Inspired by the Salters Approach (UK) and ChemCom (USA), units for a new curriculum for chemistry teaching are being developed in Germany based on theories of scientific literacy, motivation, and situated learning. The curriculum follows a context-based approach. Rather than using the structure of the discipline, it generates basic chemical concepts from issues relevant to the learners, starting with the learners' ideas and questions. The teaching methodology of the course builds strongly on self-directed and cooperative forms of learning activities in the classroom. Currently, a large implementation program is under way with working groups of teachers in 14 of the 16 federal states (Bundesländer) in Germany. This program combines the development of teaching units, their implementation in schools, and the professional development of teachers. Now in its third year, the project has yielded positive results and funds for continuation have been granted.
Zusammenfassung: unter "transfer von Innovationen" versteht man in der Bildungsforschung die Verbreitung wissenschaftlich fundierter Innovationen im Bildungssystem. In diesem Artikel wird nach einer Begriffsbestimmung von transfer zunächst ein Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Forschung gegeben, welche Faktoren eine erfolgreiche Verbreitung von Innovationen im Bildungssystem beeinflussen. Im zweiten Teil des Aufsatzes werden vier verschiedene Strategien vorgestellt, mit denen wissenschaftliche ergebnisse in der praxis verbreitet werden können. Dabei werden jene Strategien, die in Deutschland im rahmen von Modellversuchsprogrammen verwendet werden mit international weit verbreiteten Ansätzen verglichen. Diese internationalen Ansätze sind stärker outputorientiert, berücksichtigen also, welche wirkungen die Innovationen bei den Schülerinnen und Schülern haben -insbesondere in Bezug auf deren Leistungsentwicklung. In einer ersten Gegenüberstellung werden klassische top-down-Strategien mit evidenzbasierten Strategien verglichen. Das zweite Vergleichspaar sind partizipative Strategien vs. Design-Forschung. Abschließend wird diskutiert, welche rolle die Bildungsforschung bei diesen Strategien einnimmt.
Schlüsselwörter: Innovationen · transfer · transferforschung · Schulentwicklung · Outputsteuerung
Keyword: transfer and transfer research in education scienceAbstract: "transfer of innovation" is understood in education science as concerned with the dissemination of scientifically based innovations in educational systems. This contribution will begin with a more precise definition of the term transfer, an overview of the current state of research and on which factors influence the successful dissemination of innovations in educational systems. In the second part, four strategies will be presented which enable the dissemination of scientific evidence into practical settings. here we will compare strategies which have been used within the context of pilot programmes in Germany with internationally established approaches. these international approaches are more output-orientated and, therefore, look to the effects of innovations on pupils-especially with respect to performance development. the comparison contrasts classic top-down with evidence-based strategies and participative strategies with design-research approaches. Finally, we discuss the role given to educational research within these strategies.
This study explores the effect of a conceptual change text on students' awareness of common misconceptions on the particle model of matter. The conceptual change text was designed based on principles of text comprehensibility, of conceptual change instruction and of instructional approaches how to introduce the particle model. It was evaluated in an empirical study with 214 students. Students' learning was measured with a pre-post-test design. Item response theory was used for analysing students' answers. We found that reading the criteria-based text fostered students' awareness of common misconceptions about the particle model and yielded overall improved results as compared to reading a traditional text.
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