Conceptual Change: A Discussion of Theoretical, Methodological and Practical Challenges for Science Education

Autor/inn/en	Treagust, David F.; Duit, Reinders
Titel	Conceptual Change: A Discussion of Theoretical, Methodological and Practical Challenges for Science Education
Quelle	In: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3 (2008) 2, S.297-328 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1871-1502
DOI	10.1007/s11422-008-9090-4
Schlagwörter	Instructional Design; Learning Processes; Scientific Literacy; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Concept Formation; Scientific Concepts; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	Conceptual change views of teaching and learning processes in science, and also in various other content domains, have played a significant role in research on teaching and learning as well as in instructional design since the late 1970s. An important issue is whether conceptual change can provide a powerful framework for improving instructional practice in such a way that students' levels of scientific literacy are significantly increased. In this article, the first section provides an overview on the development of conceptual change perspectives. In sections two to six, we examine the different ways that researchers have facilitated the collection of data and empirically evaluated learning as conceptual change based on these different theoretical perspectives. In section seven, we identify key issues of conceptual change with a deliberate emphasis on their contribution to improve instructional practice and conclude the article by posing challenges at theoretical, methodological and practical levels. We contend that conceptual change perspectives still have the potential to significantly improve instructional practice. However, it becomes also evident that actual practice is far from what conceptual change perspectives propose and that change of this practice will be a rather difficult and long-lasting process. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10