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Understanding Student Participation and Choice in Science and Technology Educ…
Drawing on data generated by the EU’s Interests and Recruitment in Science (IRIS) project, this volume examines the issue of young people’s participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. With an especial focus on female participation, the chapters offer analysis deploying varied theoretical frameworks, including sociology, social psychology and gender studies. …
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- 978-94-007-7793-4
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Research in Early Childhood Science Education
This book emphasizes the significance of teaching science in early childhood classrooms, reviews the research on what young children are likely to know about science and provides key points on effectively teaching science to young children. Science education, an integral part of national and state standards for early childhood classrooms, encompasses not only content-based instruction but also …
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- 978-94-017-9505-0
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Insights from Research in Science Teaching and Learning: Selected Papers from…
This book includes studies that represent the state of the art in science education research and convey a sense of the variation in educational traditions around the world. The papers are organized into six main sections: science teaching processes, conceptual understanding, reasoning strategies, early years science education, and affective and social aspects of science teaching and learning. T…
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- 978-3-319-20073-6
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- IX, 313
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- 370 INS
The Future of Technology Education
Twenty-five years ago there was increasing optimism in policy, curriculum and research about the contribution that technology education might make to increased technological literacy in schools and the wider population. That optimism continues, although the status of technology as a learning area remains fragile in many places. This edited book is offered as a platform from which to continue…
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- 978-981-287-170-1
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- XII, 281, 7 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
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- Contemporary Issues in Technology Education
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The Future in Learning Science: What’s in it for the Learner?
This volume considers the future of science learning - what is being learned and how it is being learned - in formal and informal contexts for science education. To do this, the book explores major contemporary shifts in the forms of science that could or should be learned in the next 20 years, what forms of learning of that science should occur, and how that learning happens, including from th…
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- 978-3-319-16543-1
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- XV, 299, 11 b/w illustrations
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Imaginative Science Education: The Central Role of Imagination in Science Edu…
This book is about imaginative approaches to teaching and learning school science. Its central premise is that science learning should reflect the nature of science, and therefore be approached as an imaginative/creative activity. As such, the book can be seen as an original contribution of ideas relating to imagination and creativity in science education. The approaches discussed in the book…
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- 978-3-319-29524-4
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- XXII, 283
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- 370 IMA
Sports Performance
This book focuses on sports performance. According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, "performance" refers to "how well or badly a person, company etc. does a particular job or activity" and "high performance" describes "cars, computers etc. that are able to go faster, do more work etc. than normal ones". In the 100-m dash Usain Bolt is indubitably the fastest person in history …
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- 978-4-431-55315-1
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Sports Management and Sports Humanities
This book focuses on (1) sports management, (2) sports economics and policy, and (3) sports humanities. The fact that sports humanities is a part of the sports management education program means that a person with extensive knowledge—not only business-related comprehension but also acquaintance with art-related fields, such as the humanities and law—will play a central role in sports manage…
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- 978-4-431-55324-3
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Sports Injuries and Prevention
This book presents the incidence of sports-related injuries, the types of injuries specific to particular sports, and the importance of factors such as age and gender. Possible injury mechanisms and risk factors are presented based on an analysis involving recent scientific findings. A variety of sports are included to allow the reader to better generalize the results as well as to apply approp…
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- 978-4-431-55318-2
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New Developments in Science and Technology Education
This book explores the beneficial impact of pedagogically updated practices and approaches in the teaching of science concepts as well as elaborates on future challenges and emerging issues that address Science and Technology Education. By pointing out new research directions it informs educational practices and bridges the gap between research and practice providing information, ideas and new …
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- 978-3-319-22932-4
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- IX, 203
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- Innovations in Science Education and Technology
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