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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2022.42.4.477

Possibility of Science Concept Learning in Scientific Practice-Based Science Education: A Review Focused on Situated Learning Theories and Conceptual Agency  

Oh, Phil Seok (Gyeongin National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.42, no.4, 2022 , pp. 477-486 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study explored a possibility of science concept learning in scientific practice-based science instruction through the review of literature about situated learning theories and practice-based science education. It was revealed that the situated learning theories were closely related to the recent trend in science education which emphasizes students' active engagement in scientific practices. From the perspective of situated learning, concept learning occurs in the process in which learners make use of concepts as resources and further develop the concepts through the emergence of conceptual agency during their participation in practices. The study also found that the situated learning perspectives could apply to science concept learning in scientific practice-based instruction: Science concepts are used as resources in practice-based science learning, students can better engage in scientific practices as they take advantage of science concepts as resources, and the emergence of conceptual agency can facilitate science concept learning during the participation in scientific practices. Implications for school science education were suggested.
Keywords
scientific practice; science concept learning; situated learning; conceptual agency;
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