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Constructivism and Interpretive Research

Peter C Taylor

Key Centre for School Science and Mathematics
Curtin University of Technology
Perth Australia

Paper presented at seminar, Science Education Center,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
7 May 1996

Two Faces of Science Education
Janus is the god of Roman mythology who guards doors and gates. As a metaphor,Janus [...]

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I am looking out the lecturers’ room. Since the re-arrangement the university rooms, I am little bit confuse to find out the chemistry lecturer room. Finally, I find it, room 1.6 which I see my colleague read the book. I am still not used to call miss E “my colleague”, because she is my [...]

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I close the SPSS program on my computer after I finished analysis my quantitative data. I start to look at the data and I am confused how to use those data to give valuable information of my students’ perceptions? How those means, standard deviation, and reliability could represent my students’ voice? I am looking back [...]

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The laboratory experiment is an important part of teaching and learning chemistry. Experiments in laboratory influence students to have better attitudes toward science and learning outcomes (Parkinson, 2004). However, most students do not like chemistry because of the requirement of analytical and constructive thinking to understand the concepts (Rickey & Stacey, 2000). One of the [...]

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A POISONED STUDENT AND A CHEMISTRY LECTURER

In 2001, everybody was shocked, 20 students were poisoned in the organic chemistry laboratory. They went to a clinic at the university, and then the doctor said that the pupils of their eyes could not respond to the light. Some lecturers were blaming the students who [...]

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