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Analysis of the Manners of Using Scientific Models in Secondary Earth Science Classrooms: With a Focus on Lessons in the Domains of Atmospheric and Oceanic Earth Sciences  

Oh, Phil-Seok (Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.27, no.7, 2007 , pp. 645-662 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the manners in which models are used in secondary science classrooms. A total of thirteen video-recordings of science lessons dealing with the domains of atmospheric and oceanic earth sciences and their verbatim transcripts were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Interviews with three inservice science teachers were also conducted. Six interrelated assertions were generated as the result of the study: 1) The most frequently used models in secondary earth science classrooms include two-dimensional pictorial, symbolic, iconic, and diagrammatic ones; 2) Science teachers employ models as a mode of representation to make the subject matter available to students; 3) In earth science classrooms, teachers use typical forms of models in intensive manners; 4) Students themselves deal with models on a few occasions, but they just follow similar procedures with the same models; 5) Teachers talk rarely about the nature of scientific models and provide few opportunities for students to think about it; and, 6) Teachers in practice think that the value of using models should be appraised in consideration of the pedagogical intentions of the teacher. Implications for science education and science education research were discussed.
Keywords
scientific model; science classroom; atmospheric and oceanic earth science;
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