Philosophy, Science, Education and Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophy, Science, Education and Culture write by Robert Nola. This book was released on 2006-02-22. Philosophy, Science, Education and Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Currents such as epistemological and social constructivism, postmodernism, and certain forms of multiculturalism that had become fashionable within science education circles in the last decades lost sight of critical inquiry as the core aim of education. In this book we develop an account of education that places critical inquiry at the core of education in general and science education in particular. Since science constitutes the paradigm example of critical inquiry, we explain the nature of science, paying particular attention to scientific methodology and scientific modeling and at the same time showing their relevance in the science classroom. We defend a universalist, rationalist, and objectivist account of science against epistemological and social constructivist views, postmodernist approaches and epistemic multiculturalist accounts.
Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education
Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education write by W.W. Cobern. This book was released on 1998-03-31. Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tackles the question of whose interests are being served by the current science education practices and policies, and offers perspectives from culture, economics, epistemology, equity, gender, language, and religion. Promotes a reflective science education that takes place within people's cultural lives rather than taking it over. Among the topics are situating school science in a climate of critical cultural reform, the influence of language on teaching and learning science in a second language, a cultural history of science education in Japan, and the philosophy of science and radical intellectual Islam in Turkey. Of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners of education. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Teaching Science to Every Child
Teaching Science to Every Child - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Teaching Science to Every Child write by John Settlage. This book was released on 2007. Teaching Science to Every Child available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Teaching Science to Every Child proposes a fresh perspective for teaching school science and draws upon an extensive body of classroom research to meaningfully address the achievement gap in science education. Settlage and Southerland begin from the point of view that science can be thought of as a culture, rather than as a fixed body of knowledge. Throughout this book, the idea of culture is used to illustrate how teachers can guide all students to be successful in science while still being respectful of students' ethnic heritages and cultural traditions. By combining a cultural view of science with instructional approaches shown to be effective in a variety of settings, the authors provide elementary and middle school teachers with a conceptual framework as well as pedagogical approaches which support the science learning of a diverse array of students.
Urban Science Education for the Hip-hop Generation
Urban Science Education for the Hip-hop Generation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urban Science Education for the Hip-hop Generation write by Christopher Emdin. This book was released on 2010. Urban Science Education for the Hip-hop Generation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Christopher Emdin is an assistant professor of science education and director of secondary school initiatives at the Urban Science Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in urban education with a concentration in mathematics, science and technology; a master's degree in natural sciences; and a bachelor's degree in physical anthropology, biology, and chemistry. His book, Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation is rooted in his experiences as student, teacher, administrator, and researcher in urban schools and the deep relationship between hip-hop culture and science that he discovered at every stage of his academic and professional journey. The book utilizes autobiography, outcomes of research studies, theoretical explorations, and accounts of students' experiences in schools to shed light on the causes for the lack of educational achievement of urban youth from the hip-hop generation.
Science Education for Diversity
Science Education for Diversity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science Education for Diversity write by Nasser Mansour. This book was released on 2013-06-18. Science Education for Diversity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reflecting the very latest theory on diversity issues in science education, including new dialogic approaches, this volume explores the subject from a range of perspectives and draws on studies from around the world. The work discusses fundamental topics such as how we conceptualize diversity as well as examining the ways in which heterogeneous cultural constructs influence the teaching and learning of science in a range of contexts. Including numerous strategies ready for adoption by interested teachers, the book addresses the varied cultural factors that influence engagement with science education. It seeks answers to the question of why increasing numbers of students fail to connect with science education in schools and looks at the more subtle impact that students’ individually constructed identities have on the teaching and learning of science. Recognizing the diversity of its audience, the book covers differing levels and science subjects, and examines material from a range of viewpoints that include pedagogy, curricula, teacher education, learning, gender, religion, and ICT, as well as those of in-service and trainee teachers at all levels.
