New technologies will allow Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) in the near future to analyse traces at the crime scene and receive identification information while still conducting the investigation. These developments could have considerable effects on the way an investigation is conducted. CSIs may start …

Studying real-time teacher-student interaction provides insight into student's learning processes. In this study, upper grade elementary teachers were supported to optimize their instructional skills required for co-constructing scientific understanding. First, we examined the effect of the Video Feedback …

This paper presents (part of) an illustrated letter to Musa Katuramu (Uganda, *1916 / †1983), whose photographs I appropriated and present in a book. Appropriation is an important but problematic gesture. Through it I try to do justice to the social biographies of images I work with, and to make them …

This article focuses on engagements with elephants in diverse contexts, inquiring why some scholars are indifferent or even actively opposed to discourses that emphasise elephant suffering. In order to address this question, this article will explore three interrelated streams within social science: …

In a large body of research the influence of contextual information on decisions made in a broad range of disciplines has been studied. To date, the influence of these expectancy effects on the crime scene investigation has not been studied. In the present study we explored the effect of prior information …

Studenten bereiden een NW&T les voor aan de hand van het 5-stappenplan voor natuuronderwijs (didactisering van een onderzoekscylus) en zetten daarbij de werkvorm ‘observatie- en demonstratiekring’ in. Daarbij moeten zij ter voorbereiding aangeven welke (leerlinggerichte) vragen zij de leerlingen willen …

In de eerste opdracht binnen dit portfolio werken studenten een leerlijn mbt een specifiek vakinhoudelijk onderwerp uit op drie verschillende niveaus. Voor ieder niveau ontwerpen zij een les, waarbij zij beargumenteren hoe de ontworpen les ruimte geeft, structuur biedt en de ontwikkeling van leerlingen …

This chapter focuses on how pupil’s scientific understanding can be studied. The principles of a complex dynamic systems approach are highlighted.

The number of out-of-school science programs, which refers to science education at outside school environments, is gradually increasing. Although out-of-school programs are generally considered to be important for the development of pupils’ science knowledge and skills, more evidence concerning the learning …