Developing "Butterfly Warriors": A Case Study of Science for Citizenship

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Junjun; Cowie, Bronwen
Titel	Developing "Butterfly Warriors": A Case Study of Science for Citizenship
Quelle	In: Research in Science Education, 43 (2013) 6, S.2153-2177 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0157-244X
DOI	10.1007/s11165-013-9349-y
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Science Instruction; Elementary School Science; Elementary School Students; Elementary School Teachers; Interviews; Observation; Scientists; Science Curriculum; Student Interests; Web Sites; Entomology; Case Studies; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Studieninteresse; Web-Design; Entomologie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Neuseeland
Abstract	Given worldwide concern about a decline in student engagement in school science and an increasing call for science for citizenship in New Zealand Curriculum, this study focused on a butterfly unit that investigated how students in a year-4 primary classroom learnt about New Zealand butterflies through thinking, talking, and acting as citizen scientists. The butterfly unit included five lessons. The researchers observed the lessons and interviewed students and the classroom teacher. The students completed a unit evaluation survey after the unit. Findings indicate that the students enjoyed and were interested in activities such as reading about butterflies, learning and using new vocabulary, drawing butterfly life cycles, as well as hunting, tagging and releasing butterflies and publishing the data they had collected on a dedicated website. Through their participation in the unit, students had opportunities to act locally and globally, and to "see themselves" in science through "being there" experience. Units like this have the potential to develop students' interest for longer-term engagement in science, even those students who may never envision themselves as professional scientists. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10