Abstract

VILCHES, Amparo  and  GIL PEREZ, Daniel. Research and Innovation in Science Education: Necessity of a stronger connection. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2013, n.34, pp.15-27. ISSN 0121-3814.

This paper describes the relationship between Research and Innovation in Science Teaching, showing a worrying disconnection of both activities. Two possible causes of this situation are considered: firstly, most teachers do not pay attention to science education research and even ignore the specific journals where this research is published; and secondly, researchers consider innovation as mere application of research. As a result of this analysis, some proposals have been carried out in order to make research more useful to improve science teaching and learning.

Keywords : Science Education improvement;; Research-Innovation gap; Teacher's Conceptions; Teacher Education; Science Literacy.

        · abstract in Spanish | Portuguese     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )