Designing hands-on, inquiry-based activities incorporating contemporary science

• Published in: Teaching science (Deakin West, A.C.T.) Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 48 - 54
• Main Authors: Lim, Kieran F, Long, John M, White, Peta J, Bentley, Ian D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Deakin Australian Science Teachers Association 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Activity programs (Education); Advancing Science by Enhancing Learning in the Laboratory (ASELL); Case studies; Curricula; Curriculum; Discovery learning; Education; Foreign Countries; Industry; Inquiry; Instructional design; Interdisciplinary Approach; Jurisdiction; Methods; Primary secondary education; Program design; School Business Relationship; Science activities; Science Education; Science Laboratories; Science teaching; Scientific cooperation; Secondary School Science; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Australia; Victoria
• ISSN: 1449-6313; 1839-2946

The Advancing Science and Engineering through Laboratory Learning (ASELL) for Schools program has been instrumental in getting schools across Australia to reconsider the effectiveness of the laboratory learning activity (LLA) in science education. In Victoria, the ASELL for Schools project has collaborated with another nationally funded program, the Reconceptualising Maths and Science Pre-service Teacher Education Program (ReMSTEP), to integrate contemporary science and industry links into the redesign of LLAs. In this paper, we present some of the ideas that are used to re-craft an LLA, along with four case studies. [Author abstract]