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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Natural science"”.
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James Woodrow, Teacher of Natural Science: Presbyterians and Science Education In Nineteenth Century South Carolina
<p>This thesis explores the career of James Woodrow, professor, minister, scientist, and publisher in South Carolina during the end of the nineteenth century. After three decades of successful teaching, Woodrow faced accusations of introducing Columbia Theological Seminary students to Darwinian …
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Natural science and the American government: fur seal management from gilded age to progressive era
… advice from scientists, and over the years naturalists studied the animals regularly. Despite this apparent cooperation, scientific recommendations rarely took precedence over other considerations. Fur seal history illuminates obstacles facing scientists as they tried, and failed, to control …
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Towards inclusive education : exploring perceptions of natural science pre-service teachers in a B. Ed Programme
… study aimed to explore the perceptions of Natural Science pre-service teachers in a B.Ed Programme regarding their training for inclusive education. In order to ensure that current and future pre-service teacher education programmes prepare undergraduate pre-service teacher adequately for …
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Natural science of the Great Plains as it relates to the American Indian : a syllabus and sourcebook
… reference materials, sample lesson plans, and natural science roadlogs, is an initial attempt at providing an Indian Studies field course in natural science. It also includes a syllabus which stresses natural science processes and serves as a unifying factor for field work, lecture, and course …
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Kant on Embodiment: Lessons from the Critique of Pure Reason and the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science
… Pure Reason and the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, Kant’s subject is shown to cognize, and be cognized, through embodied activity in the material world. I begin by demonstrating Kant’s rejection of all-mental accounts of cognition. Neglecting the body leads to the dissolution of …
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The implementation of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) in Grade 8 Natural Science classrooms in the Western Cape
… an outcomes-based environment in Grade 8 Natural Science classrooms in the Western Cape. The results from the current study in the Western Cape were compared to those collected in a matching study done by Aldridge, Laugksch, Seopa and Fraser (2006) in the Limpopo Province. The comparison …
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Implementation of social constructivist learning environments in grade 9 natural science in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
… study monitored the transformation of Grade 9 Natural Science classrooms toward social constructivist learning environments in three contexts described by socio-economic status (SES) (i.e., high, medium and low SES). The study further assessed the influence of social constructivist learning …
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Understanding and uses of concept mapping in teaching Natural Science: Cases of two primary schools in Windhoek, Khomas region
… of the study was to investigate the Grade six Natural Science teachers’ understanding of concept mapping. The study also investigated learners’ understanding of science concepts on “matter and its properties” taught through the use of concept mapping as compared to traditional lecture method. …
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The integration of indigenous knowledge systems into the main stream senior phase Natural Science Curriculum at Uthungulu district schools
… of indigenous knowledge in the mainstream science curriculum. The aims and principles of the new curriculum statement seek to realign themselves with those of the Constitution of the Republic, which highlight inclusivity, valuing indigenous knowledge and the environment, and social justice …
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Using data stories to understand spatial mental models of data in natural science domains: Characterizing technical and social infrastructure
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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The effect of alternative assessments in natural science on attitudes towards science in grade 8 girls in South Africa
Attitudes towards science and school science have long been studied because of a desire to keep students in science-related subjects and science-related careers. In South Africa, little research has been done to identify what interventions would encourage students, especially girls, to continue in …
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Language ideologies and Stakeholder responses to the proposed implementation of Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education in Grade 5 Natural Science.
This study investigates Grade 5 natural science teachers', learners and parents' language ideologies and responses towards Mother Tongue Based Bilingual education that has been proposed by the Department of Basic Education starting in 2025. First, it probes teacher's linguistic repertoires, their …
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Exploring the use of a dialogical argumentation instructional model to an assessment for learning tool when teaching natural science and technology in foundation phase
… the need to integrate assessment for learning in natural science to enhance the quality of teaching and learning and at the same time improve learners’ performance, and to encourage more learners to follow science careers.
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An analysis of Grade 9 learners' performance in the 2004 Natural Science common tasks for assessment with special reference to science process skills, learning outcomes and assessment standards
… participating. The CTA assessment in the area of Natural Science was framed by two organising dimensions: a content domain and a cognitive domain. The content domains that framed the science curriculum were presented as themes: life and living; energy and change and matter and materials. The …
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The influences of teachers regulative discourse, specifically teachers expectations of learner achievement on teachers' pedagogic practice in teaching Grade 6 Natural Science in the Western Cape : two case studies
This study examines how two Grade 6 Natural Science teachers in two low SES schools in the Western Cape teach Natural Science, and what relation this has to the regulative discourse that informs their teaching. Data texts were derived from interviews and lesson observations. The study draws on …
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Gamtamokslinės praktinės veiklos hibridiniame mokyme(si): 9-10 klasių atvejis /
… use the hybrid way of teaching and learning in natural science practical activities. This study aims to delve into the experiences of teachers, to identify the challenges that have arisen in the organization of activities. The final bachelor's thesis analyses the problem - what are the …
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Interpretation and explanation in psychoanalysis
… although Freud's defence of Psychoanalysis as a natural science has been legitimately rejected as problematic, the reconstrual of Psychoanalysis as an interpretive or hermeneutic knowledge is likewise inappropriate to the psychoanalytic object. On the basis of the work of Donald Davidson and …
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