Philosophy, Science, Education and Culture

Currents such as epistemological and social constructivism, postmodernism, and certain forms of multiculturalism that had become fashionable within science education circles in the last decades lost sight of critical inquiry as the core aim of education. In this book we develop an account of educati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nola, Robert (Autor), Irzik, Gürol (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 28
Temas:
Science-Study and teaching.
Science Education.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Belief, Learning and Education
  • Knowledge, Education and Critical Inquiry
  • Plato on Knowledge, and a Socratic Model of Inquiry
  • Some Problems for Theories of Knowledge and Their Resolution
  • Varieties of Constructivism and the Inaccessibility of Reality Argument
  • The Aims of Science and Critical Inquiry
  • Naive Inductivism as a Methodology in Science
  • Hypothetico-Deductivism as a Methodology in Science
  • Bayesian Methodology in Science
  • Scientific Realism and Modelling Reality
  • Sociology Versus Rationality in Science
  • Lyotard,Postmodernism and Education
  • Multiculturalism and Science Education
  • Politics of Science and Science Education.

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