Science education: intrinsic and extrinsic factors that limit the use of experimental activities by elementary school teachers

In this paper we discuss the reasons by which teachers of the Brazilian primary school do not make use of experiments in their regular classroom activities. In order to investigate this problem, we have conducted a qualitative research making use of a questionnaire, interviews and an analysis of the...

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Main Authors: Luciana Bandeira da Costa Ramos, Paulo Ricardo da Silva Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2008-12-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID197/v13_n3_a2008.pdf