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14 September 2015 to 17 September 2015Belfast

Tuesday 15th September 2015
11.30 – 13.00

1.21

Science Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Teacher learning
Chair: Oversby, John – University of Reading

*0581 – Professional Change in Beginning Science Teachers’ Attitudes and Values
Airey, Jeremy – University of York; Dunlop, Lynda – University of York

*0608 – Helping trainee primary teachers from non – traditional backgrounds to develop their subject knowledge in science: a pilot study
Lewis, Jacqueline – University of Roehampton

0218 – Hands up for Health: Using high fidelity simulation to deliver heath education to inner-city young people
Thomas, Beth – St Thomas Hospital; Jones, Anna – Glasgow Caledonian University; Mau, Ada – King’s College London

Tuesday 15th September 2015
15.45 – 17.15

2.22

Science Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Modelling
Chair: Oversby, John – University of Reading

0293 – Interpreting teacher’s practice (related to creativity) through visual representations of their actions
Frodsham, Sarah – Oxford Brookes University

0472 – A historical approach to understanding Gymnasium students’ galvanic cell diagrams
Oversby, John – University of Reading

0539 – Science Teaching for Transition (nursery/primary and primary/post-primary) in the Outdoor Classroom
Kerr, Karen – Queen’s University Belfast

Wednesday 16th September 2015
09.00 – 10.30

3.21

Science Education
Session Type: Symposia

0467 – Nurturing the Rich Learning and Teaching of Science
Hillier, Judith – University of Oxford; Feng, Wai Yi – University of Cambridge; Bowker, Anne – University Campus Suffolk; Montagu, David – Royal Society

Wednesday 16th September 2015
13.30 – 15.00

4.20

Science Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Early Careers
Chair: Oversby, John – University of Reading

*0074 – Making-sense of ‘making-sense’ in physics education: a microgenetic collective case study
Brock, Richard – Cambridge University

*0260 – Classroom talk and cognitive development in bilingual secondary science classrooms
Bansal, Garima – University of Delhi

0389 – Years 9 and 10 students’ views on science and science learning
Ng, Wan – University of New South Wales

Wednesday 16th September 2015
15.45 – 17.15

5.20

Science Education
Session Type: Innovation Session

0461 – The use of the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) surveys as a tool to promote effective outdoor learning in science
Kerr, Karen – Queen’s University Belfast; McCarron, Gretta – Queen’s University Belfast

Thursday 17th September 2015
09.00 – 10.30

6.20

Science Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Higher order and motivation
Chair: Cheung, Derek – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

0245 – Strategies for Enhancing Students’ Situational Interest in Science Lessons
Cheung, Derek – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Thursday 17th September 2015
14.30 – 16.00

8.15

Science Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Interactive thinking
Chair: Oversby, John – University of Reading

0318 – Learning to be a Scientist through Inhabiting a Role
Baskerville, Delia – Victoria University; Duggan, Adrienne – Oxford Brookes University; Anderson, Dayle –Victoria University; McGregor, Debra – Oxford Brookes University

0261 – Analysing narratives of doctoral studies in science education
Simon, Shirley – UCL Institute of Education; Ottander, Christina – Umea University; Parchmann, Ilka – IPN University of Kiel