Themes in Science and Technology Education
2012 Volume 5, Number 1
Editors
AthanassiosMikropoulos, Tassos A. Jimoyiannis
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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An ability approach to within-class curriculum differentiation using student response systems and Web 2.0 technologies: Analysing teachers’ responsiveness
Matt Bower
This paper examines teacher responsiveness to an ability approach of within-class curriculum differentiation using technology. Teachers were guided through a series of four workshops designed to... More
pp. 5-26
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Interweaving meaning generation in science with learning to learn together processes using Web 2.0 tools
Zacharoula Smyrnaiou, Foteini Moustaki, Nikoleta Yiannoutsou & Chronis Kynigos
The literature of the science education does not offer much data concerning meaning generation (MG) and learning to learn together (L2L2) processes. The objective of this paper is the study of how ... More
pp. 27-44
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Enhancing teaching and learning of Home Economics in secondary schools with wikis: An action research study
Yiu-Chi Lai & Edmund Lum
This article discusses an action research study using a wiki as a course platform for teaching and learning Home Economics in secondary schools. A secondary Home Economics teacher observed that... More
pp. 45-60
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Users’ attitudes towards Web 2.0 communication tools in collaborative settings: A case study with early childhood education students
Tharrenos Bratitsis
This paper examines the utilization of Computer Mediated Communication tools within collaborative learning activities. By examining the participants’ attitudes and behavior, issues related to... More
pp. 61-79
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Tracking the stages of learning: concept maps as representations of liminal space
John Cuthell & Christina Preston
The concept of liminal space has recently been applied to ways of learning: the learning journey through this space encounters difficulties and misunderstandings, that are resolved as knowledge is ... More
pp. 81-96
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Wikipedia uses in learning design: A literature review
Georgios Fessakis & Maria Zoumpatianou
This paper is a literature review report concerning educational uses of Wikipedia in the first 10 years of its existence. The aim of the work is the tracing and the presentation of published and... More
pp. 97-106
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Developing a pedagogical framework for the design and the implementation of e-portfolios in educational practice
Athanassios Jimoyiannis
A theoretical framework for designing, implementing and researching students’ engagement, learning, and personal development in e-portfolios is described in this article. After providing an... More
pp. 107-132