| Description |
xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. Pt. I. Science Content and Constructivist Views of Learning and Teaching / Peter J. Fensham, Richard F. Gunstone and Richard T. White. Pt. II. Constructivism: Some History / David Hawkins -- 2. Beginning to Teach Chemistry / Peter J. Fensham -- 3. Generative Science Teaching / Merlin C. Wittrock -- 4. Constructivism, Re-constructivism and Task-orientated Problem-solving / Mike Watts -- 5. Structures, Force and Stability. Design a Playground (Year 6) / Cliff Malcolm -- 6. Pupil's Understanding Magnetism in a Practical Assessment Context: The Relationship Between Content, Process and Progression / Gaalen Erickson. Preamble to Chapters 7, 8 and 9: Approaches to Teaching Primary School Science / Maureen Duke, Wendy Jobling, Telsa Rudd and Kate Brass -- 7. Primary Science in an Integrated Curriculum / Kate Brass and Maureen Duke -- 8. Digging into Science - A Unit Developed for a Year 5 Class / Kate Brass and Wendy Jobling -- 9. Year 3: Research into Science / Kate Brass and Telsa Rudd -- 10. The Importance of Specific Science Content in the Enhancement of Metacognition / Richard F. Gunstone -- 11. The Constructivist Paradigm and Some Implications for Science Content and Pedagogy / Malcolm Carr, Miles Barker, Beverley Bell, Fred Biddulph, Alister Jones, Valda Kirkwood, John Pearson and David Symington -- 12. Making High-tech Micrographs Meaningful to the Biology Student / James H. Wandersee -- 13. Year 9 Bodies / Anne Symons, Kate Brass and Susan Odgers -- 14. Learning and Teaching Energy / Reinders Duit and Peter Haeussler -- 15. Working from Children's Ideas: Planning and Teaching a Chemistry Topic from a Constructivist Perspective / Philip Scott, Hilary Asoko, Rosalind Driver and Jonathan Emberton -- 16. States of Matter - Pedagogical Sequence and Teaching Strategies Based on Cognitive Research / Ruth Stavy -- 17. Pedagogical Outcomes of Research in Science Education: Examples in Mechanics and Thermodynamics / Laurence Viennot and S. Rozier -- 18. Dimensions of Content / Richard T. White -- Postscript / Peter J. Fensham |
| Summary |
"Leading scholars in science education from eight countries on four continents and expert practising science teachers (primary and secondary) wrote about the teaching and learning of particular science content or skills, and hence how different science content requires different sorts of teaching and learning. Having shared the papers, they then met to discuss them and subsequently revised them. The result is a coherent set of chapters that share valuable insights about the teaching and learning of science. Some chapters consider the detail of specific topics (e.g. floating and sinking, soil and chemical change), some describe innovative procedures, others other provide powerful theory. Together they provide a comprehensive analysis of constructivist learning and teaching implications."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Transferred to digital printing 2004" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Constructivism (Education)
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Educational psychology.
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Science -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Fensham, Peter J.
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Gunstone, Richard F.
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White, R. T. (Richard Thomas)
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| LC no. |
93032464 |
| ISBN |
0750702206 |
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0750702214 (paperback) |
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