Science Journal of Education

Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013

  • Information and Communication Technology Integration within the Practicum

    Atef Abuhmaid

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 51-59
    Received: Sep. 11, 2013
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    Published: Oct. 20, 2013
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    Abstract: This study aimed at exploring the extent of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) utilization by Classroom Teacher program at the faculty of education at Isra University during the practicum. The sample of the study consisted of 77 student teachers who had made been enrolled and participated in field visits as part of the practicum as well... Show More
  • Study of Cooperative Education Pattern

    Zhang Li-ping, Yu Qiu

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 60-63
    Received: Jul. 03, 2013
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    Published: Oct. 20, 2013
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    Abstract: In this paper, we explore the pattern of cooperative education which is based on automobile engineering. This means the university and enterprises will pay their common efforts to cultivate talent students. And how to do it well would be our real purpose, practice and research we should do now and then. In the research we find out that cooperative ... Show More
  • Repositioning Science Education in Nigerian Colleges of Education through Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

    Aina, Jacob Kola, Akintunde, Zacchaeus Taiwo

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 64-67
    Received: Sep. 25, 2013
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    Published: Nov. 10, 2013
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    Abstract: This is a review paper on using Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to reposition science education in Nigerian colleges of education. The paper looked at science education as the study of biology, chemistry or physics along with principle and method of education. Public-private partnership was viewed as voluntary arrangement between non-governmental ... Show More
  • C.I.R.C.U.I.T. Model – a Strategic Option in the Pedagogical Training of the Constructivist Teacher

    Vali Ilie

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 68-76
    Received: Sep. 09, 2013
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    Published: Nov. 20, 2013
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    Abstract: Interest in constructivist pedagogy gives rise to a series of research in education, especially in training future teachers. In this perspective, we have observed that the fundamentals of constructivism face teachers to certain background problems that have been generated by the paradigm changes and are, at the same time, connected to the need for ... Show More
  • Contribution to the Diagnostics of University Students’ Knowledge and Competencies in Linear Algebra

    Luiz G. X. de Barros, Marc Rogalski

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 77-89
    Received: Nov. 11, 2013
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    Published: Nov. 30, 2013
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    Abstract: We study knowledge and competencies of Brazilian university students after an one year course in linear algebra, concerning various aspects: the global landscape of linear algebra as seen by students, how they do cope with modelization problems through linear algebra, what are their knowledge and competencies about the duality of representation equ... Show More
  • Publishing Opportunities of Doctoral Candidates

    Kvetoslava Rešetová

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 90-96
    Received: Nov. 08, 2013
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    Published: Dec. 10, 2013
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    Abstract: Publication activities of PhD candidates as a result of an independent creative exploration and research are becoming an important part of the publication outputs of the University. Seeking opportunities for publishing results of scientific research of young researchers is becoming a priority task of information management. Publishing papers in jou... Show More
  • An Assessment of Students' Learning from Term Projects

    Israel Dunmade

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 97-103
    Received: Aug. 30, 2013
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    Published: Dec. 20, 2013
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    Abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess students' learning from term projects. A term project is a hands-on assignment that require students to apply ideas, theories, concepts, or principles learned or studied in class to a new situation/real life scenario. Term projects in ENVS 4413 Principles of eco-industrial development are designed to help stud... Show More
  • Elementary and Secondary School Teachers vis-à-vis Knowledge: Some Sociohistorical Considerations about the Problem of Teaching Knowledge

    Maurice Tardif

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, December 2013
    Pages: 104-117
    Received: Dec. 12, 2013
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    Published: Dec. 30, 2013
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    Abstract: For most of the past thirty years, North American research on teacher education and on the teaching profession has focused on the knowledge bases of teaching, and on the courses of action teacher education programs should follow in order to incorporate this knowledge. The present paper is a contribution to this field of research. It does so from a ... Show More