1st Edition

Developments And Dilemmas In Science Education

    332 Pages
    by Routledge

    by Routledge

    A summary of the strengths and weaknesses in present practices of science education in schools, and of research in science education. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

    Chapter 1 Familiar but Different: Some Dilemmas and New Directions in Science Education Chapter 2 What Counts as Science Education? Chapter 3 Teachers in Science Education Chapter 4 Learners in Science Education Chapter 5 What Children Bring to Light: Towards Understanding What the Primary School Science Learner Is Trying to Do Chapter 6 Theory into Practice I Chapter 7 Theory into Practice II: A Constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development Chapter 8 Role of Language in Science Education Chapter 9 Practical Work and Science Education I Chapter 10 Practical Work and Science Education II Chapter 11 Gender and Science Education I Chapter 12 Gender and Science Education II Chapter 13 The Dilemma of Science, Technology and Society Education Chapter 14 Broadening the Aims of Physics Education

    Biography

    Australia. Peter Fensham Monash University