evolutionary model" of science teaching that looks at where learning and teaching take place, and draws together thinking about the history of science and developments in the nature of learning over the past 100 years or so. Our contention is that laboratory-based school science teaching needs to be complemented by out-of-school science learning that draws on the actual world (e.g., through fieldtrips), the presented world (e.g., in science centres, botanic gardens, zoos and science museums), and the virtual worlds that are increasingly available through information technologies. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.) (Author).
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