Research Information for Teachers

Thinking about the "big picture": how can school science contribute?

publisher: 
NZCER Press
Journal issue: 
Start page: 
15
Category: 
Author(s): 
Ally Bull, Chris Joyce, and Rosemary Hipkins

This article proposes that if we want students to care about and for the environment they need to develop an understanding of the "big picture"—that is, how the separate elements of a system interact.

A small research project explaining students' understanding of the interconnectedness of the elements of a waterway is discussed.

Links to author pages (sorted by first name): 
Product code Product title Price Quantity
set2007_1_015 Bull, Joyce, Hipkins, Thinking about the "big picture", Set, 2007 $15.00

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