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Darwin-inspired learning /
Charles Darwin has been extensively analysed and written about as a scientist, Victorian, father and husband. However, this is the first book to present a carefully thought out pedagogical approach to learning that is centered on Darwin?s life and scientific practice. The ways in which Darwin develo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rotterdam :
Sense Publishers,
[2015]
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| Colección: | New directions in mathematics and science education ;
Volume 28. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; OPEN WINDOW; INTRODUCTION:Darwin-Inspired Learning; DARWIN'S HERITAGE; DEVELOPING A SENSE OF PLACE; THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVE HANDS-ON ENQUIRY; CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT WHAT AND HOW WE KNOW; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; DEVELOPING WORK WITH LEARNERS; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; DARWIN'S HERITAGE; 1. ENTERING DARWIN'S LIFE; INTRODUCTION; SCHOOLBOY
- EXPLORING AND EXPLOSIONS; UNIVERSITY
- FIELD TRIPS WITH EXPERTS; THE BEAGLE VOYAGE; LONDON AND SPECIES THEORY; DOWNE 1
- A PLACE TO WORK; BARNACLES; EXPERIMENTS; DARWIN-INSPIRED LEARNING.
- Noticing, Questioning and TestingObserving Closely; Discerning Patterns and Exceptions; Experimenting; Measuring; 'Fools' Experiments '; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 2. THE WORLD OF DOWNE:Charles Darwin's Living Laboratory; INTRODUCTION; DARWIN AND DOWNE1; WARDROBES AND CORSETS; PLACE: THE LAB-FIELD BORDER; DARWIN'S WAYS OF WORKING; OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT; SCIENCE IN THE GARDEN; LONG-TERM MONITORING; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 3. 'PESTER THEM WITH LETTERS': USING DARWIN'S CORRESPONDENCE IN THE CLASSROOM:The Darwin Correspondence Project; WHAT CAN THE LETTERS TEACH US ABOUT DARWIN?
- LEARNING ABOUT DARWIN IN SCHOOLSCase Study 1: English; Case Study 2: History; Case S tudy 3: Science; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; DEVELOPING A SENSE OF PLACE; 4. LEARNING IN CULTIVATED GARDENS AND OTHER OUTDOOR LANDSCAPES; INTRODUCTION; LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM; Learning Science Outside the Classroom; Real Science Outside of the Classroom; Creativity at the Centre of Learning Outside the Classroom; HIDDEN SPACES; DARWIN-INSPIRED LEARNING THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF A BIOLOGY FIELD VISIT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
- 5. LEARNING TO READ NATURE TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURAL WORLD AND HOW IT WORKSINTRODUCTION; Ecological Literacy; LEARNING TO READ NATURE; Darwin's Ability to Read Nature; How Students Can Learn to Read Nature; The Legacy of Linnaeus; The Importance of Being Able to Read Nature for Teaching and Learning; Important Features of Reading Nature from Research; Knowledge of Species: What Is Its Name?; Autecology: Why Does It Live Here?; Systems Ecology: How Does It Relate to Everything Else?; Ecological Puzzling; How Can We Know if the Students Can Read Nature?
- From Concrete to Abstract: Learning to Speak 'Ecologish'From the Abstract to the Concrete System in a Forest Ecosystem; Transferring Ecological Literacy to Another Ecosystem; CONCLUSIONS; Implications for Teaching; NOTES; REFERENCES; 6. WALKING WITH DARWIN IN RIO DE JANEIRO:Learning about Cultural and Historical Values; INTRODUCTION; DARWIN'S TRAILS; Between the Past and the Present; Exploring the Darwin Record s; DARWIN IN RIO DE JANEIRO, 1832; WALKING WITH DARWIN; Revisiting Darwin's Walks on the Serra da Tiririca; Darwin's Walk in Rio de Janeiro; HOW DARWIN INSPIRES LEARNING.