Outreach Science Education: Evidence-Based Studies in a Gene Technology Lab

Franz-Josef Scharfenberg; Franz X. Bogner

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a

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Franz-Josef Scharfenberg ¹ ^* , Franz X. Bogner ¹

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¹ University of Bayreuth, GERMANY^* Corresponding Author

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Nowadays, outreach labs are important informal learning environments in science education. After summarizing research to goals outreach labs focus on, we describe our evidence-based gene technology lab as a model of a research-driven outreach program. Evaluation-based optimizations of hands-on teaching based on cognitive load theory (additional group discussions) and on conceptual change theory (consideration of students’ alternative conceptions) achieved higher instructional efficiencies. We argue both modifications as generalizable for science teaching. As more general results, we describe identified student cognitive load types and problems of tutoring in hands-on teaching. Finally, we present our innovative approach of combining student and preservice teacher education, theory-based on pedagogical content knowledge by focusing on preservice teachers’ change from student, to tutor, to teacher roles.

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outreach education
hands-on teaching
cognitive load theory
tutoring
preservice teacher education
Pedagogical Content Knowledge

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2014, 329-341

https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a

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Scharfenberg, F.-J., & Bogner, F. X. (2014). Outreach Science Education: Evidence-Based Studies in a Gene Technology Lab. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a

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Scharfenberg FJ, Bogner FX. Outreach Science Education: Evidence-Based Studies in a Gene Technology Lab. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(4):329-41. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a

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Scharfenberg FJ, Bogner FX. Outreach Science Education: Evidence-Based Studies in a Gene Technology Lab. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a

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Scharfenberg, Franz-Josef, and Franz X. Bogner. "Outreach Science Education: Evidence-Based Studies in a Gene Technology Lab". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2014 10 no. 4 (2014): 329-341. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a

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Scharfenberg, F.-J., and Bogner, F. X. (2014). Outreach Science Education: Evidence-Based Studies in a Gene Technology Lab. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(4), pp. 329-341. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a

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Scharfenberg, Franz-Josef et al. "Outreach Science Education: Evidence-Based Studies in a Gene Technology Lab". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, no. 4, 2014, pp. 329-341. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1086a