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Results and Perspectives from the Rose Project

Attitudinal aspects of young people and science in a comparative perspective

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Science Education Research and Practice in Europe

Part of the book series: Cultural Perpectives in Science Education ((CHPS,volume 5))

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This article presents the comparative project ROSE (The Relevance of Science Education) on how 15-year old learners relate to science (and technology). The focus of ROSE is on the learners’ science and technology (S&T) related prior experiences, their interests, their future plans, their attitudes to and perceptions of school science and science in society, their views on the environmental challenges and questions about priorities for their future job.

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  1. University of Oslo, Norway

    Svein Sjøberg

  2. The Research Council of Norway, Norway

    Camilla Schreiner

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  1. Universiity of Oslo, Norway

    Doris Jorde

  2. King’s College London, London, UK

    Justin Dillon

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Sjøberg, S., Schreiner, C. (2012). Results and Perspectives from the Rose Project. In: Jorde, D., Dillon, J. (eds) Science Education Research and Practice in Europe. Cultural Perpectives in Science Education, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-900-8_9

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