The Content of Science: A Constructivist Approach to Its Teaching and Learning

The Content of Science: A Constructivist Approach to Its Teaching and Learning
ISBN-10
0750702206
ISBN-13
9780750702201
Category
Education
Pages
278
Language
English
Published
1994-01
Publisher
Psychology Press
Authors
Peter J. Fensham, Richard F. Gunstone

Description

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.

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