Nature of Science in Science Education

Rationales and Strategies

AvW.F. McComas

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

Del i serien Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education

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Beskrivning

The Nature of Science in Science Education is the first book to blend a justification for the inclusion of the history and philosophy of science in science teaching with methods by which this vital content can be shared with a variety of learners. It contains a complete analysis of the variety of tools developed thus far to assess learning in this domain. This book is relevant to science methods instructors, science education graduate students and science teachers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-06-30
Mått:156 x 234 x 29 mm
Vikt:756 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN:9780792350804

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Rationales for Including Nature of Science in Science Instruction.- The Role and Character of the Nature of Science in Science Education.- The Nature of Science in International Science Education Standards Documents.- The Principal Elements of the Nature of Science: Dispelling the Myths.- Communicating the Nature of Science: Plans, Approaches and Strategies.- The Card Exchange: Introducing the Philosophy of Science.- Avoiding De-Natured Science: Activities that Promote Understandings of the Nature of Science.- Confronting Students’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science with Cooperative Controversy.- Nature of Science Activities Using the Dichotomy to a Philosophy Checklist Scientific Profile: From the Hawking-Gould.- Learning by Designing a Case of Heuristic Directed Theory Development in Science Teachting.- Using Historical Case Studies in Biology to Explore the Nature of Science: A Professional Development Program for High School Teachers.- A History of Science Approach to the Natureof Science: Learning Science by Rediscovering it.- Integrating the Nature of Science with Student Teaching: Rationale and Strategies.- Communicating the Nature of Science: Courses and Course Elements.- A Thematic Introduction to the Nature of Science: The Rationale and Content of a Course for Science Educators.- The Nature of Science: Achieving Scientific Literacy by Doing Science.- Elementary Science Teaching Methods: Developing and Measuring Student Views about the Nature of Science.- Nature of Science: Implications for Education an Undergraduate Course for Prospective Teachers.- The Use of Real and Imaginary Cases in Communicating the Nature of Science: A Course Outline.- Teaching the Nature of Science as an Element of Science, Technology and Society.- Of Starting Points and Destinations: Teacher Education and the Nature of Science.- A Programme for Developing Understanding of the Nature of Science in Teacher Education.- The Nature of Science as a Foundation for Teaching Science: Evolution as a Case Study.- Assessing the Nature of Science Understanding.- Assessing Understanding of the Nature of Science: A Historical Perspective.