Anglický jazyk

Rethinking Science Education

Vydavateľstvo: Information Age Publishing
Rok vydania: 2014
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781623967147

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O knihe

This book presents a "philosophy of science education" as a research field as well as
its value for curriculum, instruction and teacher pedagogy. It seeks to re-think science
education as an educational endeavour by examining why past reform efforts have
been only partially successful, including why the fundamental goal of achieving
scientific literacy after several "reform waves" has proven to be so elusive. The
identity of such a philosophy is first defined in relation to the fields of philosophy,
philosophy of science, and philosophy of education. It argues that educational theory
can support teacher's pedagogical content knowledge and that history, philosophy and
sociology of science should inform and influence pedagogy. Some case studies are
provided which examine the nature of science and the nature of language to illustrate
why and how a philosophy of science education contributes to science education reform. It seeks to contribute in general to
the improvement of curriculum design and science teacher education. The perspective to be taken on board is that to teach
science is to have a philosophical frame of mind-about the subject, about education, about one's personal teacher identity.