Studies of the development of students' understanding of ecological phenomena

Gustav Helldén

doi:10.1007/978-94-6091-900-8_5

Studies of the development of students' understanding of ecological phenomena

Gustav Helldén

Learning in Science and Mathematics (LISMA)

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Following an intensive debate on the advisability of building a refuse disposal unit in the town of Kristianstad, Sweden, local people started to discuss what would happen to the residue from refuse incineration. From the debate it was evident that there was limited knowledge of what actually happens to refuse in general. Many thought that the matter would disappear, except for a small residue of ash. There was, in many cases, no recognition of the existence of waste gas. Most people found it difficult to realize that all matter still existed after combustion. This became a challenge for us as teachers and teacher educators. Is not this a kind of knowledge that citizens should acquire at school?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Science education research and practice in Europe
Subtitle of host publication	retrospective and prospective
Editors	Doris Jorde, Justin Dillon
Place of Publication	Rotterdam
Publisher	Sense Publishers
Pages	91-113
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Print)	978-94-6091-898-8, 978-94-6091-899-5, 978-94-6091-900-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-900-8_5
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Name	Cultural perpectives in science education
Number	5

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Studies of the development of students' understanding of ecological phenomena. / Helldén, Gustav.

Science education research and practice in Europe: retrospective and prospective. ed. / Doris Jorde; Justin Dillon. Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, 2012. p. 91-113 (Cultural perpectives in science education; No. 5).

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