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International Journal of Science Education
written by Wolff-Michael Roth and Campbell McRobbie
Through interactions with their social and physical worlds, humans learn to see others, themselves and their physical surroundings in new ways. When interactions do not occur, learning is inhibited. Such a view of learning was used as a lens to look at a physics class, 24 students and their experienced teacher in an Australian suburban high school. Our observations and interviews with teacher and students provided evidence that participants experienced themselves in different 'lifeworlds': not only did they describe the social world in different ways but also the physical world. Furthermore, we observed that participants interacted little, which prevented them from recognizing that they experienced different lifeworlds. All participants appeared to treat the physics course as an obligatory passage point and colluded to produce learning at a low cognitive level.
International Journal of Science Education: Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 59-75
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General Physics
- Physics Education Research
- High School
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© 1999 Taylor & Francis Group
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DOI:
10.1080/095006999290831
Keywords:
Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Physics, Science Curriculum, Student Attitudes
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Metadata instance created July 14, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
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November 23, 2005 by Vince Kuo
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January 1, 1999
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W. Roth and C. McRobbie, , Int. J. Sci. Educ. 21 (1), 59 (1999), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1080/095006999290831).
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W. Roth and C. McRobbie, One class, many worlds, Int. J. Sci. Educ. 21 (1), 59 (1999), <https://doi.org/10.1080/095006999290831>.
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Roth, W., & McRobbie, C. (1999, January 1). One class, many worlds. Int. J. Sci. Educ., 21(1), 59-75. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1080/095006999290831
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Roth, Wolff-Michael, and Campbell McRobbie. "One class, many worlds." Int. J. Sci. Educ. 21, no. 1, (January 1, 1999): 59-75, https://doi.org/10.1080/095006999290831 (accessed 24 April 2024).
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Roth, Wolff-Michael, and Campbell McRobbie. "One class, many worlds." Int. J. Sci. Educ. 21.1 (1999): 59-75. 24 Apr. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1080/095006999290831>.
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