Strand 03. Science Teaching Processes and Instructional Design 

Description 

Theories, models, and empirical results about teaching processes, curriculum design and implementation. Includes design, adoption, exchange, refinement and transformation of teaching interventions, materials, and tools, including laboratory and inquiry-based practices. Also, research-based interventions and their roles in curriculum design, instructional paths and learning goals, classroom implementation, refinement, and evaluation of teaching-learning sequences, learning progressions, etc. It also includes models of co-design and factors that influence teachers’ roles, ownership, and accountability.

Sub-themes

• Design and implementation of inquiry-based and laboratory practices
• Research-based interventions in curriculum design and instructional paths
• Evaluation and refinement of teaching-learning sequences and learning progressions
• Co-design models and teacher roles in science education
• Other