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Science Education : an International Course Companion.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taber, Keith
Otros Autores: Akpan, Ben
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Sense Publishers, 2016.
Colección:New directions in mathematics and science education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. SCIENCE EDUCATION AS A FIELD OF SCHOLARSHIP; SCIENCE EDUCATION PRACTICE AND RESEARCH; The Focus of Science Education as a Field of Scholarship; EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND SER; Levels of SER; Embedded SER; Inherent SER; SCIENCE TEACHER CLASSROOM RESEARCH; WHAT MAKES A FIELD?; HOW IS RESEARCH CARRIED OUT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION?; Experimental Research in Education; Alternatives to Experimental Research; CONCLUSIONS; FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; SECTION I: NATURE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION; 2. REFLECTING THE NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • WHY TEACH SCIENCE?BALANCING SCIENCE PROCESS AND SCIENCE PRODUCT IN THE CURRICULUM; THE NATURE OF 'THE NATURE OF SCIENCE'; KEY ASPECTS OF THE NATURE OF SCIENCE; THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD; THE LIMITS OF SCIENCE; THE CULTURAL EMBEDDEDNESS OF SCIENCE; LOGIC AND CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE; THE HUMAN ASPECT OF SCIENCE; THE INSTITUTIONAL ASPECT OF SCIENCE; THE RHETORICAL NATURE OF SCIENCE; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; Useful Classroom Resources; REFERENCES; 3. HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION; HNOS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • MISCONCEPTIONS REGARDING THE HNOSEFFECTIVELY TEACHING THE HNOS; Important HNOS Issues Worth Addressing in Science Education; HNOS Instruction should be Deliberately Planned ; Making HNOS Instruction Overt to Students; Important Contexts for HNOS Instruction; HNOS Learning Must be Assessed; SUMMARY; Bullet Point List of Main Chapter Ideas; RECOMMENDED RESOURCES; REFERENCES; 4. BELIEFS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION; Beliefs and Commitments; Things that Students Might Believe; Is Science a Factual Subject?; Things that are no Longer True; BELIEF; What is Meant by Belief?
  • Metaphysical CommitmentsMETAPHYSICAL COMMITMENTS OF SCIENCE; Scientific Values; Scientism and Materialism; STUDENTS' BELIEFS AND LEARNING SCIENCE; Alternative Conceptions of Natural Mechanisms; Religious Beliefs that may be Compatible with Science; Beliefs in Supernatural Mechanisms that Compete with Science; TEACHING SCIENCE AS THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE; CONCLUSIONS; FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; 5. EPISTEMIC PRACTICES AND SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION: STUDENTS' PARTICIPATION IN THE EPISTEMIC GOALS OF SCIENCE; EPISTEMIC COGNITION AS A PRACTICE
  • SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES AT THE CENTRE OF SCIENCE TEACHINGThe Role of Activity and Purpose in Practice-based Approaches; Scientific Practices in Policy Recommendations; ENACTING SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS; Investigating: Which Toothpaste is Ineffective in Preventing Cavities?; Evaluating Knowledge: Argumentation in Socio-Scientific Contexts; Developing Explanations and Models: Epistemic Criteria for Good Models; SUMMARY: SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC AND EPISTEMIC PRACTICES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; 6. INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION