Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451246

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451246

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Conceptual complexity and student engagement with science in secondary school. Research demonstrates that negative student attitudes to school science are associated with the subject's difficulty and its lack of relevance to real-world experience. However, teachers who link learning to students' experience may exacerbate the difficulty of science, because real-world applications of concepts are complex. This study will initially investigate teachers' perceptions of this dilemma, and then focus on two classrooms where teachers acknowledge the complexity involved. Using a novel conceptual framework and an innovative data collection technique the study will explore how the students? experiences of complexity shape their attitudes to science. The findings will help improve student engagement with science.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $105,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Curriculum and Pedagogy | Teacher Education: Secondary | Curriculum Studies: Science Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Secondary education |

Other Keywords

Curriculum Studies: Science Education | Curriculum and Pedagogy | Secondary education | Teacher Education: Secondary

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