This paper explores the effect teachers' participation in a targeted inquiry-based/nature of
science (NoS) continuing professional development programme had on Irish primary …

What are scientific inquiry practices like today? How should schools approach inquiry in
science education? Teaching Science Inquiry presents the scholarly papers and practical …

This research describes and evaluates the application of a child-led approach to scientific
enquiry (the Community of Scientific Enquiry, CoSE) to children aged 8–11 (Key Stage 2) in …

This paper reports on a national study that explored primary pupils' attitudes towards and
experiences of school science in the Republic of Ireland. The study focussed on collecting …

Research in science in early childhood is an area that has not received much attention
(Fleer, M., & Robbins, J.(2003).“Hit and run research” with “hit and miss” results in early …

This study investigates how a two-year continuing professional development (CPD)
programme, with an emphasis on teaching about science through inquiry, impacted the …

Although much has been written about improving primary school science and scientific skills
for children, not a lot has been done to find out what science actually looks like for very …

Doing Science is unique in seeking to make explicit the links between science education
and science studies. These fields of study and their respective academic communities, whilst …

The framework developed for the PISA 2006 science survey starts from everyday contexts in
which citizens encounter scientific issues and knowledge claims. Recent curriculum …

The research field of science education has gathered questions about what science is, how
scientific knowledge is developed and in what ways humans are involved in these …