(adopted from the resource letter of Ms Chung Ka Man's M.Phil thesis. Copyright Department of Physics CUHK)
- Changing
pupils' attitudes to careers in science
Woolnough B.E., Phys. Educ.31 (5), 301-308, September 1996
Factors affecting students toward science studies
are analyzed.
- Cultural
Context of School Science Teaching and Learning in the People's Republic
of China
Gao L.B., Sci. Educ., Vol.82, 1-13, 1998
This article discusses the implementation of cultural
context in science teaching in China. Goals of such approach, role
of teachers and teaching style of teachers and other factors that
may influence the teaching and learning outcomes are also discussed.
- Why
students choose physics, or reject it
Woolnough B.E., Phy. Educ., Vol. 29 (6), 368-374, Nov.1994
Decline in the number of students to further their
study in physics is a common problem of many countries. Factors
that encourage or discourage students to study physics or reject
to learn it after introductory courses are discussed.
- Students' Scientific Explanations and the Contexts
in Which They Occur
Wong E.D., Elem. School J., 495-509, Vol.96 (5), May 1996
This article compares the differences between science
students' and scientists' reasoning skills.
- Student expectations in introductory physics
Redish E.F., Saul J.M., Steinberg R.N., Am. J. Phys., Vol.66 (3),
212-224, Mar. 1998
This paper explores attitudes and beliefs of student
about university physics and how these attitudes and beliefs change
as a result of physics instruction.
- The effect of culture on the learning of science
in nonwestern countries - The results of an integrated research review
Baker D., Taylor P.C.S., Int. J. Sci. Educ., Vol.17 (6), 695-704,
Nov.-Dec. 1995
This paper is an integrative research review. It
suggests that western science curricula in non-western countries
are ineffective. Science is poorly 'fit' into the language, culture
and beliefs of many non-western students, and the culture meanings
embedded in the western language of science education.