Using Drawings to Demonstrate Informal Science Learning Experiences through the Contextual Model of Learning

Everyday activities engage learners in scientific practices in multiple contexts over time through various experiences. These everyday activities provide opportunities to engage in scientific practices in relaxed but informative environments. In these env

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Drawing for Science Education An International Perspective

Edited by Phyllis Katz University of Maryland, USA

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ISBN: 978-94-6300-873-0 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-874-7 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-875-4 (e-book)

Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgements

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1. Introduction: Drawing and Science Are Inseparable: Drawing is a Human Expression for Teaching/Learning Phyllis Katz

1

Section One: Drawing a Single Image 2. Draw Your Physics Homework? Art as a Path to Understanding and Assessment in Undergraduate Science Education Jatila van der Veen

11

3. Reflective Drawings as Means for Depicting ICTs Roles in Science and Engineering Learning in the 21st Century Miri Barak

31

4. Can I Get Directions to My Kidneys Please? Social Interactions as a Source of Knowledge of Internal Anatomy Patricia Patrick

41

5. Development of Biological Literacy through Drawing Organisms Amauri Betini Bartoszeck and Sue Dale Tunnicliffe

55

6. Anatomic Drawing for Medical Education Gary Wind

67

7. Learning from Children’s Drawings of Nature Amy Dai

73

8. The Understanding of Human Anatomy Elicited from Drawings of Some Bangladeshi Village Women and Children Sue Dale Tunnicliffe and Angshuman Sarker

87

Section Two: Drawings in a Series to Examine Change 9. Drawing Experiences in Marine Conservation Jill Cainey, Lauren Humphrey and Rob Bowker

97

10. Discovering Children’s Science Associations Utilizing Drawings Susanne Neumann and Martin Hopf

111

11. Using Drawings to Demonstrate Informal Science Learning Experiences through the Contextual Model of Learning Katrina Roseler and Michael Dentzau

123

12. Appropriate Integration of Children’s Drawings in the Acquisition of Science Concepts Ni Chang

135

13. Changes in Children’s Knowledge about Their Internal Anatomy between First and Ninth Grades Michèle Stears and Edith Roslyn Dempster

147

14. Learning Physics at Science Centers: Use of Visitors’ Drawings to Investigate Learning at an Interactive Sound Exhibit Terrence McClafferty and Léonie Rennie

155

Section Three: Drawings That Illustrate the Perceived Culture of Science (Who and What) 15. The Evolution of the Analysis of the Draw-a-Scientist Test: What Children’s Illustrations of Scientists Tell Us and Why Educators Should Listen Donna Farland-Smith 16. Using Drawing to Reveal Science Teachers’ Beliefs about Science Teaching