Reconsidering science learning /
This informative book looks at science learning in a wide range of contexts.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
RoutledgeFalmer : Open University,
2004.
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| ISBN: | 0203464028 9780203464021 9780415328302 0415328306 9780415328319 0415328314 1134334990 9781134334995 1280074434 9781280074431 9786610074433 6610074437 1134334982 9781134334988 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Sources; Preface; What is science?; What is science? Teaching science in secondary schools; School science, citizenship and the public understanding of science; School science and its problems with scientific literacy; Learning science; The child; Constructing scientific knowledge in the classroom; Transforming schools into communities of thinking and learning about serious matters; Narratives of science; Preparing students for competent scientific practice: implications of recent research in science and technology studies.
- Where's the science? Understanding the form and function of workplace scienceLaboratories; Opportunities for developing inclusive science learning; Transcending cultural borders: implications for science teaching; Cultural perspectives on the teaching and learning of science; Defining 'science' in a multicultural world: implications for science education; Marginalization of socio-scientific material in science technology society s.