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Vision for Science Education.
One of the most important and consistent voices in the reform of science education over the last thirty years has been that of Peter Fensham. His vision of a democratic and socially responsible science education for all has inspired change in schools and colleges throughout the world. Often moving a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Peter James Fensham (1927); Living the dream: Peter James Fensham, social justice, and science education; Science for all; Science for all: learner-centred science; Making science matter; 'Science for All': reflections from Indonesia; Science, technology, and society: learning for the modern world; STS education: a rose by any other name; The UK and the movement for science, technology, and society (STS) education; Gender in science teaching; Science for all? Science for girls? Which girls?
- Understanding gender difference in science education: Peter Fensham's contributionThe theory and practice of science teaching; Fensham's lodestar criterion; Politics of the science curriculum; Partners or opponents: the role of academic scientists in secondary science education; Perspectives and possibilities in the politics of science curriculum; Peter Fensham's reform agenda: the 'vision thing'; Visions, research, and school practice; Changing the script for science teaching; Peter Fensham's impact on science education in Australia and science education research around the world.
- Impact of science education now and in the futureThe importance of being able to see 'the big picture': a personal appraisal of Fensham's influence on science education research and development; Afterword: a new centre for research on science curriculum; Appendix; Peter Fensham: selected publications; Index.