Teaching Chemistry about ‘Stevia’ – A Case of Cooperative Curriculum Innovation within PROFILES in Germany
Keywords:
Chemistry education, Curriculum development, PROFILES, Participatory Action Research, Sweeteners, Stevia, Advertising
Abstract
PROFILES is a project of teacher education and curriculum innovation funded by the FP7-programme of the European Union. The aim of PROFILES is implementing innovative science teaching practices incorporating a societal perspective and compassing inquiry-based science learning. The University of Bremen, Germany, as one of the partners, combines teacher continuous professional development with the research-based design of new teaching and learning modules for science teaching. This paper presents – as an exemplary case – how the University of Bremen is operating PROFILES. This case is illustrated according to the development of a teaching and learning module on sugar and sweeteners, incorporating the use of advertising in science education.
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Bolte, C., Streller, S., Holbrook, J., Rannikmäe, M., Mamlok-Naaman, R., Hofstein, A., & Rauch, F. (2011). PROFILES – Professional Reflection-Oriented Focus on Inquiry-based Learning and Education through Science. Paper presented at the ESERA conference 2011, Lyon/FR.
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(Eds.), Inquiry-based science education in Europe: Reflections from the PROFILES Project (pp. 31-42). Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin.
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education in Europe: Reflections from the PROFILES Project (pp. 52-55). Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin.
Mamlok-Naaman, R., & Eilks, I. (2012). Action research to promote chemistry teachers’ professional development – Cases and experiences from Israel and Germany. International Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, 10, 581-610.
Marks, R., Bertram, S., & Eilks, I. (2008). Learning chemistry and beyond with a lesson plan on “potato crisps”, which follows a socio-critical and problem-oriented approach to chemistry lessons – A case study. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 9, 267-276.
Marks, R., & Eilks, I. (2009). Promoting scientific literacy using a socio-critical and problemoriented approach to chemistry teaching: Concept, examples, experiences. International Journal of
Environmental & Science Education, 4, 231-245.
Marks, R., & Eilks, I. (2010). Research-based development of a lesson plan on shower gels and musk fragrances following a socio-critical and problem-oriented approach to chemistry teaching. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 11, 129-141.
Marks, R., Stuckey, M., Belova, N., & Eilks, I. (2014). The societal dimension in German science education – From tradition towards selected cases and recent developments. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technological Education, accepted for publication.
McIntyre, D. (2005). Bridging the gap between research and practice. Cambridge Journal of Education, 35, 357-382.
Nehrdich, T. (2013). Zu süß, um wahr zu sein? Dimensionen einer Kontroverse im Geographieunterricht entfalten - das Beispiel des “Indianerzuckers” Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni [Too
sweet to be true? Expanding dimensions of a controversy in Geography education – the example of the ‚indian sugar‘ Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni]. Praxis Geographie, 43(3), 30-34.
Roth, W.-M., & Lee, S. (2004). Science education as/for participation in the community. Science Education, 88, 263-291.
Sadler, T. D. (2004). Informal reasoning regarding socioscientific issues: A critical review of research. Journal of Research Science Teaching, 41, 513–536.
Schindler, D., Markic, S., Hauk, C., Jäschke-Behrendt, E., Wilkes, M., Stuckey, M., & Eilks, I. (2014). What shall I do with my old mobile phone? – Collaborative curriculum development in PROFILESBremen. In C. Bolte, J. Holbrook, R. Mamlok-Naaman, & F. Rauch (Eds.), Science teachers‘ continuous professional development in Europe. Case studies from the PROFILES project (in print). Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin.
Sjöström, J. (2013). Towards Bildung-oriented science education. Science & Education, 22, 1873-1890.
Stolz, M., Witteck, T., Marks, R., & Eilks, I. (2013). Reflecting socio-scientific issues for science education coming from the case of curriculum development on doping in chemistry education.
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technological Education, 9, 273-282.
Stuckey, M., & Eilks, I. (2014). Raising motivation in the chemistry classroom by learning about the student-relevant issue of tattooing from a chemistry and societal perspective. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 15, advance article.
Stuckey, M., Lippel, M., & Eilks, I. (2012). Sweet chemistry: Learning about natural and artificial sweetening substances and advertising in chemistry lessons. Chemistry in Action, (Winter), 36-43.
Ware, S. A. (2001). Teaching chemistry from a societal perspective. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 7, 1209-1214.
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