ISBN:
9789401141710
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (176p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Science & Technology Education Library 9
Series Statement:
Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education 9
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Education
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Genetic epistemology
;
Science Study and teaching
;
Science education.
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Epistemology.
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Ethics
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Anthropology
;
Science—Study and teaching.
;
Knowledge, Theory of.
Abstract:
The primary goal of Everday Thoughts about Nature is to understand how typical ninth-grade students and their science teachers think about Nature or the natural world, and how their thoughts are related to science. In pursuing this goal, the book raises a basic question about the purpose of science education for the public. Should science education seek to educate `scientific thinkers' in the pattern of science teachers? Or, should science education seek to foster sound science learning within the matrices of various cultural perspectives? By carefully examining the ideas about Nature held by a group of students and their science teachers, Cobern argues that the purpose of science education for the public is `to foster sound science learning within the matrices of various cultural perspectives'. Cobern's two books, World View Theory and Science Education Research and now Everyday Thoughts about Nature, provide complementary accounts of theoretical and empirical foundations for worldview theory in science education. While many graduate students and researchers have benefited from his earlier work, many more will continue to benefit from this book
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-011-4171-0
URL:
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