By Dimitri Psillos (auth.), M. Bandiera, S. Caravita, E. Torracca, M. Vicentini (eds.)
This quantity offers a "photograph" of the cutting-edge in technology schooling learn in Europe because it has emerged from the 1st ESERA convention held in Rome in September 1997. The convention observed the participation of greater than 280 researchers from ecu and a few additional eu international locations disbursed as follows U. ok. forty six The Netherlands 10 Germany 35 Finland nine Italy 28 Switzerland 6 Spain 26 Portugal 6 France 18 Israel five Sweden Argentina 15 three Denmark 14 Australia three Greece 14 united states three Brasil eleven Others 18 Norway overall eleven 281 because it might be obvious from the desk, even though the gang from U. okay. the place study in technological know-how schooling has a good confirmed culture is the main constant one, particularly lots of researchers has come from Germany and the Scandinavian international locations, signal of the expanding recognition those international locations pay to medical schooling in any respect degrees. The presence of researchers from extraeuropean international locations has allowed a comparability of expertise over a much wider basisthan the nationwide one. the subjects of analysis, pointed out a priori by way of the organizers as vital, have been: of the paintings in technology schooling study (Biology, - The kingdom Chemistry, Physics and Earth technology) - technology instructing and studying - technological know-how, technology educating and Society - academics' schooling and its Cultural parts The medical Committee of the convention made up our minds to post a variety of the papers awarded and we permitted the duty of the editing.
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Considering the number of researches in this discipline, it is not an easy task and naturally may be the subject of controversy. At the same time the survey must assume a certain structure. For this purpose I will use the division of research already presented here as well as the classification of science education research found in the reviews of such researches. There are some quite common studies whose aim is to collect information about chemistry teaching. Most frequently this is the assessment of chemistry knowledge acquired by students (Maroto, 1996; Ayas, 1997).
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