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Learning/Unlearning during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Futuristic Science Education

  1. Educator preparation programs experienced extreme challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many universities and K-12 schools moved to fully online or hybrid instructional models. These abrupt changes signi...

    Authors: Jamie N. Mikeska, Heather Howell and Devon Kinsey
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:23
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  2. Some science education researchers have presented either isolated findings on specific points in time during the pandemic or non-empirical insights or suggestions for how teachers, district leaders, policymake...

    Authors: Meghan Macias, Ashley Iveland, Melissa Rego and Maya Salcido White
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:20
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  3. In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic closed all educational institutions. Teachers were called upon to respond quickly to the needs of K-12 students. They had to learn how to navigate online learning systems w...

    Authors: Heather McPherson and Rebecca Pearce
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:19
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  4. Development of scientific literacy is a crucial aim of science education across the globe and research suggests that this can be realized through student exploration of socioscientific issues. While the COVID-...

    Authors: Ruth Chadwick and Eilish McLoughlin
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:16
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  5. The unique circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic required that instruction be shifted online through asynchronous, synchronous, or hybrid models of instruction. This created a need for many K-12 teachers to d...

    Authors: Jeanna R. Wieselmann and Elizabeth A. Crotty
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:15
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  6. The radical global shift to online teaching that resulted from the initial lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic forced many science educators into the predicament of translating courses, including teaching labora...

    Authors: Joseph Watts, Kent J. Crippen, Corey Payne, Lorelie Imperial and Melanie Veige
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:14
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  7. This study investigates student and teacher use of online instructional YouTube chemistry videos in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Data were collected from a global sample of students (n = 1147) subscribed...

    Authors: Wayne Breslyn and Amy E. Green
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:13
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  8. This special edition is based on the revelation that “the lessons learned and unlearned during COVID-19 grant us an unparalleled opportunity to reflect.” Here, we reflect on lessons learned related to teacher ...

    Authors: Catherine Lammert, Brian Hand, Jee Kyung Suh and Gavin Fulmer
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:12
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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:17

  9. COVID-19 creates an opportunity for science classrooms to relate content about viruses to students’ personal experiences with the pandemic. Previous researchers have shown that students are interested in crisi...

    Authors: Jamie N. Elsner, Troy D. Sadler, Laura Zangori, Patricia J. Friedrichsen and Li Ke
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:11
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  10. This is an empirical study of teacher experiences with school learners (7–18 years) engaging in cross-curricular environmental science during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on #FieldworkLive, a progr...

    Authors: Bethan C. Stagg, Justin Dillon and Janine Maddison
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:9
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  11. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated school closures globally, resulting in an abrupt move to online/distance teaching or emergency remote teaching (ERT). Teachers and students pivoted from face-to-face engageme...

    Authors: Isha DeCoito and Mohammed Estaiteyeh
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:8
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  12. To prepare students to address water-related challenges, undergraduate STEM education must provide them with opportunities to learn and reason about water issues. Water in Society is an introductory-level, inn...

    Authors: Silvia-Jessica Mostacedo-Marasovic, Diane Lally, Destini N. Petitt, Holly White and Cory Forbes
    Citation: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:7
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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research 2022 4:10