Hva skjer i naturfagklasserommet? – resultater fra en videobasert klasseromsstudie; PISA+

Abstract

The aim of the PISA+ project is to pursue problematic findings in the international PISA survey. Through in-depth studies of classroom processes we wish to gain insight in how to understand and interpret the Norwegian results. The PISA+ project is a qualitative video study using observations and interviews. It includes six ninth grade classes followed for three weeks each in math, Norwegian and science. This paper focuses on the science lessons, and seeks to scrutinize which learning activities thestudents are offered, how the students can influence the lessons and to which extent they can learn science through own experience and talking science. We conclude that science teachers are quite open to student initiatives, and that the dominating learning activity is going through new subject matter in dialogue with the students. However, we saw very little inquiry science where students used practical experiments as a basis to actively talk science.