Teachers Creating Context-Based Learning Environments in Science / edited by R. Taconis, den Brok P.

• Superior document: Advances in Learning Environments Research
• HerausgeberIn: Taconis, R.; P., den Brok.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Language: English
• Series: Advances in Learning Environments Research
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 254 p.)

"Context-based science education has led to the transformation of science education in countries all over the world, with changes also visible in learning environments and how these are being shaped. These changes involve authentic problems on research and design, new types of interactions with...

Table of Contents

• Introduction by the Series Editors
• Introduction: Context-Based Learning Environments in Science
• Section I: Perceptions and Characteristics of Context-Based Learning Environments
• Bringing Science to Life: Research Evidence
• Place-Based Learning Environments: Environmental Education in Teacher Education
• Science Kits: Learning Chemistry in a Context-Oriented Learning Environment
• Teaching and Learning in Context-Based Science Classes: A Dialectical Sociocultural Approach
• Section II: Teachers Creating Context-Based Learning Environments
• Teachers in Learning Communities: An Insight into the Work of the Project Chemie im Kontext
• Measuring Context-Based Learning Environments in Dutch Science Classrooms
• Interaction between Teachers and Teaching Materials: Creating a Context-Based Learning Environment in a Chemistry Classroom
• Supporting Teachers to Transform Their Classes into a Context-Based Learning Environment: Inquiry as a Context
• Analysing Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Their Science Classroom in Relation to Attitudes and Motivation
• A Framework for Empowering Teachers for Teaching and Designing Context-Based Chemistry Education
• Context-Based Science Education in Senior Secondary Schools in The Netherlands: Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences
• Concluding Reflections on Context-Based Learning Environments in Science
• Reviewers of the Chapters in This Volume
• About the Authors
• Index.