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The SCIAnTICT project: Technology-enhanced teaching and learning of primary science

This project explored how ICTs in primary classrooms can enhance the teaching and learning of the practical and theoretical aspects of science. By building on teacher and Years 7/8 student prior...

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Building a “vocabulary of experiences”: Supporting children’s learning in science centres

Author(s): Rachel Bolstad

Some of the findings from a research project that aimed to document the role that a visit to one New Zealand science and technology centre played in the educational activities of six visiting primary...

| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Let it rip—Patero at its best!

Author(s): Bronwen Cowie, Kathrin Otrel-Cass, Ted Glynn

When a teacher let her Years 4 and 5 class chose their own science topic to study, they settled on—what else?—farting. This article shows how letting students pursue their own interests led them to...

| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Engaging whānau with children's science learning

Author(s): Asri Parkinson, Bronwen Cowie, Jude Doyle, Kathrin Otrel-Cass, Ted Glynn

When their funds of knowledge and experiences from home and the community are connected to their school learning, students' learning is supported. In this study teachers used "home learning books" to...