Is it feasible to change science teaching in primary education?

Abstract

Some authors consider that the didactic change in primary science education is an impossible task. Indeed, systematic research on this process is still scarce. For this reason, we present a plan, based on research on in-service professional development and in the theory of critical mass for change in social conventions, to achieve didactic change, based on collaboration between a university research team and teaching and principal of a school. We justify the different phases of the plan, define the indicators to evaluate them and show the results of its developmen.