Research Perspectives in Science Education PiEnCias
Academic Unit: Faculty of Education
Colombian Ministry of Science
OECD
Discipline
Social sciences
Subdiscipline
Educational sciences
Strategic Focus
To train teacher-researchers with strengths in current research perspectives in Science Education (especially as it pertains to their reflection on their knowledge and own practices) and the critical use of ICT in science teaching and learning processes supported by epistemological, pedagogical, and didactic dimensions. To raise strategic alliances to another level in addressing environmental and sustainability issues, reflections on teaching and learning processes of scientific concepts, challenges, obstacles, and tensions faced by a science teacher when making use of Project-Based Learning.
Research Areas and Topics
- Information and Communication Technologies for the teaching of natural sciences.
- Training of natural science teachers.
- Environmental Education.
- Project-Based Learning.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)