Introduction: Problem solving and the curriculum.- What we know from the literature.- The study.- The findings.- Discussion and implications.
Ronald Mazorodze is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Suffolk, Associate Lecturer with the UCL’s College of Leadership and Learning and Visiting Science Education Lecturer with the University of Greenwich. Ronald has taught Physics in Cuba and Africa as well as conducting research and publishing on Physics problem solving with a focus on collaboration, metacognition and strategy instruction.
Michael J. Reiss is Professor of Science Education at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Kiel and York and the Royal Veterinary College. The former Director of Education at the Royal Society, he is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and has written extensively about curricula, pedagogy and assessment in science education and has directed a very large number of research, evaluation and consultancy projects over the past twenty five years funded by UK Research Councils, Government Departments, charities and international agencies.