NDLI: Students’ Views About Secondary School Science Lessons: The Role of Practical Work

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Toplis, Rob
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This paper reports an interpretive study that sought students' views about the role that practical work plays in their school science lessons. Twenty-nine students aged between 13 and 16 years were selected from three secondary schools in England. Data were collected from initial lesson observations and in-depth interviews in order to explore students’ views about practical work. The findings suggest that students have three main reasons why practical work is important in their school science lessons: for interest and activity, including social and personal features such as participation and autonomy; as an alternative to other forms of science teaching involving a pedagogy of transmission, and as a way of learning, including memorizing and recall. The findings are discussed in the context of a critical view of previous work on the role of practical work, work on attitudes to science and on the student voice. The paper concludes that practical work is seen to provide opportunities for students to engage with and influence their own learning but that learning with practical work remains a complex issue that needs further research and evaluation about its use, effectiveness and of the role of scientific inquiry as a component of practical activity.
Starting Page	531
Ending Page	549
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0157244X
Journal	Research in Science Education
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731898
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-01-28
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Attitude Autonomy Inquiry Interest Practical work Education (general) Science Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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