Advances in Nature of Science Research Concepts and Methodologies /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Khine, Myint Swe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Θέματα: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Science education.; Teaching.; Science Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Curriculum Studies.

This book consolidates contemporary thinking and research efforts in teaching and learning about the nature of science in science education. The term ‘Nature of Science’ (NoS) has appeared in the science education literature for many decades. While there is still a controversy among science educator...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword, Richard Coll
• PART I: Conceptual Issues in the Nature of Science Research
• Chapter 1Changing the Focus: From Nature of Science to Features of Science, Michael Matthews
• Chapter 2 Perceptual, Attentional, and Cognitive Heuristics that Interact with the Nature of Science to Complicate Public Understanding of Science, Tina A. Grotzer, Rebecca B. Miller, Rebecca A. Lincoln
• Chapter 3 The Natures of Scientific Thinking: Creativity as the Handmaiden to Logic in the Development of Public and Personal Knowledge, Keith S Taber
• Chapter 4 The Bounded Nature of Science: An effective Tool in a Equitable Approach to the Teaching of Science, Sherry Southerland, Barry Golden, Patrick Enderle
• Chapter 5 Why the Study of Pseudoscience Should Be Included in Nature of Science Studies, Ronald Good
• Chapter 6 The Status of the Nature of Science in Science Education, Saouma BouJaoude, Garine Santourian
• PART II: Methodological Advances in the Nature of Science Research
• Chapter 7 Teaching and Learning of Nature of Science and Scientific Inquiry: Building Capacity through Systematic Research-Based Professional Development, Judith S. Lederman, Norman G. Lederman, Byoung Sug Kim, Eun Kyung Ko
• Chapter 8 The Nature of Scientists’ Nature of Science Views, Renee’ Schwartz
• Chapter 9 The Nature of Science or the Nature of Teachers: Beginning Science Teachers’ Understanding of NOS, Jonah B. Firestone, Sissy S. Wong, Julie A. Luft, Derek Fay
• Chapter 10 Learning about Nature of Science in Undergraduate Biology Laboratories, Elisabeth Schussler, Nazan Bautista
• Chapter 11 Context Matters: Linking Nature of Science Instruction to Science Process Skills, Randy L. Bell, Bridget K. Mulvey, Jennifer L. Maeng
• Chapter 12 Impact of a Nature of Science and Science Education Course on Teachers’ Nature of Science Classroom Practices, Michael Clough, Joanne Olson
• Index.