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Teaching with computer models

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Workshop 1

Introduction
Section A
Section B
Section C
Activity C1
Section D
Section E
Section F
Section G

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Section C  Transformations: content

This is the first of four sections which looks at the transformations made by teachers of curriculum innovations, and the factors affecting these. This section looks at the relationship of computer modelling to subject content, through the use of stories based on research into the work of teachers implementing this innovation. How do teachers see the role of computer modelling and simulation in relation to their existing practice? How does it relate to the subject knowledge of science? Is it another kind of practical work or is it something different altogether? What kinds of things are being taught about science and about computers when simulations are used?

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