The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Science Education

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John Gilbert
Psychology Press, 2004 - Education - 278 pages

This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in science education today. In order to identify what themes should be addressed in the book, thirty-eight science educators from around the world responded to the question: 'What issues are currently important in science education in your country?' The outcome is this lively and authoritative Reader, which features topics as varied as:

  • globalisation
  • assessment
  • pupil's views on science education
  • environmental education
  • teaching approaches
  • teacher development
  • multimedia and ICT
  • constructivism.

With a specially written introduction from the editor, providing a much-needed context to the current education climate, students of science education will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding.

 

Contents

Structuring the issues to be addressed
6
PART I
13
trends relationships
22
Assessing the state of current research
31
Scientific literacy
39
PART II
53
The place of argumentation in the pedagogy of school science
97
Interactive multimedia and modelbased learning in biology
110
97
142
PART III
147
Purposes for assessment
189
PART IV
201
PART V
243
A model for achieving teacher development
258
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