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ABSTRACT This multiple case study explores the intersections of queerness/transness and science education through a combined framework of queer theory, intersectionality, the construct of figured worlds and science identity. The study uses a life‐history approach to characterize the trajectories of three purposefully selected queer individuals who are ...
Nelly K. M. Marosi +3 more
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The power of metaphor in medical education: fostering shared understanding in complex conversations. [PDF]
Johnston A +4 more
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The Epistemic Generativity of Using a Model of a Big Idea
ABSTRACT Science instruction should involve learners in generating and warranting ideas, what we call epistemic generation. In modeling instruction, epistemic generation should be achieved by coordinating a model structure with the experienced world in reciprocal directions denoted as developing models and using models. In the former, a model structure
Jonathan T. Shemwell, Daniel K. Capps
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Is explaining more like showing or more like building?-Agency in metaphors of explaining. [PDF]
Porwol P, Scharlau I.
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ABSTRACT Preservice elementary science teachers' beliefs and practices influence the kinds of adaptations they make to curriculum materials and the extent to which they are able to enact justice‐oriented science lessons. Through this qualitative study, we explored the beliefs and practices of five focal preservice teachers through an analysis of their ...
Jessica Bautista, Elizabeth A. Davis
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The unity of sense and mind: A review of cross-domain mapping. [PDF]
Liu Q, Lupyan G.
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Identity Play: Middle School Youths' Provisional Self‐Making in Horizon‐Expanding STEM Spaces
ABSTRACT This study introduces identity play as an analytic construct for science education to explore improvisational dimensions of middle school students' STEM identity development in multiple out‐of‐school learning experiences focused on environmental problem‐solving.
Heidi B. Carlone, Alison K. Mercier
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Social Capital, Culture, and Commitment to Sustainability Among Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises
ABSTRACT Sustainable development is gaining attention, especially among SMEs in developing countries. This paper examines how social capital mediates the relationship between cultural factors and SMEs' commitment to sustainability. The research focuses on Albanian SMEs using a quantitative approach that includes confirmatory factor analysis and ...
Ina Keçi +2 more
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