Science Education Seminar
Sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemical Education
Research Group (CERG)

Monday 11th July 2005, Cambridge

Lunch from 12.30
Seminar 13.00-14.00 (including questions and discussion)

Secondary students' multiple representations relating to the
structure of matter
Alejandra Garcia Franco
Learning Science Laboratory, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
and Visiting Scholar - Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Considered as one of the most powerful ideas in chemistry, the
particle theory of matter is part of the secondary school curriculum
across the world. Research has shown that students construct
different understandings relating to particle theory and that their
use of particle ideas is not always consistent, nor coherent. This
seminar will discuss findings from an ongoing study that is looking
at the detailed construction of these representations, and trying to
identify elements (conceptual, contextual, or epistemological) that
trigger the use of a particular representation. In particular, the
seminar will report on a series of interviews with students aged
13-18 undertaken in the UK and in Mexico.

Monday 11th July 2005
Lunch from 12.30
Seminar 13.00-14.00 (including questions and discussion)
at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
(184, Hills Road, Cambridge, see for maps and transport information,
see http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/about/location.html)

Those intending to attend should book their places by contacting:

Dr. Keith S. Taber
University Lecturer in Science Education
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
184 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 2PQ

kst24@...

Places are free for members of the RSC, members of the University of
Cambridge, school and college teachers, and others with an interest
in the topic.


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Dr. Keith S. Taber
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/staff/taber.html
University Lecturer in Science Education
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
184 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 2PQ


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