Avi Hofstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3474336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Avi Hofstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Avi |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofstein |
| SIGNATURE | HOFSTEIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Weizmann Institute of Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1688-6921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A comparison between Arab and Jewish preservice teachers’ knowledge levels, risk perceptions, and intentions to use renewable energy
Preparing future science teachers to teach about renewable energy has become a priority because schools are increasingly expected to support sustainable energy transitions. This study examined how knowledge of renewable energy, risk perceptions, and behavioural intentions are related among preservice science teachers, and whether these patterns differ between Arab and Jewish education students. The study drew on the Theory of Planned Behavior and…
Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Toward Educational Renewable Energy Sources in Arab Society in Israel
The Laboratory as a Vehicle for Enhancing Argumentation Among Pre-Service Science Teachers
The meaning of ‘relevance’ in science education and its implications for the science curriculum
‘Relevance’ is one of the key terms related to reforms in the teaching and learning of science. It is often used by policy-makers, curriculum developers, science education researchers and science teachers. In recent years, many policy documents based on international surveys have claimed that science education is often seen (especially at the secondary school level) as being irrelevant for and by the learners. The literature suggests that making …
The laboratory in science education
The laboratory has been given a central and distinctive role in science education, and science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory activities. Twenty years have been elapsed since we published a frequently cited, critical review of the research on the school science laboratory (Hofstein & Lunetta, Rev. Educ. Res. 52 (2), 201–217, 1982). Twenty years later, we are living in an era of dramatic new te…
Inquiry in science education
This paper set emerged from an international symposium that aimed to shed light on issues associated with the enactment of inquiry both as means (i.e., inquiry as an instructional approach) and as ends (i.e., inquiry as a learning outcome) in precollege science classrooms. The symposium contributors were charged with providing perspectives from their countries on the following major themes: (a) philosophical and practical conceptions of inquiry i…
Factors that influence learning during a scientific field trip in a natural environment
This study deals with the educational effectiveness of field trips. The main purpose was to obtain insight concerning factors that might influence the ability of students to learn during a scientific field trip in a natural environment. The research was conducted in the context of a 1‐day geologic field trip by 296 students in Grades 9 through 11 in high schools in Israel. The study combined qualitative and quantitative research methods. Data wer…
A comparison of the attitude towards and interest in science in general and science learning in particular of 8th and 11th grade students in Israel
Classroom learning environment and student attitudes towards chemistry
Student evaluation of laboratory work in two chemistry curricula
Inquiry in science education
This paper set emerged from an international symposium that aimed to shed light on issues associated with the enactment of inquiry both as means (i.e., inquiry as an instructional approach) and as ends (i.e., inquiry as a learning outcome) in precollege science classrooms. The symposium contributors were charged with providing perspectives from their countries on the following major themes: (a) philosophical and practical conceptions of inquiry i…
Student evaluation of laboratory work in two chemistry curricula
Classroom learning environment and student attitudes towards chemistry
A comparison of the attitude towards and interest in science in general and science learning in particular of 8th and 11th grade students in Israel
Factors that influence learning during a scientific field trip in a natural environment
This study deals with the educational effectiveness of field trips. The main purpose was to obtain insight concerning factors that might influence the ability of students to learn during a scientific field trip in a natural environment. The research was conducted in the context of a 1‐day geologic field trip by 296 students in Grades 9 through 11 in high schools in Israel. The study combined qualitative and quantitative research methods. Data wer…
The laboratory in science education
The laboratory has been given a central and distinctive role in science education, and science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory activities. Twenty years have been elapsed since we published a frequently cited, critical review of the research on the school science laboratory (Hofstein & Lunetta, Rev. Educ. Res. 52 (2), 201–217, 1982). Twenty years later, we are living in an era of dramatic new te…
Inquiry in science education
This paper set emerged from an international symposium that aimed to shed light on issues associated with the enactment of inquiry both as means (i.e., inquiry as an instructional approach) and as ends (i.e., inquiry as a learning outcome) in precollege science classrooms. The symposium contributors were charged with providing perspectives from their countries on the following major themes: (a) philosophical and practical conceptions of inquiry i…
The meaning of ‘relevance’ in science education and its implications for the science curriculum
‘Relevance’ is one of the key terms related to reforms in the teaching and learning of science. It is often used by policy-makers, curriculum developers, science education researchers and science teachers. In recent years, many policy documents based on international surveys have claimed that science education is often seen (especially at the secondary school level) as being irrelevant for and by the learners. The literature suggests that making …
The Laboratory as a Vehicle for Enhancing Argumentation Among Pre-Service Science Teachers
Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Toward Educational Renewable Energy Sources in Arab Society in Israel
A comparison between Arab and Jewish preservice teachers’ knowledge levels, risk perceptions, and intentions to use renewable energy
Preparing future science teachers to teach about renewable energy has become a priority because schools are increasingly expected to support sustainable energy transitions. This study examined how knowledge of renewable energy, risk perceptions, and behavioural intentions are related among preservice science teachers, and whether these patterns differ between Arab and Jewish education students. The study drew on the Theory of Planned Behavior and…
Mathematics education (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Science Education and Pedagogy (6 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Science education (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (3 works) · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (3 works)