Analysis of K-12 Nano-science and Nano-technology Educational Content in Australia and United States of America with a focus on Teaching and Learning Strategies

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faculty member of Organization for Educational Research and Planning (OERP)

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The aim of this study was investigation the teaching and learning strategies has been extracted from nano-science and nano-technology educational contents to find out the relationship between the type of strategy with content and educational period, and also making comparison between samples due to teaching and learning strategies. The study was conducted by using mixed method research (an exploration design). The population of this study was all pioneer countries in the field of nano-science and nano-technology in their K-12 programs. Samples (United States of America and Australia) were selected through nonprobability-purposive sampling method according some defined criteria. It was found that the extracted teaching and learning strategies (of the two studied samples) had shown high diversity, so that, the nineteen and twenty one strategies were recognized from the analyzed educational contents of USA and Australia, respectively. It was found the extracted strategies were highly affected from the subject and the educational period as well as the educational possibilities, priorities and policies.

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